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LAHORE - Amicus Curie Abid Hassan Manto informed a Lahore High Court (LHC) full bench on Thursday that rules applying to a government servant do not apply to the president and the constitution does not bar the head of state from being a member of a political party. He told the bench that the president, being a symbol of the federation, should not indulge in political activities.
After hearing arguments, the full bench headed by LHC Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry and

ISLAMABAD - Talks between the government's economic team and allied parties as well as the opposition on reforms and resolution of problems in the economic system is a good omen and positive proposals from all political parties would be implemented, President Asif Zardari said on Wednesday.
Presiding over a high-level meeting on the country's economic situation with the members of the government's economic team, the president said the democratic government wanted to make the

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information, Public Relations, Transport, Culture and Inter-Provincial Coordination Mian Iftikhar Hussain has been nominated for the national 'Hilal-e-Imtiaz' award by President Asif Ali Zardar, an official handout issued on Wednesday said.
It will be conferred upon him on in a ceremony on March 23, 2011 on the eve of Pakistan Day. Mian Iftikhar Hussain has played a key role in the ongoing 'war on terror' and also lost his son in the

LAHORE - A Lahore High Court (LHC) full bench on Wednesday heard arguments of amicus curie in identical petitions challenging dual office of President Asif Ali Zardari and adjourned its hearing until today (Thursday). Abid Hassan Manto, the amicus curie, in his arguments submitted that there is no constitutional clause that might bar the president from being member of a political party. "But, president being symbol of the federation should not let the Presidency be used for political

ABU DHABI - President Asif Ali Zardari has urged the search for alternative and renewable energy resources to save the world from calamitous weather changes.
Addressing the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2011 in Abu Dhabi on Monday, the president said that not only Pakistan but the entire world was facing serious energy crises.
He called for utilization of green energy resources to avoid environmental degradation in future.
He said a shift to clean energy is

PESHAWAR - The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Monday, through a unanimous resolution, reposed confidence in the leadership of President Asif Ali Zardari and endorsed his reconciliation process.
At the very outset of the session, Pakistan People's Party parliamentary leader Abdul Akbar Khan moved the resolution after getting permission from the chair. No opposition legislator except Ghulam Muhammad of PML-Q from Chitral was present in the house at that time.
Following is the

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-N on Saturday asked President Asif Ali Zardari to clarify his position in Augusta submarines scandal.
"The document produced in the French court which alleged President Zardari for taking 50 million Euros commission in Augusta submarines scandal has brought shame for the whole nation.
President Zardari should come forward to clarify his position in the scam," said PML-N Central Leader Ahsan Iqbal in a statement issued here.
He said

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama on Friday offered to look at new ways to help Pakistan's troubled economy as he showed support for President Asif Ali Zardari at a White House meeting on Friday, officials said.
Zardari held a closed-door meeting with Obama after flying into Washington for a memorial service for Richard Holbrooke, the late US envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan which has been a top priority for the US administration.
Obama "underscored the importance of

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama will welcome President Asif Ali Zardari to the White House on Friday for talks on ties between the uneasy war partners, spokesman Robert Gibbs said. President Zardari is scheduled to discuss diplomatic, economic and security issues with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other top US officials today (Friday). He will also attend a memorial service for US special envoy Richard Holbrooke.
Pakistan's Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani

KARACHI - The future of 7,187 contractual teachers remains in the balance despite Sindh Education and Literacy Minister Pir Mazharul Haq announcing in the Sindh Assembly session on Tuesday that no individual will be dismissed from service.
Responding to a point of order raised by Pakistan Muslim League-Functional's (PML-F) Nusrat Saher Abbasi, Haq assured all members his department was reviewing the cases of these employees. He claimed that the tack record of the PPP government

LAHORE - President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday pledged that those behind the assassination of slain Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer would be exposed and punished in accordance with the law.
The president was talking to the family of Taseer in Lahore. He said Taseer led a brave and undaunted political life and embraced martyrdom following the golden tradition set by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto and hundreds of other PPP workers.

WASHINGTON - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari visits the United States next week as Washington seeks to put pressure on Islamabad to pursue militants without pushing an already strained relationship to breaking point.
Zardari will deliver a eulogy at a memorial service on January 14 for Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, the US diplomat who was President Barack Obama's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The visit comes several weeks after Obama and other

Islamabad - President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday said that Pakistan People's Party would handle the challenges of the coalition government by holding dialogues and negotiations, as taught by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
"Martyred Zulfikar Ali Bhutto taught us how to resolve complex political issues through dialogue" he said in a message on Bhutto's 83rd birth anniversary adding, "through dialogue we will also find a solution to the political challenges faced by the coalition government

KARACHI - Political parties have taken a U-turn after chief of the premier intelligence agency met with President Asif Ali Zardari, sources told Pakistan Today.
The political situation of the country suddenly changed after a surprise visit of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief to Karachi on Saturday night. Upon his arrival in the city, the ISI chief met twice with the president. "Had there been any scheduled high-profile visit, security agencies would have been informed

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI - President Asif Ali Zardari and his Pakistan People's Party on Monday extended full support to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani through thick and thin, as the prime minister faces a loss of majority in the National Assembly following the departure of the JUI-F and MQM from the coalition.
"The president expressed full confidence and solidly stands behind him in foiling any attempt to destabilise the coalition government," said a statement quoting the president,

LAHORE - With appointment of Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rahman as Islamabad High Court (IHC) chief justice, the Lahore High Court (LHC) bench hearing the dual office case of President Asif Ali Zardari stands dissolved and would be reconstituted to resume the case's hearing on January 10.
Justice Hameed was one of the five members on the bench, headed by LHC CJ Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry while Justice Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry, Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Justice Ijazul Ahsan were also

ISLAMABAD - In a bid to weaken cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, top legal wizards associated with the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and holding top government positions have undertaken an exercise to draft 'deviatory' statements to be presented in courts of law on behalf of investigation officers and other prosecution witnesses.
A source privy to this development on Sunday told Pakistan Today that the exercise, which seemed to be an attempt to pave the way for of