ANP refuses to join Balochistan government
Posted by admin on May 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment
QUETTA: Awami National Party (ANP) has refused to join the government in Balochistan, Geo News reported.
ANP spokesman Zahid Khan said that party chief Asfandyar Wali has stopped his provincial leader and MPA-elect from PB-12 Qila Abdullah, Zamarak Khan from joining government. He has been directed to sit in the opposition in the province.
Zahid Khan said, Zamarak was invited to join the government, however, as per the...
PPP refuses to accept KPK poll results
Posted by admin on May 15, 2013 | Leave a Comment
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Khyber Pakhtunkwah (KPK) chapter has rejected the poll results of the province and decided to launch a protest movement against the alleged poll rigging in KPK, Geo News reported.
A meeting of PPP leaders was held here Wednesday during which they declared the May 11 general elections rigged.
Provincial secretary information of PPP KPK chapter Liaquat Shabab said his party refuses...
JUIF refuses to accept PTI’s mandate in KP
Posted by admin on May 14, 2013 | Leave a Comment
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema e Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Fazl ur Rehman has refused to accept the mandate of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, the JUI-F chief dubbed the mandate of a ‘leading party’ in KP as ‘controversial’, saying that the PTI rigged elections in Mardan, Peshawar and Kohat divisions.
The Election Commission...
Indian SC refuses to give more time to Sanjay Dutt to surrender
Posted by admin on May 14, 2013 | Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to grant more time to Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt to surrender to undergo remaining three-and-a-half-year jail term in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.
A bench of justices BS Chauhan and Dipak Misra refused to hear the plea of a film producer, who sought more time for Dutt to surrender in order to complete two films which are under production.
Dutt, who was convicted under the...
Tharparkar polling staff refuses to perform election duty
Posted by admin on May 10, 2013 | Leave a Comment
THARPARKAR: Polling staff for 16 voting stations of NA-229 have refused to perform election duty owing to security concerns, Geo News reported.
The staff has demanded security at 16 polling stations, saying they could not go to voting stations without it.
The presiding officers have regretted that the administration was refusing to provide security in Tharparkar.
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India refuses to provide security to Pakistani devotees
Posted by admin on May 10, 2013 | Leave a Comment
ISLAMABAD: Indian authorities have refused provide security to Pakistani devotees in Ajmer Sharif, Geo News reported.
Pakistan’s foreign office has stated that India had refused to provide security to the devotees, scheduled to visit Ajmer Sharif on the annual Urs of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti (R.A) from May 13 to 23.
Meanwhile, Pakistan has expressed concerns over the decision of India, saying that it would discourage...
Interim government refuses to order Musharraf treason trial
Posted by admin on Apr 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment
ISLAMABAD: The interim government has refused to try former president, General (retd) Pervez Musharraf for treason under Article 6 of the Constitution.
In its reply to the apex court, the interim government said that considering, deliberating or commencing any legal proceedings under Article 6 of the Constitution will be a measure not in its mandate.
The reply further said that the interim government was busy with the...
Musharraf treason case SC refuses to give more time to federation
Posted by admin on Apr 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan resumed hearing into five identical petitions, seeking prosecution of former president Pervez Musharraf for abrogating the Constitution Wednesday and refused to give more time to federation to submit response, Geo News reported.
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Justice Khawaja refuses to hear Nawaz disqualification plea
Posted by admin on Apr 10, 2013 | Leave a Comment
LAHORE: Justice Khawaja Imtiaz, heading an election tribunal Wednesday refused to hear plea filed over disqualification of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif, Geo News reported.
Commenting on this, Justice Khawaja Imtiaz said he could not hear the plea as he had earlier given decision in favour of Sharif family in defaulter case.
It may be noted here that a petition was filed before the Election...
Jacksons ex doctor refuses to testify at AEG trial
Posted by admin on Apr 03, 2013 | Leave a Comment
LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson’s jailed former doctor said Tuesday he does not want to testify in a civil trial against the late singer’s tour promoter AEG Live, to avoid incriminating himself.
Conrad Murray — who at one point spontaneously broke into song in his first interview since being sent to prison — said he is appealing his 2011 conviction for involuntary manslaughter and does not want to...
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