Tag: Egypt
Tens of thousands storm barricades at Egypt’s presidential palace
Opposition leaders earlier rejected Mr Morsi’s call for talks, putting their weight instead behind rallies which converged on the palace from all across Cairo...
Egypt judicial council to versee referendum
Egypt’s Supreme Judicial Council has cleared the way for a referendum on a new constitution which President Mohamed Mursi hopes will end a political...
Egypt top court suspends work after pro-Morsi protests
Egypt’s top court said it has suspended its work “indefinitely” after protesters supporting President Mohamed Morsi surrounded the courthouse on Sunday. The Supreme Constitutional...
Egypt Islamists hurriedly approve new constitution despite protests
Islamists approved a draft constitution for Egypt early Friday without the participation of liberal and Christian members, seeking to pre-empt a court ruling that...
Egypt assembly votes on constitution
The Islamist-dominated assembly writing a new Egyptian constitution has convened to vote on the final draft.
In one of its first steps, the constituent assembly...
Morsi ‘very optimistic’ over deal to resolve Egypt crisis
Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi on Monday began negotiations with the country’s senior judges in a bid to defuse the stand-off, publicly expressing his confidence...
Egypt protest call over President Mursi’s sweeping powers
Opposition leaders in Egypt have called for large protests after President Mohammed Mursi passed a decree giving himself sweeping new powers.
The decree states the...
Egypt President Morsi to address Pakistan parliament
Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi will address Pakistani parliamentarians on Nov 23 (Friday), the first Egyptian president to visit the country in 37 years, media...
Egypt bus crash kills 47 children near Manfalut
At least 47 children aged four to six years old have been killed after their school bus was hit by a train in central...
FM Khar visits Egypt
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar visited Egypt as a Special Envoy of the President Asif Ali Zardari.
According to a press release issued by the...
Hina leaves for Cairo to realign with Egypt
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar left here Monday on a three-day official visit to Cairo where she will meet the top leadership of the...
Egypt court defers fate of constitution
An Egyptian court meant to rule on Tuesday on the fate of an Islamist-dominated panel has instead referred the case to a superior court...
Egypt teacher cuts girls’ hair for not wearing veil
An Egyptian teacher who wears a niqab, or full face veil, has been sanctioned after cutting the hair of two girls in her class...
Egypt probes Islamists over Tahrir clash
Egypt’s state prosecutor has asked the general intelligence service and interior ministry to provide possible evidence in a probe of Islamists over clashes with...
Egypt president visits Sinai to “reassure” Copts
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi traveled to the Sinai peninsula on Friday to meet with Coptic families who fled from the town of Rafah after...
US lawmaker holds up millions in Egypt aid
A Republican congresswoman Friday froze a request by the Obama administration for $450 million in cash for the Egyptian government, saying it needed new...
HEC stipends halted for students on scholarship in Egypt
Like in many other foreign education institutions, students from Jamia Al Azhar Egypt were also faced with serious financial crises when the Higher Education...
