Tag: Leader
Abducted JUI-F leader returns home safe
Jamiat-Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl Quetta deputy chief Haji Sadiq Nurzai, who was abducted three days ago, returned home safe and sound late on Saturday night. The party...
Suicide bomber targets pro-govt militia leader
At least three persons were killed and four others were seriously injured in a suicide attack targeting the head of a pro-government militia in...
Qaeda leader killing sparks deadly clashes
The killing of a local Al-Qaeda leader by his half brother sparked vicious tribal infighting in his stronghold southeast of Yemen’s capital Sanaa on...
Maldives’ ousted former president threatens protests
The ousted leader of the Maldives, who claims he was deposed in a coup, called for fresh elections on Friday and threatened street protests...
Police kill senior Qaeda in Iraq leader
Police killed a senior leader of Al-Qaeda’s front group in Iraq in clashes while attempting to arrest him on Saturday, the interior ministry said...
Hamas says Meshaal wants to step down as leader
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, who survived a 1997 Israeli assassination bid, has confirmed he wants to step down after eight years in the post,...
North Korea military pledges support for new leader
North Korea’s powerful military has held a mass rally to pledge loyalty to the country’s new chief Kim Jong-Un, vowing to become “rifles and...
Sarkozy camp outraged by opposition leader insult
Supporters of France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy demanded that his main opponent in his re-election battle apologise Wednesday after he reportedly insulted him at a...
North Korea acclaims new supreme leader at huge parade
North Korea Thursday staged a massive memorial service for Kim Jong-Il to end almost two weeks of official mourning, and formally declared his untested...
North Korea bids wintry mass farewell to late leader
Tens of thousands of weeping North Koreans bade farewell Wednesday to longtime leader Kim Jong-Il as his young son and successor walked beside his...
Sudan’s army kills Darfur rebel leader
Sudan’s army killed a key rebel leader from the Darfur region Sunday, state media reported, three days after anti-government forces said they had begun...
Hamas leader leaves Gaza first time since 2007
Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya began a tour on Sunday, his office said, his first exit from Gaza since Israel and Egypt imposed a...
Congolese Opp leader takes ‘presidential oath’
Democratic Republic of Congo opposition chief Etienne Tshisekedi, who rejects Joseph Kabila’s re-election as president, had himself “sworn in” at his home Friday as...
Fatah, Hamas leaders debate PLO reform
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal were on Thursday to discuss reforming the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in a bid to...
Iraqis joyful as US leaves but doubtful of leaders
The last US forces left Iraq and entered Kuwait Sunday, nearly nine years after launching a divisive war to oust Saddam Hussein, and just...
PM condemns PPP leader’s murder
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday condemned the murder of Malik Sher Ali Buccha, a Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader from Multan...
An estimable leader
Imran Khan is certainly a great man, if not such a great politician right now. He is admired as a victorious cricketer. He dedicated...
