Differences in PML-N over support to PPP-led Govt. to save Pakistan

September 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has blamed the Zardari Government for failing to achieve any concrete results from the 'Friends of Democratic Pakistan' moot. "Parking of funds for Pakistan with the World Bank is a clear sign that no country in the world is willing to trust this regime," The Dawn quoted PML-N Central Spokesman Ahsan Iqbal, as saying.

September 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that they will not follow a tit-for-tat policy if India tests a nuclear device. "We will not follow a tit-for-tat policy, but we are fully capable of protecting our national interests," Qureshi said.

August 25th, 2009 LAHORE - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said he would return to Pakistan soon and initiate talks with country's political leaders. "I will soon return to Pakistan and begin consultations with political leaders of the country," The Daily Times quoted Musharraf, as saying.

August 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) has decided to support a resolution seeking former President General Pervez Musharraf's trial under Article Six of the Constitution, despite having ideological differences with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). "PPP has ideological differences with PML-N but it would support resolution bringing dictators and breakers of constitutions to book," the Dawn quoted Attorney General Sardar Latif Khosa, as saying.

August 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Zahoor-ul-Hasan, the son of Altaf Husain, a resident of Hyderabad, has claimed that his father was the actual maker of the Pakistani flag at the time of the creation of the country. He demanded that his father's name must be included in the record of the movement of Pakistan.

July 6th, 2009 LAHORE - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said that the Pakistan Army and the ISI should stop their double game of supporting militants against India and then clamping down when pressurised to act. Asked whether the Pakistan Army and ISI were still playing a double game - sometimes supporting the militants for use against India and clamping down on them and whether this vicious cycle has been broken, Miliband replied, "This cycle has to be stopped." Miliband said Pakistan's national security was not threatened by India, but by terrorism and extremism, adding that India had better things to do as a major power than be involved in a standoff with Pakistan.

July 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - In a bid to seek parliamentary approval for the multi-billion dollar Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has asked the country's petroleum ministry to prepare a feasibility report on the viability of bringing the gas pipeline through a sea route. During a presentation on energy securitisation Gilani's Adviser on Petroleum Dr Asim Hussain recommended him to first sensitise the parliamentarians on the IP gas pricing issue, The News reports.

June 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama would like India and Pakistan to have a dialogue to resolve their differences, but the US cannot dictate how they should go about it or mediate in the process. "I believe that there are opportunities, maybe not starting with Kashmir but starting with other issues, that Pakistan and India can be in a dialogue together and over time to try to reduce tensions and find areas of common interest," Obama told Pakistan's Dawn group in an interview published Sunday.

June 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has ruled out any American mediation on Kashmir issue, by saying that bilateral dialogue is the best way to reduce tension between India and Pakistan. "We want to be helpful in that process, but I don't think it's appropriate for us to be the mediators in that process.

June 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Government has asked country's electronic media to refrain from live telecasts of terrorist attacks, suicide bombings and other acts of violence. Pointing out that such reportage spreads panic among people, Pakistan's Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said the government was still waiting for the draft of a code that the Pakistan Broadcasters' Association had promised to prepare.

May 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US State Department has admitted that there are certain differences in the opinion between some Senators and the Obama Administration over the huge financial aid being provided to Pakistan. "There are differences of opinion on the Hill about the situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan," State Department spokesperson Robert Wood said.

May 3rd, 2009 LAHORE - The Pakistan People's Party and the Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz have decided to remain coalition partners in Punjab, while both have failed to reach a consensus on joining the federal government. During a meeting between Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday, The PML-N expressed its reluctance to become a coalition partner at the Centre.

April 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has urged citizens of the country to support the security forces in the fight against the Taliban and other extremists groups in Buner, Maidan and the Swat regions of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The military operation against the Taliban in the Swat Valley was critical for the protection of the country's Constitution, Zardari said.

April 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US House of Representatives Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey has said that he has no faith in Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's Government, as it is administration that consistently reneges on deals that it makes. "I have absolutely no confidence in the ability of the existing Pakistan government to do one blessed thing.

April 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister's Interior Affairs Advisor Rehman Malik on Friday warned militants not to test the patience of the government. Malik further said the Talibanization should not only end in Mingora but also in every village of Pakistan.