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ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Dr Babar Awan on Monday said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was violating the Charter of Democracy (CoD) by horse-trading in Punjab. He announced bringing the 19-point reforms agenda of the PPP Punjab's parliamentary party in the committee, which is constituted for the implementation of PML-N's 10-point agenda.
Babar was addressing a press conference in the federal capital during which he was

FAISALABAD - Former textile minister and PPP leader Rana Farooq Saeed Khan has denied the speculations that he is quitting PPP over his non-induction in the cabinet.
"We have always offered sacrifices for the party and we ill continue to do so in future as well," he said. His statement has brought to an end the rumours that he is leaving the party after being dropped from the cabinet.
"To me it is a sin to disobey the party policy as I strongly feel that becoming a minister

KARACHI - A PPP office-bearer was killed and a woman injured when two unidentified men opened fire at their car near Khuda Ki Basti in Surjani Town on Saturday. Surjani police said that the incident took place in Sector 36 of Khuda Ki Basti near the Lyari Expressway.
Forty-eight-year-old Naimatullah alias Mohan Bengali was in his car bearing registration No APX-015 along with a woman identified as 25-year-old Laiba when two unidentified men on a motorcycle opened fire at their

ISLAMABAD - PPP information secretary Fauzia Wahab resigned on Saturday days after backing the claims of diplomatic immunity by Raymond Davis. On Monday Fauzia said diplomats have immunity and that Davis had an official visa, in comments swiftly dismissed as personal views by a presidential spokesman.
"I have resigned because I gave that statement in my personal capacity," Fauzia said. "I do not want to appear before the Lahore High Court as an office-bearer of the Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - The PPP core committee's decision of replacing Fauzia Wahab with Qamar Zaman Kaira as the PPP information secretary has raised questions about the legality of the body which is not part of the ruling party's organisational structure as envisaged in its constitution.
The core committee was neither notified nor was it approved by the party's top decision-making body - the central executive committee. This body was created by PPP co-chairman and that too without

ISLAMABAD - Addressing a meeting of the Pakistan People's Party core committee, President and party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari reiterated his party's resolve to continue politics of reconciliation introduced by Benazir Bhutto.
A party official said former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and party's secretary information Fouzia Wahab were not invited to the core committee meeting, hinting at the leadership's displeasure with their out of context statements on the Raymond

LAHORE - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) top brass has shown willingness to address Evacuee Property Trust Board (EPTB) Chairman Syed Asif Hashmi's reservations, as the Presidency and the Prime Minister's Secretariat contacted the irked party stalwart and asked him to withdraw his resignation, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The PPP leadership took serious notice of the issue and in order to retain the loyalty of an old stalwart, contacted Hashmi and assured him of addressing his

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KARACHI - The PPP Women Wing Karachi Division held a meeting on Tuesday to repose confidence in the leadership of President Asif Ali Zardari, who is also the co-chairman of the PPP, and Faryal Talpur, president of the PPP Women's Wing Pakistan. The meeting was held at the People's Secretariat and chaired by PPP Women Wing Sindh Information Secretary Sharmila Farooqui.
It was attended by all PPP women wing information secretaries of Karachi's 18 towns.
The meeting

LAHORE - Pakistan People's Party Azad Kashmir leader and women rights activist Advocate Amira Batool has said that the Pakistan People's Party will win the upcoming general elections, which is expected to be held between April and July, with majority of votes.
Talking to a group of media persons here on Sunday, Advocate Batool paid rich tributes to the PPP leadership and said that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto brought the lingering Kashmir issue in front of the world

ISLAMABAD - The Muslim Conference, the ruling party of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), and the Pakistan People's Party are on the same page to amend the interim constitution act of 1974 to suspend election on the twelve seats reserved in Pakistan for Kashmiri refugees.
Well-placed sources told Pakistan Today on Sunday that senior AJK leaders Chaudhry Majeed, Chaudhry Yaseen and Chaudhry Lateef Akber had a brainstorming session with President Asif Ali Zardari on the issue. "They

ISLAMABAD - Signs of a rift have started to appear in the PPP after President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani dropped some "heavyweights" and changed the portfolios of others while shaping the new cabinet.
The intra-party tension appeared on Sunday when Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan said former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had refused to become part of the cabinet when he found out about the arrest warrant for former president Pervez

LAHORE: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) while welcoming the new small federal cabinet expressed the hope that the government under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani would take all possible steps for the welfare of poor people and save precious national exchequer.
They termed PPP Co-Chairman President Asif Ali Zardari's move to downsize the cabinet as a wise decision and said it would have positive impacts on the economy.
PPP Punjab President Imtiaz

LAHORE - The politics of reconciliation worked once again in Punjab as the PPP has withdrawn its plans to stage sit-ins after PPP Senior Minister Raja Riaz's one-on-one meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday.
However, the PPP parliamentary leader in Punjab Assembly cautioned Shahbaz that his government would have to face strong reaction if the PML-Q unification bloc was allotted an independent status in the assembly. The PPP sources said Riaz boldly conveyed

LAHORE - Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa on Monday said the provincial ministers of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) would not stage any protest, adding that there were some misunderstandings and reservations, which would hopefully addressed soon.
It is pertinent to recall that provincial Senior Minister Raja Riaz had announced Saturday to hold a sit-in in front of the Punjab Assembly if the provincial govt failed to reply positively to the 19-point agenda.
Khosa while

LAHORE - Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has said that the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) ministers would be ousted from the Punjab cabinet if federal government did not act upon Nawaz Sharif's 10-point agenda. Reiterating the PML-N's stance on Monday after visiting the Punjab Governor's House, he said that the party was working on a public welfare agenda and no delaying tactics would be tolerated in this regard.
Commenting on the deadline given by PPP Senior Minister Raja

ISLAMABAD - PML-Q Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Syed on Monday termed the PPP government corrupt and inept which had miserably failed in providing relief to the poor masses of the country.
Addressing a labour convention held here at the Pakistan Muslim League House, Mushahid Hussain said that Pakistan was a fit case for Egypt-like revolution as the country was facing massive financial crisis. Terming the PML as a symbol of federation, Mushahid said his party leadership could