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Anti-Government Protestors Descend On Bangkok 13.3.2010 A Pakistan News
Anti-government protesters arrived in Bangkok on Saturday to prepare for what they called a “million-man march,” aiming to paralyse the capital and topple the government which they say is a front for unelected elites. Buses and trucks, carrying protesters, heading for Bangkok from the countryside, reached the capital’s central street of Ratchadamnoen Klang on Saturday where [...]
Thousands of anti-government protesters converge on Thai capital 13.3.2010 Star Tribune: World
Aitzaz says Constitution cannot be restored to its original shape 11.3.2010 TheNews RSS Feeds - Top Stories
ISLAMABAD: Former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan said on Wednesday that the apex court’s historic judgmen
17th Amendment to be repealed by March-end: Zardari 10.3.2010 TheNews RSS Feeds - Top Stories
Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari stunned the audience and unleashed a hushed round of whispers when addressing the awards presentation ceremony o
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President hopeful of reforms package by end of March 10.3.2010 The Frontier Post --- Top Stories
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday expressed the hope that with the finalisation of Constitutional reforms package by the end ...
Death knell to 17th Amendment on March 13 5.3.2010 TheNews RSS Feeds - Top Stories
ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms on Thursday decided to send the draft of constitutional recommendations to the govern
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Gilani:Similar LBs System Should Exist In Country 4.3.2010 A Pakistan News
Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that democracy has been restored in the country owing to the huge sacrifices made by the champions of democracy. Addressing PPP members, the PM claimed that the incumbent government has created harmony among the provinces, and added that Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto’s vision of reconciliation is being pursued. He asserted [...]
Rigging in NA-55 by-polls 26.2.2010 TheNews RSS Feeds - Top Stories
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday witnessed a heated debate between the PML-Q and the PML-N on the NA-55 by-election. Chief Whip of the PML
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Judges indirectly benefited from NRO: govt 25.2.2010 TheNews RSS Feeds - Top Stories
ISLAMABAD: The federal government, in its updated review petition, has told the Supreme Court judges that they too were indirect beneficiaries of the
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All Presidents Engage With Tyrants 24.2.2010 The Atlantic - Matthew Ygblesias
I’m normally a James Traub fan, so I was taken aback by his recent article on the Obama administration’s policy of engagement and the alleged deep ethical compromises that it’s entailed. The piece has a kind of goofy, not-sure-if-this-is-naive-or-cynical air about it that I normally associate with unsigned editorials in the Washington Post or The [...]
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17th Amendment to go in March, president hints 24.2.2010 TheNews RSS Feeds - Top Stories
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday night expressed the hope that the Constitutional Reform Committee would complete its task next month
Nawaz pledges end to politics of status quo 23.2.2010 TheNews RSS Feeds - Top Stories
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Quaid Nawaz Sharif on Monday vowed to bring a revolution in terms of solidarity and prosperity in the
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Worst democracy is better than best dictatorship: Gilani (Cached) 22.2.2010 New Kerala: World News
Charter of Democracy: Is It Time? 22.2.2010 All Things Pakistan
Charter of Democracy: Is It Time?
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Country Could not Afford Mid-term Polls: PM Gilani 21.2.2010 A Pakistan News
Pakistan News: Admitting flaws in the incumbent government, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said, “ The country do not afford holdong of mid-term polls, adding that, all the outstanding issued would be resolved only if the democratic set up would be continued”. Addressing a gathering at Aiwan-e-Iqbal, the PM said, “Beauty of democracy lies [...]
Pakistan's lawyers strike over judicial appointments made by President Zardari (Cached) 16.2.2010 Washington Post World
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- A fresh standoff between Pakistan's judiciary and its weak government simmered Monday, as lawyers staged a nationwide strike and political prognosticators warned of instability in the wobbly democracy.

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Musharraf hints at return to Pak politics (Cached) 16.2.2010 Hindustan Times: News
Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, settled in London on self-exile, has hinted at a return to Pakistan politics if the voters of his country decided.
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Pakistani lawyers strike over naming of judges 16.2.2010 Salt Lake Tribune
Islamabad, Pakistan » A fresh standoff between Pakistan's judiciary and its weak government simmered Monday as lawyers staged a nationwide strike and political commentators warned of instability.
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Hidden agenda behind the judges’ notifications 16.2.2010 TheNews RSS Feeds - Top Stories
The federal government surprised the nation by issuing two notifications around 6.00pm on Saturday, February 13, declaring the president has been plea
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Parliament still to validate judges restoration: PM 16.2.2010 TheNews RSS Feeds - Top Stories
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday unleashed a new controversy and possibly a fresh round of acrimonious legal nit-picking wh
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