Majlis-e-Shoora

Type: Organization

Name: Majlis-e-Shoora

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Political risk in Pakistan severe, rights group says

ISLAMABAD, April 29 (UPI) --Pakistan is to have parliamentary elections May 11. Human Rights Watch blamed the Taliban and other militant groups in Pakistan for more than 20 attacks that left 46 people dead and more than 190 injured since campaigning began ... [Published UPI - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Pakistan, Elections, Taliban, Benazir Bhutto, Human Rights Watch

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Majlis-e-Shoora

Acid thrown on three women in Multan

MULTAN: Two people have thrown acid on three women, a mother and two daughters, in village Nauranga on the outskirts of Multan. Police said that they have arrested one suspect and the injured were shifted to Nishtar Hospital Multan.According to police, ... [Published DAWN Group - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Acid, Multan, Police, Majlis-e-Shoora

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Awami National Party

Contentious issue: Senate to debate Article 63 of Constitution

ISLAMABAD:The Senate is all set to debate Article 63 of the constitution to elaborate the conditions under which one could be disqualified from Parliament or be barred from contesting elections.The upper house will discuss the proposed bill called ‘The ... [Published The Express Tribune - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Rozi Khan, Awami National Party, Pakistan People's Party, Pakistan Railways, Islamabad

First reported Apr 14 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Pakistan Muslim League (N)

Jamaat to go solo from today

LAHORE, April 13: After failing to woo PML-N and PTI for seat adjustment, the Jamaat-i-Islami has advised its leaders and workers to launch an extensive election campaign from Sunday (today) in order to attract voters in the constituencies across the ... [Published DAWN Group - Apr 14 2013]

Entities: Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, Pakistan Muslim League (N), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl

First reported Apr 14 2013 - Updated Apr 14 2013 - 1 reports

Sajid Mir

MJAH on adjustment with ‘N’

LAHORE, April 13: Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith Chief Prof Sajid Mir says since the consultative body (Majlis-e-Shoora) has decided to go for seat adjustment with PML-N, he is not empowered to change it. — Staff Reporter ... [Published DAWN Group - Apr 14 2013]

Entities: Sajid Mir, Jamiat-e-Ahli Hadees, Majlis-e-Shoora

First reported Apr 14 2013 - Updated Apr 14 2013 - 1 reports

COMMENT: The gimmickry of electoral scrutiny Lal Khan

There is hardly any candidate possessing the credentials listed in Articles 62 and 63. Hence all will lie, take false oaths, and hypocrisy will prevail like never before The entire process to scrutinise the electoral applications of the candidates for ... [Published Daily Times - Apr 14 2013]

Entities: Zia, Dictatorship, Injunction

First reported Mar 05 2013 - Updated Mar 06 2013 - 1 reports

Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu

Pakistan: OIC delivers fully-serviced village to flood victims in Pakistan

Source: Organisation of Islamic CooperationCountry: Pakistan The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has delivered one hundred housing units, a school, a health center and a mosque to the people of the D. G. Khan village in Multan, Punjab Province, the ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Mar 05 2013]

Entities: Pakistan, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Majlis-e-Shoora, Multan, Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu

Quotes

...Indeed, in October 2012, Imran Khan claimed that the Taliban were fighting a 'holy war' justified by Islam in neighbouring Afghanistan: "It is very clear that whoever is fighting for their freedom is fighting a jihad… The people who are fighting in Afghanistan against the foreign occupation are fighting a jihad." The PPP’s approach towards TTP and its affiliates is comparably ‘soft’...

Misplaced Optimism [Published Outlook India - May 15 2013]

...We had given them mandate. However, Fyodor Dostoevsky, a Russian novelist, had wisely remarked: "Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up." These legislators left us in March 2013 and also left workers suffering with uncertainty following the passage of IRA 2012 in haste...

Labour laws: Political manifestoes lack vision [Published Business Recorder - May 01 2013]

"Pakistan's interim government should use law enforcement agencies and, if essential, the army, to provide as much protection as possible to candidates and political parties from Taliban attacks" he said in a statement

Political risk in Pakistan severe, rights group says [Published UPI - Apr 29 2013]

The editorial said that while a court in Pakistan convicted Gilani of contempt of court and sent him home, it should not forget the fact that ` "democracy' takes a long time to take root and if it is not allowed to function normally, it is bound to be derailed."

''Overzealous'' Pak judiciary must stop its ''overreach'' from ''derailing'' fragile democracy in ... [Published Topnews.in - Aug 18 2012]

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