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HuaweiISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s government scrambled on Monday to survive after losing its majority, tipping the nuclear-armed state into a political crisis threatening to destabilise the US ally in the war on Al-Qaeda.
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Pakistan’s government lost its parliamentary majority on Jan. 2 after a key coalition partner, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), announced it would go into opposition, plunging the country vital for US efforts to pacify Afghanistan into a deep political crisis.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani held talks with opposition leaders on Monday in a bid to head off a possible vote of no confidence after a key partner quit the governing coalition.
Pakistani PM Yusuf Raza Gilani is due to meet a leader of the main opposition party in a bid to head off a possible vote of no confidence against him.
KARACHI - At least four people, including a girl, were killed and more than 30 sustained bullet injuries in different localities of Karachi on New Year’s eve, police and hospital sources said. Most of them were hit by stray bullets fired by revellers who resorted to aerial firing just before the clock struck midnight, heralding the arrival of new year.
ISLAMABAD - The government raised the POL prices by 5.4 to 9 per cent from Saturday, inviting immediate flak from the opposition and allies.
KARACHI - President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday signed the 19th Amendment Bill, making it a part of the constitution.
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and India exchanged the lists of their nuclear installations on Saturday, an annual ritual agreed by prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her Indian counterpart Rajiv Gandhi in December 1988.
KARACHI - The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has accepted an MQM’s demand that all lawmaking, especially those linked to the thorny issue of re-introduction of commissionerate system in Sindh, would be made in consultation.
BARIKOT (Swat) - A 115-metre-long and 16-feet-wide strategic concrete bridge has been constructed over a seasonal river in the mountainous region of Barikot, Swat, by Pakistan Army from funds of over Rs1.3 million provided by the Pakistan Association Dubai, or PAD, and its Pak-Khyber Wing. The funds were provided by the PAD through its NGO in Pakistan, PAD Relief.