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LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif has said that President Zardari should carry forward the legacy of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed and not of former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf.In an exclusive interview given to Geo News, Nawaz Sharif said President Asif Ali Zardari intends to take the nation towards a mid-term election.“No third force can come into power if the government shows responsibility …. I will not come in Zardari’s way if he restores the (deposed) judges today,” he said.The PML-N Chief said President Zardari has violated the agreements and “now a democratic revolution could come in the country which is need of the hour.”He said the only reason why judges are not being restored is NRO.No doors are closed for contacting Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, he said.Nawaz Sharif has denied filing an appeal for Civil Disobedience following imposition of Governor rule in the province of Punjab.Speaking to a British radio, he said: “I have not made any a...

ISLAMABAD: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court of Pakistan here challenging the enforcement of Governor rule in Punjab.Sources said that the petitioner Shahid Orakzai has made a plea in his petition that on being declared one person disqualified; Governor rule in the province could not be enforced. The petitioner said that the decision relating to Governor rule in Punjab was not correct and in violation of the constitution.

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that talks to reconcile Palestinian factions will only produce results if Hamas agrees to recognize Israel and other international terms.In an interview with US radio that, Clinton backed the idea of Palestinian unity."I believe that its important, if there is some reconciliation and a move toward a unified authority, that its very clear that Hamas knows the conditions that have been set forth by the quartet, by the Arab summit," she said.With Arab backing, the diplomatic quartet of the United States, the European Union, United Nations and Russia have laid out three conditions that any Palestinian partners in peace talks with Israel must meet.Clinton reiterated those conditions, saying: "They must renounce violence, recognize Israel, and abide by previous commitments," such as the Oslo peace accords."Otherwise, I don’t think it will result in the kind of positive step forward either for the Palestinian peop...