Tag: Egypt
Jr hockey team leaves for Egypt
The national junior hockey team departed for Egypt from Lahore on Thursday to play a five-match series against senior team of Egypt, scheduled to...
Egypt’s Mubarak to face trial set to rattle Arab rulers
Egypt's Hosni Mubarak flew to Cairo on Wednesday where he will be tried for conspiring to kill protesters, the first Arab ruler to be...
Egypt’s Mubarak refuses food
Egypt's ex-president Hosni Mubarak, due to go on trial next week for murder, is refusing food in his hospital detention and has become extremely...
Hockey camp for Egypt series in full swing
The camp training of the national junior hockey probables for five-test match series against Egyptian team is in progress at the National Hockey Stadium,...
Egypt protesters back in Tahrir to push for change
Hundreds of Egyptian protesters gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to push for reforms, as Islamists held a separate demonstration calling for stability....
Further delays to Egypt cabinet reshuffle as PM rests
Egypt’s Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, who was hospitalised overnight for exhaustion, will spend the day resting and then finalise a new cabinet, the official...
Egypt TV shows trial live to assuage anger of protests
Egyptian television showed live images on Monday of the trial of one of Hosni Mubarak's ministers, the first such broadcast aimed at placating protesters...
Mass pro-reform protests planned in Egypt
Thousands of protesters rallied across Egypt on Friday, capping a week of nationwide sit-ins to demand political change as anger grows with the military...
Egypt army says it will not cede control of transition
Egypt’s ruling military council insisted on Tuesday that it will not cede control over the transition from ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s regime amid mounting...
Egypt’s mass demonstrations target new rulers
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Egypt on Friday to defend the uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak, directing their...
PHF eyes test series against Egypt
The Pakistan Hockey Federation has planned a test series against Egypt junior team, to give a more international exposure to the national junior team....
Egypt police fire tear gas at stone-throwing youths
Police in central Cairo fired tear gas on Wednesday at hundreds of mainly young stone-throwing Egyptians demanding that trials of former senior officials from...
Egypt says will not need IMF, World Bank funds
Egypt will not borrow from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund after revising its budget and cutting the forecast deficit, even though a...
Egypt withdraws request for IMF, World Bank loans
Egypt has withdrawn its loan request to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, an adviser to Finance Minister Samir Radwan told AFP...
Egypt PM hints at election delay
Egypt’s premier has said delaying a September parliamentary election would give parties more time to prepare, as the nation debates its political future with...
Mubarak probe ‘extremely difficult’: Egypt investigator
A judicial official investigating the wealth of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak said on Thursday the job is proving “extremely difficult,” describing the strongman...
Palestinians storm shut Egypt crossing
Egypt shut its border crossing with Gaza on Saturday for the first time since opening it on a routine basis last month, and angry...
