Yousuf Raza Gilani (Saraiki, Urdu: یوسف رضا گیلانی; Born on June 9, 1952) is the 16th and current Prime minister of Pakistan and the vice-chairman of the democratic socialist party, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). Gillani was nominated for the office of prime minister and became prime minister when his party formed the coalition government with Pakistan Muslim League, Awami National Party, Assembly of Islamic Clergy and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), after his party secured a considerable victory on 2008 parliamentary elections. He is the first prime minister from the Saraiki-speaking belt, and also the longest serving prime minister with a period span of 45 months and counting, chairing more than 100 cabinet and parliamentary sessions; the most any successive democratic government in the history of the country.
He first successfully contested 1988 parliamentary elections and has been a senior member of parliament for the Multan-IV constituency since 1988, heading the Ministry of Tourism under the government of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. After his party wining the plurality in 1990 parliamentary elections, Gillani was nominated by Benazir Bhutto to become the 15th Speaker of the National Assembly, serving until 16 February 1997. On 11 February 2001, Gillani was imprisoned by military court instituted under by then-CMLA and President Pervez Musharraf on the accusations and charges on corruption in infamous Adiala Jail, and released on 7 October 2006.
Gillani’s Pakistan Peoples Party won a considerable victory in the 2008 parliamentary elections, and with the consent of coalition government, Gillani was nominated for the office of Prime minister, taking the oath from President Pervez Musharraf on 25 March 2008. In a first inaugural session, Gillani announced the formation of the Truth and reconciliation commission, reducing the federal budget deficits, reconstruction of the troubled tribal belt, education, land, and agriculture reforms, and lifting the bans on elected labor and students’ unions, followed by new energy and nuclear policy to reduce the level of the loadshedding in the country. In 2009, Gillani was ranked as the 38th most powerful person in the world by Forbes.
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Karachi, Pakistan president and Pakistan People”s Party (PPP) leader Asif Ali Zardari has approved a coalition government with Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in Sindh province, according to PPP leader Naveed Qamar. Zardari has vowed that the PPP will play a role of a powerful opposition both in Senate and the National Assembly, reports The Dawn. [...]
Bombings on the eve of Pakistan’s landmark election have killed at least four people and wounded 18 others. The four died in a blast Friday near political party offices in North Waziristan — a Taliban and al-Qaida stronghold. Earlier reports had put the death toll at five. Thirteen people were wounded. A blast in the [...]
Bomb blasts on the eve of Pakistan’s landmark election have killed at least five people and wounded 18 others. One bombing occurred Friday in North Waziristan, a Taliban and al-Qaida stronghold, killing five people and wounding 13 others. The French News agency says the blast happened near political party offices in the region. Another five [...]
Bombings on the eve of Pakistan’s landmark election have killed at least four people and wounded 18 others. The four died in a blast Friday near political party offices in North Waziristan, a Taliban and al-Qaida stronghold. Earlier reports had put the death toll at five. Thirteen people were wounded. A blast in the southwestern [...]
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan : Bombs exploded near party political offices in remote areas of Pakistan on Friday, killing four people on the eve of a landmark general election threatened by the Taliban with suicide attacks. Campaigning ended at midnight with impassioned pleas for votes from frontrunner Nawaz Sharif, a steel tycoon bidding for a historic third [...]
ISLAMABAD — The son of former Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has been taken hostage by gunmen during a political rally in his home area of Multan. It’s the latest incident in what has been a violence-marred election campaign in the run up to the May 11 national assembly elections. Amid a spray of [...]
KARACHI, President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed grave concern and condemned the kidnapping of Ali Haider Gilani, the son of former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, and PPPP candidate for PP-200 in Multan. The President, who also called Yousuf Raza Gilani a short while ago, described the kidnapping of Ali Haider Gilani as a most [...]
KARACHI : Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Patron-in-Chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has strongly condemned the abduction of Ali Haider Gilani, the son of former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, and demanded his immediate recovery and steps for the protection of candidates and their families. Shocked over Ali Haider’s abduction, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, said that if PPP [...]
MULTAN, Pakistan : Gunmen on Thursday kidnapped the son of a former Pakistani prime minister who is also standing in the country’s elections, police said. Ali Haider Gilani was seized on the outskirts of the central city of Multan. Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and his kin are one of the most powerful families [...]
Islamabad : Two sons and a brother of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani have got tickets for Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). The PPP announced the names of its candidates from south Punjab for 33 seats of the National Assembly and 72 of the Punjab legislature. The list of candidates released by the Zardari House [...]
Islamabad, Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has admitted that his government had secretly signed off on US drone strikes. This is the first time a top past or present Pakistani official has admitted publicly to such a deal. Pakistani leaders long have openly challenged the drone program and insisted they had no part in it. [...]
Islamabad, President Asif Ali Zardari”s son, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, has left Pakistan for Dubai following differences over issues related to governance and the affairs of the Pakistan People”s Party (PPP) of which he was recently made the patron-in-chief. Media reports quoted sources in the Pakistan capital, as saying that Bilawal flew to Dubai after Zardari told [...]
Islamabad : Pakistan’s newly-named caretaker Prime Minister Justice (retired) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso on Sunday said that general elections to be held in May this year would be conducted according to the announced schedule, and added that fair and free elections is his topmost priority. Speaking to the media after being selected by the Election [...]
ISLAMABAD : A three-member Supreme Court bench will hear on March 13 a review petition of former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani against his disqualification as parliamentarian for committing contempt of court. The bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, comprises Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Sh. Azmat Saeed. Earlier, Gilani s review plea [...]
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