Tag: Presidency

Opposition leader wins Maldives presidency amid storm

COLOMBO: Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, the president-elect of the Maldives, spent his youth marching in the streets for democracy. He was elected to Parliament at...

AJK PM, GB CM may skip Imran Khan’s oath-taking at presidency

Masood Khan may join ceremony at President House in Islamabad The prime minister of Azad Jammu Kashmiri (AJK) and the chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan...

Austria takes over EU presidency with pledge for security

BERLIN: Austria has taken over the rotating presidency of the European Union with a pledge to better secure the 28-nation bloc's external borders. At a...

Mirza Naseem wins as Kasur district bar president

  KASUR: Advocate Mirza Naseemul Hassan won the Kasur Bar presidency but the opposition party has announced to knock the door of Punjab Bar Council...

Ex-soccer star ‘King George’ Weah wins Liberia’s presidency

MONROVIA: Former soccer star George Weah has won Liberia’s presidential run-off election and will succeed incumbent Ellen Johnson Sirleaf next month, the country’s first...

Turkey’s AKP forms plans for stronger presidency

Changes to Turkey’s constitution envisaged by the ruling AK Party could hand President Tayyip Erdogan new powers to draft legislation directly and pick ministers,...

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...

Egyptian leftist submits bid for presidency

Egyptian leftist Hamdeen Sabbahi Saturday submitted the documents required to run in next month’s presidential election, in which he is likely to be the...

President Mamnoon meets PM Nawaz, Zardari at Presidency

President Mamnoon Hussain on Monday held a meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former president Asif Ali Zardari at the Aiwan-e-Saddar to discuss...

Ending it in style!

President Asif Ali Zardari has made history today by becoming the first civilian president of Pakistan to complete his five-year tenure. However, Zardari has faced...

PPP braces for comeback in Punjab as Zardari quits Presidency on...

President Asif Ali Zardari will reach Lahore on September 8 which will be his last day in Presidency. Per details, he will proceed to Islamabad...

Zardari refused my offer to prolong his stay in Presidency, claims...

Muhammad Ijaz, President Asif Ali Zardari’s renowned pir, on Monday claimed that he had told the president that he could use his magical powers...

Mamnoon tramples opposition on way to presidency

  PML-N candidate bags 432 electoral votes against Justice (r) Wajihuddin Ahmad’s 77 CEC says ECP conducted free and fair polls, leaders should now focus on...

Mamnoon set to make it to presidency today

  Tamed PPP lawmakers opt for ceremonial walkout from NA PTI sticks to its stance of contesting against sure-winner PML-N Kh Asif says the government did nothing...

PTI leaves Wajihuddin alone in race for presidency

  With bleak chances of winning the presidential election, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders have left their candidate Justice (r) Wajihuddin Ahmed on his own...

PML-N’s presidency plans

  With PML-N success pretty much assured in the presidential election, the only intriguing part in the episode is why the ruling party, or Sharifs,...

Security concerns cause dissent between presidency and ECP

In a confidential letter written to Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim by President Asif Ali Zardari, the latter has complained regarding the lack...