Pakistan’s National Assembly has been convened on Friday to elect a new prime minister with the name of outgoing textile minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin emerging as the main contender for the post.

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Leader of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party Asif Ali Zardari has chosen veteran politician Makhdoom Shahabuddin as the replacement for ousted Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, state-run media reported

A Pakistani court on Thursday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for Pakistan Peoples Party prime ministerial candidate Makhdoom Shahabuddin in connection with alleged irregularities in the impor

Faced with a non-bailable arrest warrant against Makhdoom Shahabuddin, its first choice for Prime Minister's post, ruling Pakistan Peoples Party on Thursday fielded senior leader Qamar Zaman Kaira

The ruling Pakistan People's Party has nominated senior leader Makhdoom Shahabuddin for the post of premier following the Supreme Court's disqualification of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, accordi

A contempt petition has been filed against Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari for continuing to hold the political office of head of the ruling PPP in violation of a court's order.

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Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has got the message at the just concluded NATO Summit in Chicago that it is important to reopen ground lines of communication to Afghanistan, a top US diplomat said

US and Pakistani leaders on Monday signaled optimism that a deal on reopening vital supply routes to NATO convoys was within reach as Islamabad ordered negotiators to seal an agreement.

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US President Barack Obama is at loggerheads with his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari, refusing to meet him apparently over blockage of NATO supply lines into Afghanistan, an issue which cont

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has arrived in Chicago to attend a key NATO summit starting on Sunday.

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbass Jilani are accompanyi