Islamabad, June 18 : Criticizing the `stringed' US assistance to Pakistan, former Pakistan Information minister, Sherry Rehman, has said that the assistance being offered to Islamabad by Washington was a major factor which comprises the strategic goals of both the countries.

Islamabad, Apr. 4 : Denouncing the whipping of a young girl by the Taliban in Swat, Pakistan's former Information Minister Sherry Rehman has submitted an adjournment motion seeking a debate in the National Assembly.

"What is happening in Swat amounts to a blatant abuse of the rights of our people by non-state actors. The state cannot and must not remain silent at this heinous act of brutal violence against women," the Daily Times quoted, Rehman, as saying.

Karachi, Mar. 28 : Pakistan's former Information and Broadcasting Minister Sherry Rehman has been awarded the `Freedom Award' by the Association of Television Journalists.

Speaking on the sidelines of the launch and opening of the office of the association, Rehman said she always supported the cause of the media, and believed in its freedom.

She used the opportunity to call on the major political forces in the country to bury their differences and work for Pakistan's development.

Karachi, Mar. 20 : Former Pakistan Information and Broadcasting Minister, Sherry Rehman has said that she resigned from the post due to the excessive interference of some ministers in the work of her ministry.

Rehman said that the unwarranted interference in her work by some ministers had affected her prestige.

She said it was this undue interference that convinced her to quit.

Rehman told media persons at the airport here that she didn’t wanted to destabilize the government, and that her party PPP would not back away from any reconciliation efforts.

Islamabad, Mar. 18 : Pakistan People Party (PPP) leader and former information minister Sherry Rehman Wednesday denied reports that she had resigned from the party.

She told newsmen that she did want to create any kind of crack in the party.

"PPP doesn't want to put any curb on media, she said, adding, she has not quit the party's position."

Lahore, Mar 16: The drama behind the resignation of Information Minister Sherry Rehman is not going to die down easily, as there are very few takers for the explanation given by Pakistan People’s Party stalwarts about the circumstances leading to her exit from the office.

PPP MNA Fouzia Wahab on Sunday narrated her own version of the story. Talking to a news channel on Sunday, she stated that Rehman had resigned two weeks ago, but no formal announcement was made at that time.

Islamabad, Mar. 14 : Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister, Sherry Rehman's resignation has surprised President Asif Ali Zardari.

On receiving the resignation, worried Zardari told Rehman that she had left him in difficult times.

In reply, Sherry Rehman said that she has resigned on principle that of late Benazir Bhutto.

Several sources, confirmed that Rehman had sent her resignation to the Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani who also expressed surprise over the decision.

Islamabad, Mar 14: Pakistan’s Information Minister Sherry Rehman resigned following differences over government’s handling of the electronic media and insistence by President Asif Zardari and his close aides to impose further restrictions on private news channels.

Rehman was against the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA)’s blocking of a private TV channel without taking her into confidence

Islamabad, Mar 3 : Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman has strongly condemned the attack on Sri Lankan cricket team, and said it is an attempt to spoil the reputation of Pakistan.

Sherry said President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani have strongly denounced the attack and the prime minister has ordered immediate enquiry of the incident and a report would be compiled soon.

She said security forces took the control of the area and there is no need to be panic, The News reported.

Lahore, Feb. 27 : Perturbed by Nawaz Sharif's verbal attack on President Asif Ali Zardari, and Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz's (PML-N) decision to stage nation-wide protests against Sharif's disqualification, Pakistan Information Minister Sherry Rehman has said that such a step will lead to further deteriorate-on the political scenario of the country.

Islamabad, Jan 28: Pakistan's Information Minister Sherry Rehman has denied that President Asif Ali Zardari made any threatening comments regarding the upcoming lawyers' long march in February at the Parliament building on Tuesday.

Several Pakistani newspapers published a story, which attributed a statement threatening the lawyers' movement to President Asif Ali Zardari.

The statement was allegedly made during a PPP parliamentary party meeting on Monday, The Dawn reported.

Karachi, Jan 19 : Pakistan Information Minister Sherry Rehman has said the government will use all its powers to ensure that the girls' schools affected by the Taliban in Swat are reopened by March 1.

The militants' efforts to deter girls from attending school in Pakistan are darkly reminiscent of the former Taliban regime in Afghanistan, which banned education for girls and forced most working women to return to their homes, the Dawn reported.

Islamabad, Dec. 19 : Pakistan Information Minister Sherry Rehman has criticized PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif for attacking the PPP-led government in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks.

Referring to an interview of Sharif aired on a private television channel, Rehman said: "It is unfortunate that the leadership of a major political party, which we want to work with for rebuilding democracy and overcoming challenges, chooses a sensitive time to launch an attack on the government when the country needs nationalunity and consensus."

Sharif in his interview called Pakistan a failed and ungovernable state, the News reported.

Islamabad, Nov 8: Pakistan Information and Broadcasting Minister Sherry Rehman has said that US President-elect Barack Obama''s victory was inspiring for proponents of democracy. It reinforced their firm belief in democracy''s power to bring about a definitive change in leadership and policy through genuine participatory processes, she said further.

Islamabad, Aug 30: Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister Sherry Rehman has said that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has the required amount of support to win the September presidential election.

The Daily Times quoted Rahman, as saying that our party has the most representation in all provinces. We have the support of a comfortable majority and our opponents are only spreading misinformation.

Lahore, Aug. 9: Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister, Sherry Rehman has claimed that at least eighteen members of the PML-Q, the party that has been supporting President Musharraf all along, have contacted the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leadership and said that they will support the impeachment motion against the President.

According to the Daily Times, Rehman is said to have told the privately-run Samaa TV that the PPP-led four-party coalition has devised a strategy to oust Musharraf.

Washington, Aug. 2 : Pakistan''s Information Minister and government spokesman, Sherry Rehman, has shockingly revealed that some officers of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) are probably working against official policy, and steps are being taken to identify them so that they can be removed.

"There are "probably" individuals in the ISI working against official policy. The authorities need to identify these people and weed them out," the Washington Times quoted Rehman, as saying.

Islamabad, July 14 : PPP leader and Pakistan Information Minister Sherry Rehman has been nominated for the ‘International Peace Award 2008 for Democrats’, for her contribution for the promotion of democracy and human rights in her country.

The award is conferred by the International Human Rights Commission every year.

Sherry, who is considered close to Bhutto family, would be the second PPP leader to get this award after former premier Benazir Bhutto, who received the award in 1996. She was in the same car in which Benazir Bhutto was gunned down on December 27 last year after she had finished addressing a party rally in the run up to the general elections.

Lahore, July 9: Pakistan’s Interior Ministry has advised PPP leader and federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Sherry Rehman to restrict her public movements as she was on terrorists’ hit list.

Adviser to Prime Minister on Interior, Rehman Malik had reportedly himself conveyed threat perceptions to Sherry to ensure her safety, saying that she was currently a prime target for terrorists.

He said that the federal interior ministry had advised her to restrict her public movements in light of the threat to her life.

Islamabad, June 11: Senior PPP leader and Pakistan Information Minister, Sherry Rehman has said that her party never recognised President Pervez Musharraf as a legal and constitutional president, but he was “a reality and equally a compulsion”.

She blamed the erstwhile Musharraf regime for the present economic crisis. The former government had gifted the prevailing crisis to the coalition government and the party needs time to tackle it, she added.

Expressing intentions of removing Musharraf from the top post, she said, “We will transfer power from the Presidency to Parliament while restoring the Constitution of 1973.”