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ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) coalition teeters on the brink as the latter doubts the major partner's seriousness to resolve the issues, since whenever a situation arises a committee is formed and assurances are made but nothing happens on the ground. Tuesday's meeting of the MQM delegation with President Asif Ali Zardari also concluded with another promise, which has left the MQM leadership pondering what to do in future because such

Lahore - Khalid Ghurki, former Pakistan People's Party (PPP) member of the National Assembly (MNA) and Federal Environment Minister and PPP Lahore President Samina Khalid Ghurki's husband, passed away at Sheikh Zayed Hospital after a prolonged illness on Tuesday. He was 56. Ghuki had been suffering from kidney problems for a long time and died of kidney failure. He is survived by a widow, two sons and two daughters. The former PPP MNA was a close associate of President Asif Ali

LAHORE - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in Punjab is likely to get President Asif Ali Zardari's nod to play a "genuine opposition" role against Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif's provincial government, in its critical meeting scheduled today (Tuesday) at the presidency. Party insiders privy to the situation told Pakistan Today that all seven expelled provincial ministers would seek permission to release a "white paper" along with the "proof" they said they had in their custody against

KARACHI - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) are at loggerheads once again - courtesy Sindh Home Minister Zulfiqar Mirza. The home minister on Sunday finally accepted the People's Amn Committee of Lyari as one of the PPP's sub-organisation, sparking a retort from MQM leaders that they wanted to leave the Sindh government. The situation has prompted President Asif Ali Zardari and Interior Minister Rehman Malik to take notice of Mirza's statement, but

LAHORE - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Lahore chapter here on Saturday demanded the government arrest the murderers of assassinated federal minister Shahbaz Bhatti and reveal the facts behind the brutal action. Party leaders at a condolence reference organised at the PPP city office for Shahbaz Bhatti condemned the assassination of the former minister and workers and paid tribute to Shahbaz Bhatti for his contribution to the party, minorities and the country.
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KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Qaim Ali Shah made an unusual declaration on Friday - at a press conference convened at the Chief Minister's House to welcome three politicians into the fold of the Pakistan People's Party's (PPP)Sindh party, Shah claimed that the Election Commission of Pakistan will decide whether to form an interim government or a caretaker one to conduct the forthcoming general elections.
It was first time that the provincial president of the ruling PPP has

ISLAMABAD - Law Minister Babar Awan led a token walkout of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) members of the National Assembly on Thursday against the government - which is led by the PPP itself - to join the Pakistan Muslim League-N, PML-Q, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement to condemn the murder of slain Minorities Affairs minister Shahbaz Bhatti and hold the government responsible for it, just as Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani announced a three-day official

Lahore - Condemning the murder of Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Punjab termed it "an attack on the philosophy of Quaid-e-Azam as well as an attempt to breach his commitment with minorities of the country" here on Thursday. The leaders of PPP declared Bhatti's assassination as an assault to the enlightened and broadminded thoughts of Pakistanis initiated by late Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto for which Salman Taseer and now Shahbaz Bhatti have scarified their lives.