11th hour ‘advice’ saved country from chaos

How a disaster was averted on Tuesday evening

Islamabad—Pakistan narrowly escaped landing into chaos and turmoil on Tuesday evening when those who determined to defend the country decided to communicate a timely piece of advice to the then prime minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani not to go for confrontation with judiciary. Insiders confirm that some elements had convinced former prime minister to “move an Act of the Parliament” undermining the decision of the Supreme Court to disqualify Yusuf Raza Gilani as prime minister and member of National Assembly.

Balochistan missing persons’ case FC involved in disappearances: SC

Islamabad—The Supreme Court of Pakistan in its interim order in Balochistan law and order case, held Frontier Corps (FC) responsible for the disappearances in the province. The three-member bench of the SC headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry resumed the hearing of Balochistan law and order and missing persons cases on Wednesday.

NA to elect new PM tomorrow Shahab PPP’s candidate; PML-N to field Mehtab Abbasi

Islamabad—President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned a session of the National Assembly at 5:30pm on June 22 (Friday). The new prime minister is expected to be elected during the session. “The Leader of the House (Prime Minister) will be elected in the session of the National Assembly,” Qamar Zaman Kaira told media.

Nawaz: PPP paid price for ridiculing judiciary

Mingora—PML-N President Mian Nawaz Sharif says the Pakistan People’s Party has paid the price for ridiculing judiciary. Addressing a large gathering in Mangora, Swat, Nawaz Sharif said Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani had to go home as a result of unfair treatment with judges. He said Gilani should have rejected the Prime Minister-ship and stoond along with the nation. He said he did not do that and went home with humiliation. He said the government of President Zardari has plundered the country day and night.

Three Nato soldiers among 20 dead in Afghan suicide bombing

Khost–A suicide bomber killed 16 civilians and three foreign soldiers on patrol in the provincial Afghan capital of Khost on Wednesday, the US embassy and police said, in one of the deadliest attacks for weeks as the Western military prepares to pull out.Earlier this month Defense Secretary Leon Panetta vowed to renew efforts to fight the Haqqani who he blamed for an attack on a Nato base on June 1 in Khost that killed one US soldier, a US contractor, an Afghan civilian and 14 insurgents.Three members of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force and an Afghan interpreter were killed in Wedensday’s bombing, US embassy spokesman Gavin Sundwall said in a statement.

Reconciliation be the tribute to Benazir’s memory

JUST when the nation fondly remembers with passionate devotion its beloved martyred leader Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto’s 59th birth anniversary (21st June), Pakistan finds itself once again at a cross-road. Following the recent developments it is confronted with ominous signs. Dark clouds of uncertainty have once again lent to the doomsayers. The country that was saved from disintegration by President Zardari when he defused the violent masses—irrespective of their provincial or ethnic affiliations—by calling upon them that Benazir Bhutto had laid her life for saving Pakistan and not destroying it.

Zardari accepts SC verdict to avert crisis

Islamabad—President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the government has accepted the Supreme Court verdict against Syed Yusaf Raza Gilani despite its reservations to avert crises and for continuity of the democratic process in the country. Zardari was while addressing the Parliamentary Party meeting of Pakistan People’s Party to discuss the situation arising out of Gilani’s disqualification by the Supreme Court party along with former Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani in the Presidency. Asif Ali Zardari said decision to nominate new leader of the house in the National Assembly will be taken in larger national interest and in consultation with the coalition partners.