Tag: Chief

Manchester United director Sawhney takes charge as new ICC chief

DUBAI: Indian-born media executive Manu Sawhney has taken over as chief executive of the International Cricket Council, the world body said Monday as it...

Acquitting ‘blasphemer’ violation of law: Haq

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Senator Sirajul Haq has said that the Supreme Court’s decision to acquit “blasphemer” Aasiya was a violation of the law and...

Raisman questions USA Gymnastics’ interim president pick

NEW YORK: Three-time Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman on Monday spoke out against USA Gymnastics’ choice for its interim president and chief executive, saying...

UNRWA chief defends refugee criteria for millions of Palestinians

JERUSALEM: Millions of Palestinian refugees "cannot simply be wished away", the head of a UN support agency said on Monday, hitting back at a...

UN chief proposes options to protect Palestinians

    UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday presented four options aimed at boosting the protection of Palestinians in Israeli-occupied territories, from sending UN...

Indian army chief wants to give ‘peace a chance’ in IHK

--Gen Rawat says he supports dialogue to solve problems in Indian-occupied valley Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat has said that peace should be given...

Oxfam UK chief to quit in wake of Haiti scandal

LONDON: The chief executive of scandal-hit British charity Oxfam announced his resignation Wednesday, saying that someone else should help "rebuild" the group following a prostitution...

JUI-F chief calls for referendum on FATA’s merger with KP

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat-Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazl ur Rehman Wednesday called for holding referendum in the Federally Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA) for its merger with...

Govt appoints Dr Suleman Khan as new IB chief

ISLAMABAD: The federal government appointed Dr Muhammad Suleman Khan, a grade-22 officer of Police Service of Pakistan (PSP), as the director general (DG) of...

Govt likely to replace enforced disappearances’ commission chief: report

ISLAMABAD: Retired Justice Javed Iqbal is likely to be removed by the government as chairman of the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances, commonly...

Kashmir Committee in deep slumber despite bloodshed in IoK  

Chairman Fazlur Rehman fails to make any contribution to the Kashmir cause since 2008 Kundi says committee is good for nothing as it has political...

Navy chief, RSNF commander discuss mutual relations

KARACHI: Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi is on an official visit to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in which the...

Aftab Akbar Durrani appointed as Islamabad chief commissioner

ISLAMABAD: Aftab Akbar Durrani, a BS-20 officer of Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS), was posted as Islamabad chief commissioner and a notification in this regard...

Recommendations submitted to PM for merit-based appointment of new HEC chief

ISLAMABAD: The Working Group on Higher Education Reforms has prepared recommendations on the transparent and merit-based appointment of the new chairperson of federal Higher...

US puts Hamas chief on terror blacklist

WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday put the head of Palestinian movement Hamas, Ismail Haniya, on its terror blacklist and slapped sanctions on him...

ABAD delegation meets KDA chief

KARACHI: Karachi Development Authority (KDA) Director-General Samiuddin Siddiqi on Wednesday said that the problems faced by the Association of Builders and Developers (ABAD) will...

US President to nominate acting FTC chief to judgeship

WASHINGTON: The acting chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Maureen Ohlhausen, has been put on a list of people that President Donald Trump intends...