Tag: Raja

Faisal Saleh refuses to be Raja’s minister

The Chaudhrys’ efforts to convince Pakistan Muslim League-Q Parliamentary Leader and former housing minister Faisal Saleh Hayat to join Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf’s...

PML-Q assures support to PM to resolve energy crisis

PML-Q leader and Senior Minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi on Saturday said the party would ensure full support and cooperation to Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz...

Raja Pervez Ashraf stimulates the bulls

Bulls gave the new PM their own guard of honour, as they went off their rockers en route to lifting the index by 130...

Manmohan congratulates Pervez Ashraf

India’s prime minister has welcomed the appointment of new counterpart in Pakistan and said that he was “confident” of strengthening ties between the two...

Pervez Ashraf formally takes charge of PM’s Office

Newly-elected Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf formally took over his office following a guard of honor ceremony held at the Prime Minister’s House on...

New PM

Challenges and challenges Once Raja Pervez Ashraf had won the PPP nomination, his endorsement by the NA was a forgone conclusion. The choice of a...

Raja Pervez as PM is a shame: Imran

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf chief Imran Khan on Friday said that it was a shame for the nation that a corrupt man had been made the...

Raja’s elevation to PM office a shock: Nawaz

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on Friday expressed his astonishment at the election of Raja Pervez Ashraf as the country’s prime minister....

27 federal, 11 state ministers to form Ashraf’s cabinet

Twenty-seven federal and eleven ministers of state took oath late on Friday to form the cabinet of ministers of Prime Minister-elect Raja Pervez Ashraf....

RPPs to haunt ‘Raja Rental’

The tenure of the newly-elected prime minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf will remain under a cloud from day one not just because of the letter...

People are the ultimate judges, says Zardari

President Asif Ali Zardari said on Thursday that the ultimate court was the court of the people and the ultimate verdict was pronounced by...

Know your new Prime Minister

An agriculturist before entering politics and propped by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) as a cover candidate, the country’s new prime minister, Raja Pervez...

President took revenge from nation: Nisar

Opposition Leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Friday that President Asif Ali Zardari has taken vengeance from the nation by imposing a new...

PAKISTAN GETS ITS NEW PM

After a week of political chaos, backchannel contacts, palatial intrigues and covert deals, lady luck finally smiled on Raja Pervez Ashraf on Friday as...

‘3m children to get free education soon after summer vacations’

Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), Farzana Raja said that 3 million non-going school children of beneficiary families will be provided free education under...

‘Shahbaz has ruined Punjab’

Punjab Assembly opposition leader Raja Riaz said on Wednesday that the intensity of the heat had affected Shahbaz Sharif to the extent that he...

PML-N, Opposition enter the ring over budget details

Punjab Assembly opposition leader Raja Riaz Ahmed rejected the Punjab budget 2012-13 by saying the Punjab government had failed to provide relief to the...