Islamabad—Federal Minister for Law Farooq H.
Naek Monday announced that the constitutional
package has been finalized which, he said, may
be tabled in the Parliament before the federal
budget. He said a number of reforms have been
proposed in the package. Reconstitution of
Election Commission, modus operandi for
re-instatement and removal of judges, and
redefining of president’s powers are the major
changes to be introduced through 18th amendment
of the Constitution.
Sharm El Sheikh—Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza
Gilani on Monday said there was no pressure on
the coalition government for the reinstatement
of deposed judges and as soon as the modalities
were worked out they would be restored.
Kabul—Nato has reinforced troops along the
Afghan border anticipating peace deals between
Pakistan and the Taliban will allow the
insurgents to launch more attacks into
Afghanistan, Nato’s commander in Afghanistan
said.
Islamabad—Amid seemingly widening split between
the coalition partners, Pakistan People’s Party
and Pakistan Muslim League (N) reliable sources
here not only confirm continuing contacts
between PPP and PML (Q) but also say that the
channel between the two sides had been upgraded.
The wedge between PPP and PML (N) became all the
more visible when all those mattered in PML (N)
reacted in chorus rather violently to the
appointment of Salman Taseer as Governer of
Punjab.
Lahore—The newly inducted coalition regime has
firm belief in the freedom of press and a new
law to scrub all discriminatory provisions
against media is to be implemented soon.
Islamabad—Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi
and his Indian counterpart, Pranab Mukherjee,
will meet here tomorrow to review the fourth
round of Pakistan-India Composite Dialogue, a
foreign office spokesman said on Monday.
Islamabad—Former Punjab chief minister Mian
Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo, MNA, has been appointed
Advisor to Prime Minister on Industries and
Production, with the status of federal minister.
