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  Politics of Pakistan Encyclopedia Article @ Despotism.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Pakistan's federal cabinet on April 12, 2006 decided that general elections would be held after the completion of the assemblies constitutional term by the end of 2007 or beginning of 2008.
Pakistan is the second largest Muslim country in terms of population, and its status as a declared nuclear power, being the only Muslim nation to have that status, plays a part in its international role.
In 1964, Pakistan signed the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD) Pact with Turkey and Iran, when all three countries were closely allied with the U.S., and as neighbors of the Soviet Union, wary of perceived Soviet expansionism.
www.despotism.org /encyclopedia/Politics_of_Pakistan   (2652 words)

  
 [10-13-99] Muddasir Rizui, Coup Welcomed -- With Reservations -- In Pakistan
Both political parties and individual citizens seem to support the military takeover in Pakistan -- with the important proviso that their stay should be temporary.
Some political analysts believe the coup is a direct result of the Sharif government's mishandling of the situation in Kashmir, particularly its decision to withdraw troops from the disputed territory after an agreement with the United States in July.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are the only countries that have recognized Taliban rule.
www.pacificnews.org /jinn/stories/5.20/991013-pakistan.html   (708 words)

  
 Political Parties in Pakistan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
PAT was in fact denied membership of the MMA since it is seen as supporting the military regime and its pro-US line against militancy by religious extremists.
Pakistan was partitioned as the year 1970 came to a close, and the independent state of Bangladesh born in 1971.
Under Zulfikar Bhutto, the PPP ruled Pakistan till 1977, when a protest campaign by political parties, claiming rigging in the March 1977 polls, led to the overthrow of Bhutto and the army take-over by General Ziaul Haq.
www.hrcpelectoralwatch.org /partyprofiles.cfm   (5691 words)

  
 Pakistan Protests and Demonstrations -- War on Iraq: South Asia Impact
PAT spokesperson G M Malik said the Ummah was facing a devilish situation because of disunity among its ranks.
Separately, President of the All Pakistan Organisation of Small Traders and Cottage Industry, Sindh, Mashooq Jatoi, announced that there would be a strike throughout Pakistan on April 8, to express solidarity with Iraqis, and to condemn the US-led war on Iraq.
The Pakistan chapter of Hizbut Tahrir, at an anti-war demonstration held in front of the Peshawar Press Club, condemned the government policy on Iraq and asked it to send Pakistani troops for the defence of the Iraqis.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/exclusive/iraq/pakistan_protest.htm   (6286 words)

  
 Pakistan - Webled.com
[ or JUP [Shah Faridul HAQ]; Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan or MMA [ ]...
[ Pakistan is situated between latitude 24 and 37 degrees North and ]...
Glimpses of earthquake devastation in Pakistan and Azad Kashmir ]...
www.webled.com /Pakistan.htm   (494 words)

  
 Pakistan Awami Tehrik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pakistan Awami Tehrik (Urdu: پاکستان عوامي تحريک) (Pakistan People's Movement) is a political party in Pakistan.
PAT spans all four corners of the globe in over 86 countries.
We have an equal participation of the youth, women, farmers, traders, employees and minorities and all the work we have undertaken has been based on the ideologies of uniting Pakistanis at home and abroad.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pakistan_Awami_Tehrik   (520 words)

  
 Pakistan Facts - Ally stuns govt with allegation of rigging in 2002 polls   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
An outspoken ally stunned the government on Friday as he attacked its vows about transparency by telling the National Assembly that he had traced 40,000 bogus votes in one constituency where he had lost in the last elections.
Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) chief Mohammad Tahirul Qadri said it took him 10 months to find the allegedly bogus entries in the NA-89 constituency of Jhang in the Punjab province through a computerized exercise and promised to resign his seat in the National Assembly if he were proved wrong.
On Thursday, Dr Qadri criticized Pakistan's alliance in the US-led war against terrorism during a debate on the current military operations in the South Waziristan tribal agency to hunt suspected foreign militants and their local harbourers.
www.pakistan-facts.com /article.php?story=20040327103814765   (495 words)

  
 Pakistan Christian Post
A: Relations between different communities in Pakistan were fairly harmonious before the Objectives Resolution was adopted as a preamble to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1973), seeking to implement Islamic laws in the country within the next twenty years.
The Hindus in Pakistan live almost entirely in Sind, and have, by and large, remained relatively free from persecution, at least as compared to the Christians and the Ahmadis.
Since the problems of the religious minorities in Pakistan are closely linked to the oppression of minorities in other countries in South Asia, particularly India, I think that a united platform of minorities in South Asia as a whole is indispensable in order to promote dialogue and better understanding between different groups in Pakistan.
www.pakistanchristianpost.com /newsdetails.php?newsid=323   (939 words)

  
 Pakistan Information and Online Map - Map Town Ltd.
Economy - overview: Pakistan is a poor, heavily populated country, suffering from internal political disputes, lack of foreign investment, and a costly confrontation with neighboring India.
Pakistan's economic outlook continues to be marred by its weak foreign exchange position, notably its continued reliance on international creditors for hard currency inflows.
Pakistan has made privatization a cornerstone of economic revival, but may have difficulty attracting new investors until it receives positive endorsement from the World Bank.
www15.brinkster.com /mairapakistan/information.asp   (1292 words)

  
 WEEKLY NEWS POLICY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Pakistan Muslim League (Q), also known as the King's party, Farooq Leghari's Millat Party, Prof Tahirul Qadri's Pakistan Awami Tehrik and Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf have already announced support for the referendum.
Pakistan is ranked No 3 as the world's largest Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) user after Italy and Argentina and it can provide technical expertise and cooperation to develop and promote the CNG industry in Iran.
Chairman of the Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan (IDBP), Badruddin Khan said on Thursday that the bank will be ready for privatization by June this year.
www.pakistaneconomist.com /issue2002/issue14/news4.htm   (775 words)

  
 Pakistan - General Information
The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved.
Pakistan is a poor, heavily populated country, suffering from internal political disputes, lack of foreign investment, and a costly confrontation with neighboring India.
Pakistan's economic outlook continues to be marred by its weak foreign exchange position, which relies on international creditors for hard currency inflows.
www.mesteel.com /countries/pakistan/index.html   (1148 words)

  
 Together WE can make a difference - Community Quiz
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz group) is sweeping in Lahore.
According to preliminary reports, Pakistan Tehrik Insaf chairman Imran Khan is leading in his hometown constituency, Mianwali.
Ejazul Hassan is leading in NA 127 with thousands of margin against Pakistan Awami Tehrik chairman Maulana Dr Prof.
www.contactpakistan.com /newsletter/ksa/Election2002/article14.html   (1938 words)

  
 14 parties have their leaders thrust upon them: report -DAWN - National; August 16, 2002
It is based on a countrywide survey of the parties, which had the opportunity to win seats in representative institutions — the parties which contested 1988, 1990, 1993 and 1997 general elections in at least five constituencies, and those which were created after the 1997 election.
The Pakistan Muslim League-N replaced former prime minister Nawaz Sharif with his younger brother, Mian Shahbaz Sharif, as the new party president, it added.
The report said the worst victim of PPO 2002 became the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, which, despite the impression of being the so-called Kings Party, had to experience more factionalism, adding yet another faction to the existing club of over a dozen Muslim Leagues.
www.dawn.com /2002/08/16/nat1.htm   (851 words)

  
 Pakistan - Awami National Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Awami National Party (awami means "people's"), which depends on Pakhtuns of the North-West Frontier Province and northern Balochistan as its political base, won six seats in the National Assembly in the 1990 elections.
The Awami National Party was formed in 1986 by the merger of several left-leaning parties including the Awami Tehrik and the National Democratic Party.
Wali Khan was again jailed, and his party was barred from politics when the Supreme Court upheld the finding of Bhutto that the NAP was conspiring against the state of Pakistan.
countrystudies.us /pakistan/71.htm   (235 words)

  
 Saviour of Pakistan, Musharraf Khan?
The Ajmal Khattak-led National Awami Party Pakistan, (NAPP), the Sherpao faction of the PPP and the Pakistan Muslim League (QA) also provided open support, as expected.
In addition, Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI), Tahirul Qadri's Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT), Omar Asghar's newly-launched Qaumi Jamhoori Party (QJP) and Fanoos Gujar's little known Pakistan Awami Party (PAP) have also served as the king's party.
During their visit to various parts of the province, the ex-cricket star together with Tehrik-i- Insaaf's provincial president, Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan, focused on the corruption of the former premiers in order to seek public support for the government.
www.newsline.com.pk /NewsMay2002/cover3.htm   (1197 words)

  
 Lahore City Portal - Government
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan or MMA [Qazi Hussain AHMED];
Pakistan Awami Tehrik or PAT [Tahir ul QADRI];
Pakistan Muslim League or PML [Chaudhry Shujaat HUSSAIN]; note - as of May 2004, the PML/Q changed its name to PML and absorbed the PML/J, PML/Z, and NA;
www.lahore.com /content/view/50/87   (511 words)

  
 Pakistan Link - Daily News
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) Dr Tahirul Qadri has termed the defeat of Vajpayee-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Indian state election as a "referendum" against the party's extremist and fundamentalist policies.
ISLAMABAD: Senior vice president of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) Ijazul Haq Monday said the BJP's defeat in India state elections is a tremendous blow to the Vajpayee government.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan pledged on Monday to open new bank branches and trade channel with the aim to strengthen and promote their economic and trade relationship in future.
www.pakistanlink.com /headlines/Feb/26.html   (756 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Following changes to the constitution which greatly expand the power of the President, and a referendum which agreed to these changes, a Parliament is now being elected.
It remains to be seen whether Pakistan will now function as a genuine democracy.
I reproduce here a story from Agence France Presse: European Union observers blasted Pakistan's Election Commission for its failure to curb state interference in the general elections, which "cast serious doubt" over the body's independence.
psephos.adam-carr.net /countries/p/pakistan/pakistan2002.txt   (191 words)

  
 Politics of Pakistan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Pakistan Constitution of 1973[?], amended substantially in 1985 under Muhammad Zia ul-Haq, was suspended by the military government on October 12, 1999.
Pervez Musharraf has committed to return Pakistan to democratic, civilian rule but the implications of his promised structural reforms on the country's previous parliamentary system are unknown.
The Pakistani-administered portion of the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region includes Azad Kashmir and the Northern Areas.
www.fastload.org /po/Politics_of_Pakistan.html   (573 words)

  
 Profile of Pakistan
They give food, for the love of Him, to the needy, the orphan, the captive: 'we feed you only for the sake of God; we desire no recompense from you, nor thankfulness'.
A third war between these countries in 1971 resulted in East Pakistan seceding and becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh.
The dispute over the state of Kashmir is ongoing, but recent discussions and confindence-building measures may be a start toward lessened tensions.
yespakistan.com /people/profile.asp   (1311 words)

  
 AsiaMedia :: PAKISTAN: E-governance still in fluid state says report
Same was the case of Pakistan Awami Tehrik which lost its representation after resignation of Dr Tahirul Qadri.
It appears that the spirit of the project was lost in the process as none of the envisioned information exists on the website, said the report.
The website of the president of Pakistan though well maintained is devoid of interactivity.
www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=29996   (660 words)

  
 Lawmakers Declare Assets To Ec. Some The Richest - Pakistani Defence Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The statements of assets and liabilities submitted by parliamentarians to the Election Commission show unprecedented accumulation of wealth in a few hands, with almost all lawmakers, even those residing in urban centres, found owning hundreds of acres of agricultural land.
Pakistan Awami Tehrik chief Dr Tahirul Qadri has declared his assets worth Rs9.1 million.
On the other hand, Dr Sher Afgan of PPP Patriots appears to be the 'poorest' lawmaker who virtually own no assets, and has shown bank balance of a mere Rs500.
www.pakistanidefenceforum.com /index.php?showtopic=21814   (3158 words)

  
 Pakistan Times | National: Six candidates file papers for Pakistan's NA seat
The seat fell vacant after Tahirul Qadri, the chief of Pakistan Awami Tehrik, resigned.
Scrutiny of papers will be held on January 14 and 15 and January 18 has been fixed for appeals before the tribunal against the acceptance or rejection of nomination papers.
This was decided at the meeting of the PPPP Sindh Council held at the Peoples Secretariat, says a statement on Friday.
www.pakistantimes.net /2005/01/21/national2.htm   (285 words)

  
 Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT)
According to the Decision of the Working Committee of Pakistan Awami Tehreek dated 29-05-2006 the Central Body of the PAT is dissolved and Sahibzada Miskeen Faiz ur Rehman Khan Durani is nominated as Acting President of Pakistan Awami Tehreek.
According to the decision of Central Working Committee held on 7-6-2006 the Election Commission revised, which is as following:-
PAT Chairman Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri announced his resignation from the National Assembly
www.pat.com.pk   (217 words)

  
 General Elections 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
After three years of military rule, Pakistan again headed towards democracy on October 10, 2002.
The major parties contesting the elections were Peoples Party Parliamentarians, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Group, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-i-Azam also called the "King's Party" for its unconditional support to the government, and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), alliance of six religious political parties.
Several regional parties, with strongholds in their own provinces included the Sindh-based Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Awami National Party, Jamhuri Watan Party, factions of Baluchistan National Movement and Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party.
www.storyofpakistan.com /articletext.asp?artid=A148   (312 words)

  
 The Pakistan Weekly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
HYDERABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party, Muslim League (N) and nationalists from Sindh, Balochistan and Frontier provinces have rejected Kala Bagh Dam terming it as anti- Pakistan which will not only destroy three provinces but could cause damage to solidarity and unity of Pakistan.
The declaration asked World Bank and Asian Development Bank not to provide funds for controversial project of KBD that was aimed to genocide of Sindhi people and cast danger to national unity of Pakistan.
Addressing the APC Hakim Ali Zardari father in law of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said rulers cannot be believed and asked from them “would they tell as to how much extent have they implemented Concurrent List of Constitution”.
www.pakistanweekly.com /News.htm   (435 words)

  
 Tahirul Qadri: ZoomInfo Business People Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
On the one hand, their existence in each and every corner of this province is already disappointing but on the other it could be difficult for them to defend President Gen. Pervez Musharaf who on the name of elections wants to remain as an evergreen president of the country.
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Awami Tehrik Chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri has resigned from the National Assembly in protest over the passage of a bill allowing President General Pervez Musharraf to continue as army chief beyond December 31, it is declared.
Speaking at an event organised in connection with Christmas at the Minhaj secretariat, he said that Eid Miladul Nabi and Christmas were joyous occasions for both Muslims and Christians.
www.zoominfo.com /directory/Qadri_Tahirul_29875376.htm   (409 words)

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