Tag: Chief

Drone attack purportedly kills al Qaeda’s Pakistan chief

A United States drone attack killed al Qaeda’s chief in Pakistan, one of the Americans’ main targets in the country and wanted for attacks...

India lose chief sponsor

Indian cricket was hit by a major crisis on Saturday when the long-time sponsor of the national team pulled out over its differences with...

Spitting it out

From royal Mughal halls to dingy Delhi alleyways A foreign art critic visiting Delhi’s Connaught Place may be forgiven for thinking its red-splattered corridors are...

NATO chief worried by Russia’s Kaliningrad build-up

NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday urged Russia to refrain from building up its military near the alliance’s borders, saying it was a...

India calls army chief’s birthday row ‘unfortunate’

India on Wednesday described as “unfortunate” a lawsuit filed by the chief of its army asking for his birthday to be changed, which would...

NAB chief apologises, Supreme Court accepts

The Supreme Court on Monday accepted the unconditional apology of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Admiral (r) Fasih Bokhari over his defiant conduct before...

Indian military chief too in Supreme Court

In an unprecedented move, India's Army chief General V K Singh has filed a writ petition in a court against the government after it...

UN chief tells Assad path of repression is ‘dead end’

UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Sunday urged Syria’s Bashar al-Assad to stop killing his own people, saying the path of repression was a “dead...

UN chief urges end to Israeli occupation

UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Sunday called for an end to Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, saying the illegal building of settlements worked...

Afghan district chief, four others killed in blast

A suicide car-bomber killed five people including a district governor and wounded 10 others near Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, officials said. The...

Myanmar air chief calls on COAS

Myanmar Air Force Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant General Myat Hein called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani at the General Headquarters on...

Afghanistan police chief survives suicide attack

The police chief of Afghanistan’s troubled Kandahar province Wednesday survived a suicide bombing outside his fortified office, officials said. A militant wearing an explosives-packed...

Israel ‘preparing to take in Syria refugees’: army chief

Israel is preparing to receive Syrian Alawite refugees on the occupied Golan Heights if the regime of President Bashar al-Assad collapses, Israel’s army chief...

Turkey ex-army chief named suspect in anti-govt case

A former chief of Turkey’s powerful armed forces has been named as a suspect and called in for questioning by investigators probing an Internet...

Chief, not justice, has been restored: Fazl

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that chief has been restored, but not justice, adding memo case has been linked with...

Kim Jong-Un declared military chief

North Korea said Saturday new leader Kim Jong-Un has formally been appointed supreme military commander, another sign he is tightening his grip on power,...

Pentagon chief in Libya after lifting sanctions

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta was in Libya on Saturday to confer on the security needs of the new government, saying he envisioned a...