Asif Ali Zardari

Rejecting the notion of any threat to the current democratice regime in the country, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that thinking about dislodging  

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Quaid Nawaz Sharif has formed a three-member committee to finalise the agenda of his meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari in Raiwind.  

Lahore, Pakistan news updates: With mounting pressure from the opposition and the media on the Pakistani president, chances are that Asif Ali Zardari may step down and give his job to Premier Yousuf Gilani, in order to later take his place as premier. According to Pakistan’s Foreign Policy magazine in its latest issue, “Zardari could ‘pull [...]  

Pakistan’s Supreme Court began hearing a case yesterday against an amnesty that had protected Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and many key allies from graft charges. The process could lead to challenges against the legality of the US-allied ...  

ISLAMABAD – As the apex court on Monday started hearing petitions against National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani began marathon sessions with cabinet members to find a way out of the embarrassing situation.According to well-placed sources, there is a catch 22 with the government that has declared not to defend the notorious ordinance but was also vying for protection of...  

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has promulgated two ordinances namely the National Defence University Ordinance, 2009 and the Institute of Space Technology Ordinance, 2009.  

Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan’s top judges began deliberating whether corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari and thousands of officials can now be reopened. For the unpopular Zardari, already under pressure from the opposition to hand ...  

Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan’s top judges are set to begin deliberating today whether corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari and thousands of officials can now be reopened. For the unpopular Zardari, already under pressure from the ...  

WASHINGTON: With the pressure from the opposition mounting and relentless attacks being carried out by a hostile media, chances are that Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari may try to replicate Rus...  

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, after returning home from Germany and United Kindom, briefed President Asif Ali Zardari about his visit besides discussing the law and order situation especially in the wake of the latest suicide attacks.According to official press release, Prime Minister Gilani called on President Asif Ali Zardari at the Aiwan-e-Sadr Friday night. Current security situation in the country was discussed during...  

Pakistan’s supreme court on Monday began hearing legal challenges to a controversial amnesty on corruption charges targeting influential politicians and government officials, in a step that potentially raises questions over the future of Asif Ali ...  

ISLAMABAD – President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani have telephoned the Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to express grief and offer condolences over the killing of innocent people including children and army personnel in the suicide attack on a Mosque in Rawalpindi.The President strongly condemned this heinous act of terrorism and reiterated the Government’s resolve to continue to fight this menace...  

Islamabad, Dec.1 (ANI): The United States will be closely following Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari’s difficulties, as his political demise will end its attempt to put a friendly face on the “war on terror” which Pakistan is waging on Washington’s behalf, feels Syed Saleem Shahzad, the Pakistan Bureau chief of Asia Times Online.In the [...]  

Islamabad, Dec.2 (ANI): US President Barack Obama briefed Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari about the new Afghan strategy just before announcing a surge of 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. A statement issued by the government here, said: “Obama mentioned the broad outlines of the policy a few hours before its launch and reaffirmed US commitment [...]  

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari has claimed "considerable success" in a military offensive against Taliban fighters in the remote tribal northwest, his office said Sunday.Zardari made the remarks during a telephone conversation late Saturday with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said in a statement."Referring to the ongoing drive against militancy in the tribal areas of South Waziristan, the...