ISLAMABAD – Former president Asif Ali Zardari said on Sunday that those responsible for the “leaks” of a recent meeting must be punished, while those protesting on streets against the government should be pacified. Zardari, who heads the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians, believed “wise decisions” were required to drag the country out of the crises and avert threats to democracy. Late on Saturday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif relieved Information and Broadcasting Minister Pervez Rashid of…
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ISLAMABAD: Dispelling all the rumours and speculations, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has reached back Islamabad on Sunday after attending a wedding in Duabi. “Just landed back Alhamdolillah… Ab tera kaya bane ga kaliya,” Khawaja Asif said on Twitter confirming his return, using famous dialogue from Indian film “Sholay” to poke fun at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan. Soon after news came that Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid has been sacked to pave way for a…
LAHORE – Former federal minister for information and broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid said that he would reveal the reason of leaving his ministry at the right time. He said that he’d never stay behind if the larger interest of Pakistan demanded sacrifice. Talking to a private TV channel on Sunday, Pervaiz Rashid said that he should be identified as a political worker. “I was made minister by the leadership. It doesn’t make any difference if…
In a press conference held to shed light on the reasons behind Pervaiz Rasheed’s dismissal from office as information minister, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar on Sunday said Rasheed should not have let Dawn’s story go into print. A day after Pervaiz Rasheed was asked to step down from his post as information minister during a probe into Dawn’s story on a high-level meeting, Nisar said, “Some documented and undocumented records involving Pervaiz Rasheed say the…
ISLAMABAD: The newsgate scandal has become more damaging for the government than Panama leaks and sit-in by Imran Khan which would be held on November 2 in Islamabad. In the light of the probe carried out by the investigation team, consisting of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Military Intelligence (MI) and Intelligence Bureau (IB), the court martial of all the characters would be accomplished and it is very much likely that the military court may award them…