Tag: Benazir Bhutto
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White chiffon dupatta, backcombed hair and green silk Shalwar Kameez; where have we seen this before?
White chiffon dupatta, backcombed hair, and a green silk Shalwar Kameez; where have we seen this before? We saw it once when the late Benazir Bhutto took oath as the first female Prime Minister of the country and the world. And we saw the same image again when her husband Asif Ali Zardari took oath…
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Asif Ali Zardari: ‘Artful dodger’ returns as Pakistan president
Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Pakistan’s slain first female premier Benazir Bhutto who has had a life storied equally by tragedy and farce, is set to become president for a second time on Saturday. Initially a background character as Bhutto’s consort, Zardari was stained by a bevy of corruption and other allegations, including absurd…
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‘Sky will not fall if polls are deferred’: Maulana Fazlur Rehman
Amid the ongoing controversy about the general elections scheduled for February 8, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that the Senate’s resolution advocating the postponement of the electoral process aligns with his party’s stance. The resolution, proposed by an independent lawmaker in the upper house of parliament on Friday amid concerns about extreme…
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PPP is all set to conquer Punjab and Sindh
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari formally initiated his election campaign from NA-127 Lahore on Thursday. The party aims to leverage the perceived political vacuum created by the establishment in Pakistan. With the main rival, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), still deliberating on ticket allocations for Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), PPP leaders have…
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‘Sab ki salary double hogi’; Bilawal Unveils Ambitious 10-Point Election Manifesto
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari presented an ambitious 10-point election manifesto during a public gathering in the party stronghold Garhi Khuda Bakhsh on the 16th death anniversary of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The manifesto, outlined on Wednesday, aims to establish a “pro-people” government after the upcoming February 8 elections. Here’s a breakdown…
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Benazir Bhutto left us 16 years ago today
It has been 16 years since former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a brutal suicide attack on December 27, 2007. Bhutto, daughter of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was born in Karachi in 1953. Her political career started after the judicial murder of her father. Benazir formally stepped into practical politics by…
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Candidate doesn’t need to appear before ROs to submit nomination papers, says ex-secretary ECP
Former Secretary of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad, said on Wednesday that election candidates don’t need to appear before returning officers (ROs) to submit their nomination papers or for scrutiny of papers. Candidates who are hiding or proclaimed offenders need to appear before ROs to submit their nomination papers; otherwise, their nomination…
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Bilawal pledges to eliminate 17 federal ministries if PPP voted into power
Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), pledged on Monday to eliminate 17 federal ministries if his party secures victory in the general elections. This measure aims to save taxpayers a sum of “Rs300 billion.” Addressing a public gathering in Nawabshah, Bilawal said the 17 federal ministries should have been devolved to provinces…
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No issue in delay for free and fair elections, says Maulana Fazlur Rehman
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Wednesday that a delay of a few days in the general election will not make any difference. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari also made the same statement a few days earlier. Maulana Fazlur Rehman said in an interview that there…
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‘Islamabad can’t see that Balochistan is heart of Pakistan’: Asif Ali Zardari
Ex-president Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday called Balochistan the “heart of Pakistan”, lamenting that the view was not shared by Islamabad or the other provinces. He made the remarks while addressing a rally in Quetta to mark the party’s 56th foundation day, campaigning to improve its prospects in the province in the run up to…