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Pakistan continues its 65-year-old record of forcing out PMs
Pakistan's prime ministers have always been removed through external intervention. What used to be a system where power was shared uneasily between army and civil society now has a third force. An energized judiciary. #HowThisWorks #Pakistan #Yousaf Raza Gillani #Pervez Musharraf #Benazir Bhutto #Nawaz Sharif #Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
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PPP leaders tell Pak PM Ashraf not to appear in SC
Ahead of the 27 August deadline for him to appear before the Supreme Court, Pakistan Premier Raja Pervez Ashraf has been advised by his legal experts and senior leaders of ruling PPP not to be present. #Pakistan #Yousaf Raza Gillani #NewsTracker #Asif Ali Zardari #Raja Pervez Ashraf
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Pak SC demands response from new PM on graft cases against Zardari
Ashraf, a close aide of the ruling PPP chief Zardari, became Prime Minister after Gilani was disqualified by the apex court on 19 June following his conviction for contempt. #Yousaf Raza Gillani #NewsTracker #Pervez Musharraf #Asif Ali Zardari #Pakistan Peoples Party #Supreme Court of Pakistan
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Gilani's son to contest for father's seat
Abdul Qadir Gilani, son of former Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, on Tuesday submitted his nomination papers to contest a by-poll for the National Assembly. #Politics #Pakistan #Yousaf Raza Gillani #Asif Ali Zardari #Punjabi people #Pakistan Peoples Party #Supreme Court of Pakistan #Ravians #University of Punjab alumni #Hamid Raza Gilani
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Pak's new Deputy Prime Minister: Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, a top leader of the ruling PPP's key ally PML-Q, has been appointed as Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister. #Yousaf Raza Gillani #NewsTracker #Pakistan Peoples Party #Pakistan Muslim League #Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
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New Pak PM retains most members of Gilani's cabinet
Pakistan's new Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf retained most key members of former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani's cabinet in the same positions as he allocated portfolios among his council of ministers. #Pakistan #Yousaf Raza Gillani #NewsTracker #Islamabad #Asif Ali Zardari #Pakistan Peoples Party #Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
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Pakistan Parliament elects Raja Pervez Ashraf as PM
Pakistan's Parliament on Friday elected former water and power minister and ruling party member Raja Pervez Ashraf as the new prime minister. #Pakistan #Yousaf Raza Gillani #Pakistan Peoples Party #Supreme Court of Pakistan
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Who is Pak PPP nominee Raja Parvez Ashraf?
Like Shahbuddin, Ashraf is also facing a probe by the National Accountability Court for alleged corruption in rental power projects during his tenure as Water and Power Minister. #Pakistan #Yousaf Raza Gillani #Asif Ali Zardari #Pakistan Peoples Party #WhoIsThis #Raja Parvez Ashraf #Makhdoom Shahbuddin
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In Pak's theatre of absurd, who'll be last man standing?
It's all-out war as the Pakistan Army and the Supreme Court are working in tandem to bring down the Zardari government. #Pakistan #Yousaf Raza Gillani #Pervez Musharraf #Nawaz Sharif #Imran Khan #Asif Ali Zardari #Makhdoom Shahabuddin
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India hopes Pak turmoil doesn't affect ties
India is very closely following the events in Pakistan, which is witnessing a political upheaval following the disqualification of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. #Yousaf Raza Gillani #NewsTracker #SM Krishna #Asif Ali Zardari #Pakistan Peoples Party