Tag: Presidency

Presidency, ISPR rubbish Ijaz’s claim

The claim of Mansoor Ijaz on Saturday fell flat on his face as the Presidency and the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) denied that President...

No change in govt stance as PM appears in contempt case

Hectic consultations continued throughout Sunday at the Presidency and the Prime Minister’s House to evaluate the situation that may arise after the Supreme Court...

Arif retains POA presidency

Lt Gen (r) Arif Hassan retained the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) president slot after defeating Maj Gen (r) Akram Sahi and Qasim Zia in...

ElBaradei’s boycott of Egyptian presidency blow to military

Nobel peace prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei’s decision to quit the race for the presidency was seen in Egypt as a slap in the face...

ElBaradei says won’t run for Egypt presidency

The ex-head of the UN nuclear watchdog and Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei said on Saturday he would not run for the Egyptian presidency, saying...

PPP core committee meets at Presidency

The core committee of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) met at the Presidency, a private TV channel reported on Friday. The meeting was co-chaired...

Opp MPs flex muscles outside Presidency

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) parliamentarians and workers supported by other members of the opposition in the National Assembly filled the air with shouts...

PML-N leads sit-in, rally outside Presidency

Keeping aside the reconciliation policy, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has openly came up to show its power in the federal capital. The PML-N...

Shahbaz denies Zardari’s presidency

Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif has declared that he did not acknowledge President Asif Ali Zardari as the legal president of Pakistan. He...

Turkey to freeze EU ties if Cyprus gets EU presidency

EU-candidate Turkey will freeze relations with the European Union if Cyprus is given the EU presidency in 2012, Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay was...

Butt lobbying to win LCCA presidency?

Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt is in no mood to quit cricket administration and has asked the Lahore City Cricket Association officials to...

Presidency hasn’t received Kardar’s resignation

While the country’s top economic managers remained busy on Friday convincing State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Shahid Kardar to withdraw his resignation, the...

Poland takes over EU presidency at time of crisis

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk promised “energetic engagement” as he took over the rotating presidency of the European Union on Friday and said the...

Butt gets support from Presidency

The Pakistan Cricket Board has privately got support from the powers that be to proceed with their disciplinary action against Shahid Afridi despite the...

Zardari ‘restricts’ political activities at presidency

Despite the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leaders’ condemnation of the Lahore High Court (LHC) verdict in President Asif Ali Zardari’s dual office case, President...

Presidency a hub of political activities

President Asif Ali Zardari’s political attachment is nothing new in the country’s history, as the presidency has always remained involved in political activities and...

‘Presidency not hiring foreign guards’

ISLAMABAD - The Presidency has said that no proposal is under consideration to employ foreign guards for the security of the president.
Contradicting the report published in a section of media, stating that the government was considering hiring foreign guards for the president's security, President's Spokesman Farhatullah Babar said that the reports were completely devoid of truth.
He said that none of the personal staff for the president, from the military secretary (MS) to