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Senator Raza Rabbani on Tuesday said not rhetorical reaction but a Pakistani narrative was needed to wriggle the country through the crises it was...

Prof Burhanuddin Rabbani, former Afghan president and the current chief of the High Peace Council, Friday in Islamabad held meetings with the leaders of...

Annoyed with Senator Raza Rabbani’s persistent defiance to the decisions of the top leadership of the party, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is likely...

Senator Raza Rabbani on Tuesday proposed separate and open debates in the Senate on issues such as a member of a party wishing to...

Implementation Commission on 18th Amendment Chairman Senator Raza Rabbani has said that a ‘big no’ to the demand made by Wasim Sajjad, the PML-Q...

As alarm bells have already started ringing in the PML-Q following reports of the devolution of the ministries it secured in the power-sharing deal...

President Asif Ali Zardari has decided not to give party ticket to former minister Raza Rabbani for the next Senate election as he has...

Criticising the letter of the Country Representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to the prime minister regarding concerns over food...

ISLAMABAD - There is a visible difference in the country's policy on drone attacks and the political and military leadership of the country is on the same page on the matter, Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination and chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security Mian Raza Rabbani said on Tuesday. He was briefing reporters after an in-camera meeting of the parliamentary committee. "The matter of drone attacks is a sensitive issue and there is a visible difference in

ISLAMABAD - The chairman of the implementation commission Mian Raza Rabbani on Wednesday blamed "some elements" for creating hurdles in the devolution of powers to the provinces by generating misunderstanding on the issue of the Higher Education Commission (HEC).
However, all of Rabbani's efforts backfired as he could not make a convincing argument and cut his speech short due to serious questioning by reporters. "Some elements with vested interests are out to fight a last ditch

KARACHI - Federal Inter-provincial Coordination Minister Mian Raza Rabbani and Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah on Sunday decided to convene a joint meeting of the vice-chancellors (VCs) of all state-run universities in the province.
Rabbani met Shah at the Chief Minister's House and discussed the devolution of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) along with other federal government departments to the provinces under the 18th Constitutional Amendment as well as other related

KARACHI - Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination Mian Raza Rabbani and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Sunday agreed to convene a joint meeting of the vice chancellors of all the universities in the province.
Rabbani held a meeting with Qaim Ali Shah at the Chief Minister's House and discussed devolution of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) along with other federal government departments to the provinces under the 18th Amendment and other related

KARACHI - Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination Mian Raza Rabbani has said that funds to scholars studying aboard would not stop and that they will continue to receive their scholarship as usual.
Speaking to the media at the Karachi Press Club on Saturday, he said that it was beyond his understanding as to why some elements were creating 'a scary situation' about the devolution of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and misguiding the media and the people.
He

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Inter- Provincial Coordination and Chairman of Implementation Commission on 18th Amendment, Mian Raza Rabbani on Monday lost his temper while defending devolution of Higher Education Commission (HEC) to provinces. During the question-hour session in Senate, he threw his notes on the table, while responding to questions raised by senators including Azam Swati, Dr Khalid
Mahmood Soomro, Wasim Sajjad,Javid Ali Shah, Haji Adil and former education

ISLAMABAD - Minister for Inter-Provincial Cooperation Mian Raza Rabbani on Monday had to face embarrassment after getting into an argument with former Balochistan governor Abdul Qadir Baloch for 'not resigning against the army operation by Musharraf regime'.
Soon after Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani delivered a policy statement on Balochistan, Lt Gen (r) Abdul Qadir Baloch, on a point of order, said the statement had no relevance with the ground realities of the troubled

ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly was Thursday informed that situation in Balochistan was not in government's complete control as some secret hands were at play to create unrest in the province.
During the Question-Hour session, Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination, Senator Raza Rabbani said that some hidden players were fueling insurgency in Balochistan; therefore, the intelligence agencies could not be blamed.
Responding to question raised by MNA Usman Khan,

ISLAMABAD - Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination Senator Raza Rabbani on Tuesday said the second phase of devolution of important ministries to provinces would be completed by the first week of March.
"Let me make it clear that there is no veracity to the news items that the devolution plan is being delayed. It is on time and there is no delay whatsoever," he told the National Assembly while responding to a point of order raised by PML-Q MNA Marvi Memon.
"Under the