Tag: Politics

After six years in jail, Gaddafi’s son Saif plans on returning...

TRIPOLI: Saif al-Salam Gaddafi, the son of the former Libyan dictator, is seeking to make a comeback after years in detention, and claims to...

Kamal says confusion will end after MQM-P, PSP merger

KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) Chairman Mustafa Kamal said on Sunday that all those people who are confused about the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P)...

Attempts to bring back Musharraf in politics won’t be successful: Rafique

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Saad Rafique on Saturday said that attempts to bring back former military dictator General (r) Pervez Musharraf as a political...

Obama urges New Jersey voters to reject ‘politics of fear’

Former US President Barack Obama — back on the campaign trail on Thursday for the first time since he left the White House —...

What Austria’s election says about Europe’s political landscape

BERLIN: After a series of setbacks for far-right parties in Europe this year, Austria’s anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPO) delivered one of its strongest performances...

‘Constitution is solution to all unrest’

LAHORE: Intellectuals and scholars, present at a roundtable talk which was organised by two think-tanks “Soch” and PINA, said that the solution of all unrest...

AJK PM meets Maryam: ‘NA-120 will decide fate of national politics’

LAHORE: Azad Jammu Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Muhammad Farooq said that the results of NA-120 by-polls will decide the fate of Pakistan’s politics. He called on...

Philippines leader calls US envoy ‘gay’ for ‘meddling’ in election

The Philippines’ firebrand President, Rodrigo Duterte called the US ambassador “gay” in comments that prompted Washington to summon Manila’s envoy to complain. Duterte used local...

Deduction on childcare spending: Trump

On Monday it is predicted that in a speech Donald Trump will propose a policy allowing parents to deduct spending on childcare from their...

Afridi keen on joining politics after retirement

  Pakistan's dashing all-rounder Shahid Afridi has quashed talk of retirement, saying he will continue playing for his country in Twenty20 internationals. In an interview with...

Afridi plans to join politics

Former Pakistan T20I captain Shahid Afridi said yesterday that he wishes to enter politics later in life, but would be focussing on his charity...

Trump poses threat to peace, economic development: German Vice Chancellor

German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has criticised leading US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as a right-wing populist whose political views pose a threat...

MQM and the new party

Nothing would affect MQM’s control In political discourse, usually the public, for whom democracy actually exists, are forgotten. A new political party has been declared against...

Military still plays bloated role in Pakistan’s politics, says Hina Rabbani...

Former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said the military still plays a bloated role in Pakistan’s politics, claiming the prime minister has “much...

The softer side of the arch-rivals

Set aside your differences and have a happy meal   The rivalry we have had with our far-fetched cousins (read India) is a family history of...

Days of leg pulling in politics are over, Sharif tells detractors

PM performs ground breaking of $310m Gulpur Hydropower project that would add 102 MW of electricity to national grid PM regrets undue criticism of Kissan...

Presidency rejects PPP claims of Hussain’s involvement in politics

The spokesman of President Mamnoon Hussain on Wednesday rejected allegations levelled by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) about ‘political meetings’ of the president, and...