As Pakistan’s PPP-led government struggles to remain in power after the departure of Fazlur Rehman’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazal), speculation is growing that Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani might h

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Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Tuesday survived an attempt on his life as terrorists fired four rockets on his convoy in tribal South Waziristan, officials said. “The Army Chief is safe. He had left when the terrorists fired the rockets,” a security official told this newspaper from the site.

The report by WikiLeaks that Pakistan Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani was not totally averse to imposing military rule or at least showing the door to President Asif Ali Zardari has created a stir in leadership circles here, official sources said Wednesday.

In an unprecedented move, the Pakistan Supreme Court has issued notices to the heads of all intelligence agencies — Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Military Intelligence (MI) — to submit a report regarding “missing persons” by November 25.

The military may not officially be in power in Pakistan, but when Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani is on the move, senior Cabinet ministers have to park their cars on the roadside like ordinary citizens.

There will be no more stares and glares at the Wagah border between Pakistan and India at the daily flag-hoisting and lowering ceremonies, the chief border security officials of the two countries said Saturday.

As he struggles to save his government, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani will address the nation on Sunday to “clarify” his position.

As he struggles to save his government, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani will address the nation on Sunday to “clarify” his position.
“The address is a way to win the confidence of the nation and tell them that the government is here to stay,” said a source close to the Prime Minister.

Pakistan is in for another battle between the executive and the judiciary as the government mulls sacking the judges it had reinstated in 2009.
Over 60 judges of the high courts and the Supreme Court, including Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, were sacked by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf after an unprecedented row between the judiciary and the executive in 2007. The judges were reinstated by the PPP-led government in 2008.