Tag: Presidency
Shujaat offers party’s Sindh presidency to Arbab Rahim
ISLAMABAD - PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has offered former Sindh chief minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim party's top slot in Sindh, Pakistan Today has learnt reliably. "In his recent visit to the United Arab Emirates, Shujaat had an exclusive meeting with Rahim and asked him to come back to the country by ending his self-imposed exile and lead the PML-Q's Sindh chapter in place of Ghous Bux Mehar," a source in the PML-Q said.
The source said Shujaat also asked the former
The source said Shujaat also asked the former
Hungary admits ‘bad start’ to EU presidency
BUDAPEST - Hungary stood firm against French and German criticism of its media law on Thursday, which threatened to tarnish its presidency of the European Union after an already less than ideal start.
"Yes this is a bad start, who would want to start like that?" Prime Minister Viktor Orban said. "We adopted a law that we consider perfectly OK and the world criticises it," he told foreign journalists ahead of a ceremony to mark the start of the six-month EU presidency.
"Yes this is a bad start, who would want to start like that?" Prime Minister Viktor Orban said. "We adopted a law that we consider perfectly OK and the world criticises it," he told foreign journalists ahead of a ceremony to mark the start of the six-month EU presidency.
Yes, Asfandyar was offered presidency, says ANP
PESHAWAR: Presidency was offered to Awami National Party (ANP)'s leader Asfandyar Wali by the Chief of Army Staff Gen Kayani in 2008, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said while confirming the claim made by Wikileaks reports.
"Yes, Asfandyar Wali Khan had received the offer and he had informed his party colleagues," Hussain said in response to a question at the concluding ceremony of a 3-day photo exhibition at the Cultural Center of Islamic Republic
"Yes, Asfandyar Wali Khan had received the offer and he had informed his party colleagues," Hussain said in response to a question at the concluding ceremony of a 3-day photo exhibition at the Cultural Center of Islamic Republic
Presidency hindering passage of accountability bill: Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, on Monday said the Presidency was creating hurdles in the finalisation of the new accountability bill.
"The prime minister wants to take the opposition on board on the new accountability bill and we hope the draft bill will be finalised soon with consensus. There is a 90 percent consensus between the government and opposition," he told reporters at the Parliament House.
Nisar said the
"The prime minister wants to take the opposition on board on the new accountability bill and we hope the draft bill will be finalised soon with consensus. There is a 90 percent consensus between the government and opposition," he told reporters at the Parliament House.
Nisar said the
‘Nuclear codes lost during Clinton presidency’
WASHINGTON
Special codes that allow the US president to order a nuclear attack went missing "for months" during Bill Clinton's time at the White House, his former top military officer says in a memoir.
The nuclear authorization codes, known as the "biscuit," are supposed to remain close to the US president at all times and are safeguarded by one of his aides. "At one point during the Clinton administration - and until this day, to my knowledge this has never been released -
Special codes that allow the US president to order a nuclear attack went missing "for months" during Bill Clinton's time at the White House, his former top military officer says in a memoir.
The nuclear authorization codes, known as the "biscuit," are supposed to remain close to the US president at all times and are safeguarded by one of his aides. "At one point during the Clinton administration - and until this day, to my knowledge this has never been released -
