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...“Everybody’s lost leverage over the Taliban,” says Moeed Yusuf, Pakistan’s national security adviser....
...The violence at al-Aqsa, on the compound known to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary) and to Jews as Temple Mount, has brought expressions of concern from the US and an angry warning from Jordan...
...at General Kayani’s six years, he has tried to dissociate the army from civilian institutions,” said retired Major General Mehmood Durrani, the former national security adviser to former prime minister Yusuf...
...Parties such as the PPP and the Awami National party say attacks on their election rallies will favour their rivals, including the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz of Nawaz Sharif and Tehreek-e-Insaf, or Movement...
...Yusuf Raza Gilani, Mr Ashraf’s immediate predecessor, was dismissed only last year, also by the Supreme Court....
...A tainted politician has been picked to become the new prime minister,” said Ahsan Iqbal, a leader of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif....
...The incumbent, Raja Pervez Ashraf, took over after the court last month sacked his predecessor, Yusuf Raza Gilani, for contempt of court for refusing to ask Switzerland to reopen its probe....
...Tuesday’s ruling was in response to a petition by Pakistan’s two main opposition parties, led by Nawaz Sharif, the former prime minister, and Imran Khan, the cricketer turned politician, that challenged...
...Nawaz Sharif, the former prime minister and leader of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N), demanded immediate elections....
...Since the visit, Karzai has discussed the issue in phone calls with both Barack Obama, US president and Yusuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan’s prime minister, according to issued statements....
...Yusuf Raza Gilani, the prime minister, sought to calm tempers by reminding members of the National Assembly that he had summoned Mr Haqqani to Islamabad to offer an explanation....
...Such a move might placate Mr Zardari’s opponents on the bench and in the army as well as the political opposition led by Nawaz Sharif, the former prime minister....
...Yusuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan’s prime minister, returned from a visit to China last week with the promise of early delivery of 50 JF-17 fighter aircraft....
...“Fortunately we have arrested at least one terrorist,” said Shehbaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab. “We will investigate this matter fully....
...Yusuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan’s prime minister, is strongly pushing for the imminent transfer of powers from the country’s presidency to the prime minister’s office in an effort to reverse a much-resented...
...Shahbaz Sharif, the province’s chief minister, has controversially appealed to the Taliban to spare the city from the onslaught....
...Mr Chaudhry, who was dismissed by former president Pervez Musharraf two years ago, has emerged as a major symbol of opposition to the government of president Asif Ali Zardari and prime minister Yusuf Raza...
...He insists he does not seek the powers of the premiership – currently held by the PPP’s Yusuf Raza Gilani – for any reasons of self-interest....
...Amid a government crackdown on protesters, Gen Kiyani met Asif Ali Zardari, the president, and Yusuf Raza Gilani, the prime minister, yesterday to discuss steps to restore stability and maintain the country...
...Seizing the initiative after the success of recent anti-government protests, Mr Sharif said he had already spoken to Yusuf Raza Gilani , prime minister, seeking an agreement between the ruling party and...
...The moment the address came on the TV by prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, within minutes I said, we are calling off the Long March....
...In a call to Mr Zardari and Yusuf Raza Gilani, prime minister, on Saturday “the secretary’s friendly advice to the Pakistani leadership was that you have to get the country under control”, a US state department...
...Yusuf Raza Gilani, prime minster, said early Monday in a pre-sunrise speech on national television: “Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary will take charge as chief justice of the supreme court after the retirement...
...The international community is well rehearsed in its response to appeals by Mr Zardari and his prime minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani, for development assistance....
...They later agree to form a coalition government Mar 24 People’s Party nominee Yusuf Raza Gilani elected prime minister....
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