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LAHORE - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Punjab chapter would hold divisional meetings from January 19 for preparation of the upcoming local government (LG) elections. According to the PPP Punjab chapter Office, the meetings were planned under the party reorganisation programme and would be held at the PPP Provisional Headquarter Office to review party preparations for the LG polls and restructuring of various party chapters if required.
The second phase of the divisional

ISLAMABAD - The committees formed by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif to implement the PML-N's reforms agenda will have their first formal meeting in the
next few days.
In response to the PML-N's four-member committee, Gilani had also formed a committee last Thursday comprising federal ministers Babar Awan, Naveed Qamar, Pervez Ashraf, Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and Raza Rabbani which in collaboration with the PML-N team

ISLAMABAD - The understanding reached between the PPP and the PML-N over the implementation of a national agenda has frustrated the PML-Q unification bloc's strategy to revolt against the Chaudhrys, as the group is disappointed with the reconciliatory move by the federal and provincial governments. Changing its position, the PML-Q unification bloc in the Punjab has decided to postpone their plan to form a separate parliamentary group in the provincial assembly, adopting a cautious

LAHORE - The Pakistan People's Party government will conduct a judicial inquiry into the assassination of slain Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer, PPP ministers vowed on Friday.
Talking to reporters outside Taseer's residence after offering condolences to his family, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira declared Taseer's murder a tragedy for PPP.
Kaira said the incident had exposed that a fresh wave of extremism had struck the country and the elimination of this mindset was

ISLAMABAD - Agreeing to the prime minister's proposal of appointing Attaur Rehman, former tourism minister as a representative of the treasury benches in the parliamentary committee on the constitution of a neutral and independent Election Commission, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) is showing signs of softening its stance towards the Pakistan People's Party-led government.
According to a source, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani telephoned JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman before

ISLAMABAD LAHORE - The Pakistan People's Party on Thursday formed a five-member ministerial committee to devise a strategy for the implementation of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's agenda, while the PML-N added one more member to its committee to equalise its strength with that of the PPP committee. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani named Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Water and Power Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf, Law Minister Babar Awan, Petroleum Minister Naveed Qamar and

ISLAMABAD - The government faced yet another embarrassment on Tuesday, when the Supreme Court directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman to retrieve the possession of 80 kanals of prime land grabbed by the PPP leader of the house in the Senate and head of the parliamentary committee for appointment of superior courts' judges, Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari and his relatives at Bani Gala within three days.
A three-member SC bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar

KARACHI - Provincial ministers indirectly admitted at the Sindh Assembly session on Tuesday while it was facing complications in the "proper" implementation of the 18th Amendment, the Sindh government had itself delayed implementation in some cases due to political compulsions.
Sindh Culture Minister Sassui Palijo told SA members that the federal government has transferred 126 archaeological sites to the province, but funds for these have not been transferred. Responding to MPAs'

LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif on Monday denied he had given any ultimatum to the PPP-led government, as he announced a four-member committee that will engage with the government in pursuit of the implementation of his 10-point agenda.
Addressing a press conference at his residence in Raiwind, Nawaz said PML-N Senator Ishaq Dar would head the committee comprising Pervaiz Rashid, Sardar Mehtab Abbasi and Abdul Qadir Baloch. He said the committee would

LAHORE - Pakistan People's Party's Senior Minister Raja Riaz has said that PPP will not initiate any step that can destabilise the coalition government in the province. While talking to the journalists along with visiting ministers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwah here on Monday, at the slain governor's grave, Punjab Senior Minister said that his party would take every action in national interest and he added that PPP's leadership had ordered to stop any act that could destabilise the Punjab

LAHORE - The fixed match between the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) would continue until the next budget session, Punjab Opposition Leader Chaudhry Zaheeruddin said on Monday. He was talking to journalists outside the Punjab Assembly. The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader said that the next match between the two allies would start after the 2011 annual budget. He termed the political mayhem between the PPP and the PML-N as a "fixed

ISLAMABAD - Opting to adopt a wait-and-see policy, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has decided not to quit the Punjab government, leaving it to the PML-N to decide if it wants to keep the coalition going or not. The PML-N had said it would oust the PPP from the Punjab government if Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani did not respond positively to its interim reforms agenda.
The decision not to quit the Punjab government was taken after consultations with President Asif Zardari. A

LAHORE - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has questioned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's (PML-N) credibility in the assassination of slain Punjab Governor Salman Taseer and asked its chief to issue a policy statement in this regard. Law Minister Babar Awan sought Nawaz Sharif's policy statement on Friday by saying that PML-N chief should clarify his party's stance over the killing of Punjab governor.
He was talking to the journalists after attending Mehfil-e-Milad held at the

KARACHI - Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) Tahir Masood Arain has been summoned by the Sindh High Court (SHC) over harassing his business partner through the Thatta police.
Tufail Zakaria filed a constitutional petition against the MPA and the Thatta police seeking protection.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany and Justice Muneeb Akhter issued notices to the MPA and the SHO of Thatta's Dhabeji police station for filing comments.
The

LAHORE - Slain Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer's family should ask the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) for what reasons the blasphemy law amendment bill submitted by MNA Sherry Rehman was withdrawn, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Friday. He was talking to journalists outside the Punjab Assembly (PA). He said that the Taseer family should ask the PPP that if it had to withdraw the bill why did it pump the governor to raise the party viewpoint on the blasphemy laws. "I appeal

LAHORE - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Punjab President Imtiaz Safdar Warriach has expressed concern over the investigation being carried out into the assassination of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer.
He was talking to reporters at Taseer's Qul at the Governor's House on Thursday.
Warraich said he was not satisfied with the investigations, as the Punjab government was responsible for his security, which was overlooked.
He said Taseer's assassination was politically

LAHORE - Leaders of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) foresaw a political controversy behind the assassination of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer and called it a "political murder", as the deceased was laid to rest at the Cavalry Grounds graveyard on Wednesday.
Leading the enraged onslaught, PPP Punjab Senior Minister Raja Riaz said the Punjab governor was killed for political reasons and his murder highlighted the failure of the provincial government. He said it was surprising