Tag: Qureshi

ISLAMABAD/lAHORE - In what may be termed a pre-alliance sweetener to lure the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leadership into a half-cooked power-sharing deal, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) government removed Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Additional Director General Zafar Ahmed Qureshi from heading the team investigating the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) scam, a case in which the PML-Q's Moonis Elahi is a suspect currently in FIA custody.
Ever since

LARKANA - Former Foreign Affairs minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that he was neither informed nor invited to participate in the CEC meeting of the PPP, adding that he did not know what would happen in the meeting.
Talking to media after offering fateha on the grave of the late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on Sunday, he said that this was not a unite party. "There is a need to keep vigilance and review about weaknesses in the party," he said, adding that the party should take steep

NEW DELHI - Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his Indian tennis doubles partner Rohan Bopanna insisted that the World Cup semi-final between their two nations will not shatter their friendship.
Bopanna and Qureshi, who have used their on-court careers to also promote their "Stop War Start Tennis" campaign, hope the clash in Mohali won't spill over into their ongoing tournament commitments in Miami.
Qureshi, whose friendship with Bopanna stretches back 16 years, said that

ISLAMABAD - Former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Sunday that Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani had made a good decision by accepting the invitation of his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh.
"PM Gilani should visit India as this meeting between him and Manmohan would improve Indo-Pak relations. Though Indo-Pak composite dialogue comprising the 8-point agenda has been restored, it is crystal clear no serious issue would be discussed," said Qureshi.

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court ordered on Thursday that the investigation against former Establishment Division secretary Ismail Qureshi be conducted by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)'s Additional Director General Syed Jawed Ali Bukhari, subject to a final order that might be passed after hearing the matter in the main case on April 8.
An order passed by Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed in an in-chamber hearing, however, stated that "in the meanwhile, Ismail Qureshi not be

GUJRANWALA - The provincial government has appointed Mukhtar Qureshi as Gujranwala Development Authority (GDA) director general (DG). The new DG has assumed the charge of his office while his predecessor Hakim Ali Doultana has been made an officer on special duty (OSD).
BESAKHI TO BE CELEBRATED ON APRIL 17: Besakhi festival will be celebrated in Eimanabad on April 17 in which thousands of Sikhs from all over world will participate. A delegation of Pakistan Sikh Gurudawara

LAHORE - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani must take the public in confidence on releasing Raymond Davis, former foreign minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Friday. Addressing reporters at the Lahore Press Club, Qureshi said that the unrest among masses would soar if the government would not provided complete information to them about the issue.
Stressing on his demand, he said masses were disappointed as they were considering Raymond Davis' release an attack on

ISLAMABAD - Former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday built a strong case against his own party's government and came out with his vision to take the country out of the decades-old crisis situation including the issues in the fields of energy, food and law and order. Qureshi, in an hour-long discourse with the media at the National Press Club, deliberated upon the issues being faced by the common man and said only a "clean and honest" leadership could take the country

KARACHI - Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) chief Pir Pagara has given his thumbs up to Pakistan People's Party's (PPP) estranged leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi becoming the next prime minister of Pakistan.
"I foresee Shah Mahmood Qureshi as the next prime minister of the country," Pagara said at a crowded press conference held after the meeting on Sunday at the Kingri House between the two leaders. Political pundits had attached much significance to the meeting but Qureshi

PPP's estranged leader and former foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, is scheduled to arrive in Karachi on today in what will be his second visit to Sindh in a week. Qureshi is scheduled to meet with Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) chief and spiritual leader of Hurs, Pir Pagaro, on Sunday. Sources privy to the situation said Qureshi would stay in Karachi for three days, during which he is also expected to meet with some party's senior leaders. Sindh Home Minister Dr

ISLAMABAD - Parliamentary leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-i-Azam in the National Assembly Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat Friday rejected Shah Mahmood Qureshi's claim that he had been offered a ministerial slot by the then PML-Q government. He said neither Rao Sikandar Iqbal nor Shaukat Aziz had made any offer to the former foreign minister. He was speaking in the National Assembly on a point of order. "I came to know Qureshi's contention through media reports.
In order to set

MIRPURKHAS - Former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Monday that he is a small Pakistan People's Party (PPP) activist and will remain with the party. He was addressing party workers in Sanghar and Mirpurkhas. Qureshi said that he is visiting Sindh to reaffirm his loyalty to former PM and PPP founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and former chairperson Benazir Bhutto by visiting their mausoleum. The Ghausia Jamaat leader said that he has come to meet his followers in Sindh and has

KARACHI - PPP leader and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi is arriving in Sindh today (Sunday) on a three-day visit - his first visit to the province after he developed differences with his party's leadership on the issue of Raymond Davis - the American, who shot dead two men in Lahore.
His party has not just distanced itself from his visit, but also displayed banners against him at various places in the province.
The banners carry photographs of Qureshi and the

KARACHI - PPP leader and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi is arriving in Sindh today (Sunday) on a three-day visit

LAHORE - America should differentiate between a democratic government and a dictatorial government and should rethink its policy on Pakistan, former foreign minister and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) central leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi while talking to reporters on Thursday, adding that Pakistan has paid back much more than the US gave and the nation should take a stand.
He said that it was the time to show the confidence and realize that the US needs Pakistan also. He said that

ISLAMABAD - Former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday stunned parliamentarians by saying that his phone was being tapped after he refused to join the new cabinet and took a position on the issue of Raymond Davis.
Speaking on the floor of the National Assembly for the first time after spilling the beans on the Davis issue, the former minister said, "For the past few days, the sound of my phone has changed significantly." Not divulging any details, Qureshi threatened

KARACHI - Regarding news item published in Daily Pakistan Today, Karachi, on February 12, 2011, it is clarified that nomination of Shamshad Qureshi by the approval of Prime Minister of Pakistan as member Board of Directors of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) is highly appreciated and admired by workers of the PSM.
Qureshi is the Chairman of Pakistan Steel Peoples Workers Union (CBA) and under his leadership Peoples Workers Union got a hat trick in PSM referendums for determination of