Peacetalks symposium: Raza Rumi, Pritpal Singh, Amitabh Pal, Nyla Ali Khan. Photo by Beena Sarwar By Beena Sarwar Born in the Rawalpindi area in 1943, Suresh Bakshi was about four years oldwhen his family left their ancestral home after Partition in 1947. But he still remembers and has ...
On account of differences with the then Pakistan Muslim League (PML) Prime Minister Muhammad Khan Junejo, Gilani joined Pakistan Peoples Party in 1988. He has been elected in the parliament under the PPP ticket thrice, serving both as a federal minister and speaker National Assembly. Gilani was ...
He received an appointment in the cabinet of Prime Minister Mohammad Khan Junejo, but a conflict with Junejo led to Gilani’s being replaced in 1986 and in his eventual marginalization within the PML. Gilani joined the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) after Pres. Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq dismissed ...