Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that the government is pursuing a policy of reconciliation and taking all its coalition partners on board on all important national issues. He stressed upon the need to infuse good governance and further coordination within all the Ministries to accelerate the pace of development and progress in the country. The Prime Minister was talking to a three member delegation of MQM led by Dr. Farooq Sattar, Minister for Overseas Pakistanis which [...]

Islamabad: Fateha and Quran Khawani for late Mr. Hakim Ali Zardari father of President of Pakistan was held at the Pakistan High Commission London, today. Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Ms. Sanam Bhutto and large number of political and community leaders attended besides High Commissioner Mr. Wajid Shamsul Hasan, Mrs. Zarina Wajid Hasan, staff and officers of the High Commission and their families, says a press release received from London here today. Dua was offered by Imam Hafiz Muhammad Akram, [...]

Islamabad: The Federal Cabinet under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani met here today at Prime Minister’s Secretariat. Before start of formal proceedings of the Cabinet meeting, Fateha for Late Mr. Hakim Ali Zardari, a seasoned politician, close associate of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, an Ex-MNA and Chairman of PAC was offered. The Cabinet also offered Fateha for all those who embraced Shahadat in the recent attack on PNS Mehran, CID Station Peshawar and District Administration Offices [...]

Islamabad: President and Co-Chairman PPP Mr. Asif Ali Zardari has decided to forego the title of chief of the Zardari tribe and pass on the mantle of tribal leadership to his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. This has been stated by Spokesperson Farhatullah Babar in response to questions from a section of the media. Explaining he said that according to the tribal tradition, consequent upon the death of the tribal chief his eldest son takes over as head of the tribe. [...]

Islamabad: Presidency will be opened on Monday May 30 for a day to enable people to offer condolences to President Asif Ali Zardari on the death of his father from the people from all walks of life. The President returned to Islamabad from Benazirabad last night after the Soyem held Wednesday evening. In a statement today Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah Babar said that in view of the large number of people wishing to condole with the President and in [...]

Islamabad: It is pivotal that women play their due role for social development and economic progress; no country can really find its true place in the comity of nations if the potential of its womenfolk is not realized to its maximum limits. Federal Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Maula Buksh Chandio expressed these views while talking to the office bearers of National Commission on the Status of Women, who called on him at his office under the chairmanship [...]

Islamabad: H.E. French Ambassador Mr. Denial Jouanneau met Federal Minister for Sports Engineer Shoukat Ullah here today and discussed matters pertaining to bilateral relations between the two countries during the meeting. Federal Minister said that France was a close friend of Pakistan. He extended wishes to strengthen more this friendship in future. The Ambassador showed keen interest to mutual exchange in sports field, adding Pakistan has great potential in the field of sports and popular in this field. The Federal [...]