20 goats sacrificed to mark Zardari's birthdayJuly 27th, 2009 KARACHI - Twenty goats were sacrificed by Bilawal House Spokesman Ejaz Durrani and Akram Baloch to mark the 54th birthday of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari. The participants at the Bilawal House ceremony on Sunday prayed for a long life for Zardari and for the departed soul of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto.
No one will be allowed to challenge writ of constitution: ZardariJuly 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has vowed to transform his country into a 'great nation', saying no one will be allowed to challenge the writ of the constitution. Speaking at a dinner party that he hosted for PPP parliamentarians here, Zardari said he would achieve what other leaders before him have failed to do.
Pak asked UN to probe Bhutto's murder to stay clear of accusations: ZardariJuly 17th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that his government had requested for an independent UN probe into late Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination because it didn't want to face any accusation of bias in the future. "We approached the UN because firstly we wanted transparent and above board investigations so that there were no accusations of bias.
I wish Musharraf had looked after Benazir as I can look after myself: ZardariJuly 6th, 2009 LONDON - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has once again blamed his predecessor Pervez Musharraf for death of his wife and former premier Benazir Bhutto, claiming that she died by a bullet not by the bomb that a Scotland Yard report identified as the cause. "I wish Musharraf had looked after my wife as I can look after myself," The Telegraph quoted Zardari, as saying.
'War against terror best tribute to Benazir'June 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani Saturday vowed to fight terrorism till the end and said the war on terror is the best tribute to late leader Benazir Bhutto, the Online news agency reported. The leaders made the remarks on the occasion of the 56th birth anniversary of the former Pakistani prime minister who died in a terror attack during an election rally in Rawalpindi in 2007.
Osama bin Laden was US operator destabilising Benazir: ZardariMay 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has alleged that elusive Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was a US operator who had tried to destabilise his late wife Benazir Bhutto's government back in 1989. In fact, as premier Bhutto had 'warned America about Osama bin Laden in 1989 with a call to then US president George H.
Zardari assures judicial probe in Baloch leaders' killingApril 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has assured a judicial investigation into the killing of the three Baloch leaders that caused rampant riots in Balochistan.The government will leave no stone unturned to expose the culprits involved in the murder of the Baloch leaders," The Nation quoted Zardari, as saying. Zardari, along with Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani interacted with PPP parliamentarians from NWFP at Monday at Aiwan-e-Sadr.
Former ISI 'Midnight Jackal' operative's secret trysts with Zardari revealedApril 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) operative Major Amir has reportedly developed close ties with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and other top leaders of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). Sources said that Major Amir has met President Zardari several times in the recent past, and also accompanied him to Saudi Arabia in November last year.
Musharraf was ready to name Benazir as PMMarch 12th, 2009 LAHORE - Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rasheed has claimed that former president Pervez Musharraf was ready to name Benazir Bhutto the prime minister for the third time. According to a private TV channel, Rasheed said Benazir was in contact with Musharraf prior to the signing the Charter of Democracy.
Zardari leading nation toward mid-term polls: NawazFebruary 28th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has said that President Asif Ali Zardari wants to drag the nation toward mid-term elections, Geo TV reported Friday. In an interview after his electoral disqualification Friday, Nawaz Sharif said that no third force could come into power if the government showed maturity and responsibility.
UN to constitute panel to probe Benazir's killingFebruary 4th, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - The UN will constitute a three-member panel to investigate the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, a spokesperson of the global organisation announced Wednesday. A letter from the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been sent to the Security Council president informing him of his (Ban's) intention to establish a three-member commission of inquiry to probe the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Marie Okabe told reporters at the UN headquarters.
UN commission to probe Benazir assassination: Ban Ki-moonFebruary 4th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has announced an independent inquiry commission to investigate the assassination of former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto. 'On the basis of our extensive consultations with the government of Pakistan and members of the (UN) Security Council, I intend to establish very shortly an independent commission of inquiry headed by a very distinguished person, whom I am going to nominate soon,' the secretary general said Wednesday at a banquet hosted by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari.
UN probe into Benazir killing on Ban's agenda in PakistanFebruary 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A decision on instituting a UN probe into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto is likely to be taken during the visit of the world body's chief, Ban Ki-moon, who arrived here Wednesday. During the visit, Ban will meet President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani before announcing his decision on the probe, which Pakistan requested after its own investigations and those by Scotland Yard failed to make headway.
UN likely to investigate Bhutto's murder: PakistanJanuary 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that United Nations would likely to investigate into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported Saturday. Qureshi said there was a possibility that United Nations would soon announce the setting up of a fact-finding mission to probe Bhutto's assassination.
Public meeting near Benazir's mausoleum cancelledDecember 26th, 2008 GARHI KHUDA BAKSH - A public meeting that was scheduled to take place in this Pakistani village, which has the Bhutto family mausoleum, to mark the first death anniversary of slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has been cancelled, a media report said. The cancellation of the public meeting was confirmed by sources in the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Geo TV said.
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