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US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter called on Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Thursday and discussed with her matters pertaining to bilateral relations,...

A civil miscellaneous petition was filed on Thursday in the Lahore High Court challenging Sherry Rehman’s appointment as Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States....

Sindh Information Minister Shazia Marri comes next to Sherry Rehman on a priority list submitted by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to the Election...

Hushing up speculation as to who would succeed Husain Haqqani as Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani appointed on...

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) National Assembly Member (MNA) and former federal information minister Sherry Rehman finally succeeded in introducing the Right to Information Bill...

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani proposed President Asif Ali Zardari to appoint MNA Sherry Rehman as the head of Pakistan Red Crescent Society...

Former information minister Sherry Rehman on Friday moved an adjournment motion in parliament against the murder of journalist Slaeem Shahzad. Following is the text: To: The...

LAHORE - Former information minister Sherry Rehman, who has faced a tide of opposition from extremists and the religious right because of her opposition to blasphemy laws, told Newsweek magazine in an interview that it unnerved her opponents that she was well-versed about Islam and made her argument on the basis of the Holy Quran and sayings of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).
"That call to emotion, 'if you're not with us, then you're not really a good Muslim,' instils fear in many

ISLAMABAD - Federal Government Wednesday beefed up the security of several other prominent political liberalists including Sherry Rehman and Fauzia Wahab following the brutal killing of Federal Minister for Minority Affairs, Shahbaz Bhatti after the intelligence agency's warning that they were on the militants' hit list. According to media reports, after the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, security of former federal information minister, Sherry Rehman and PPP's former Secretary

KARACHI - MNA Sherry Rehman has rejected Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani's statement that he had discussed her proposed amendments in the blasphemy laws with her and asked her to withdraw the bill, saying that neither had she been consulted nor had she agreed to "withdraw" her bill.
In a press statement, she said since the prime minister had announced in the National Assembly that there could not even be discussion on procedural amendments, and the committee announced by the

KARACHI/ISLAMABAD - Former Information and Broadcasting minister Sherry Rehman has decided to withdraw her bill from the parliament that proposed amendments to the blasphemy laws. "Keeping in view the policy of my party, I've decided to withdraw the blasphemy amendment bill," she told reporters.
"My purpose of introducing the amendment in the blasphemy laws was to discourage the misuse of the law". Certain quarters threatened Sherry with dire consequences in case she refused to

KARACHI - A group of citizens lodged an official complaint on Sunday with the Darakhshan police against the prayer leader at Sultan Masjid, accusing him of endangering the life of former Information and Broadcasting minister Sherry Rehman.
The group has been assured by the Darakhshan police station SHO that an FIR would be lodged within five days. The prayer leader has declared that Sherry was an infidel and should be killed for tabling a bill for amendments in blasphemy laws.