Tag: President

President Zardari arrives in Saudi Arabia

President Asif Ali Zardari arrived here from Karachi on a two-day important visit to Saudi Arabia during which he will hold talks with King...

Sindh governor meets President Zardari

Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Bilawal House late on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by President’s...

Guinean president escapes assassination bid at home

Guinean President Alpha Conde escaped a sustained rocket and gunfire attack on his residence on Tuesday that killed one person and left his home...

President arrives in Kabul today to take up cross-border incursions

President Asif Ali Zardari will arrive in Kabul today (Tuesday) for a daylong visit during which he will discuss the recent cross-border attacks from...

The KESC conundrum – President Zardari holds the answer?

“Only President Zardari can solve the Karachi Electric Supply Company’s problem,” was Federal Water and Power Minister Naveed Qamar’s reply to acting Sindh...

Afghan president weeps for slain brother, crowns heir

Afghan President Hamid Karzai buried his assassinated brother on Wednesday, then swiftly gave another brother a key role opened by the killing, in what...

Younger brother of Afghan president killed

Ahmed Wali Karzai, the younger brother of the Afghan president and a powerful figure in the deeply troubled southern province of Kandahar, was assassinated...

French President pays suprise visit to Afghansitan

French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday, an Afghan official said. Sarkozy is going to meet with Afghan President Hamid...

Allies ask President Zardari to handle MQM prudently

Coalition partners of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Monday cautioned President Asif Zardari to handle the Karachi situation prudently. In separate meetings...

US asks Yemeni president to hand over power

The US has called upon Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to "fulfill expeditiously" his pledge of signing a deal for peaceful transition in his...

Korean president aims to deliver Olympics for Asia

South Korean president Lee Myung-Bak said on Monday he felt it was his duty and his mission to deliver the 2018 Winter Olympics to...

President, PM greet Obama on Independence Day

President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday congratulated the United States President Barack Obama on his country’s independence day. In his message, Zardari expressed hope that...

Sarkozy nearly knocked to ground by assailant

A man in a crowd yanked French President Nicolas Sarkozy by the shoulder Thursday and nearly knocked him to the ground before being tackled...

President Zardari promulgates laws to fight militants

President Asif Ali Zardari, on the advice of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and approval by the federal government, promulgated the Regulations “Action in...

Egypt’s former president Mubarak has cancer: lawyer

Egypt’s former President Hosni Mubarak is suffering from cancer, his defence lawyer said on Monday, citing a medical report to assess whether the former...

Former French president Chirac faces graft trial in September

France’s former leader Jacques Chirac is to be tried for corruption relating to his time as Paris mayor in the 1990s in September, a...

Trial of deposed Tunisian president begins

Tunisia’s deposed president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the first leader toppled in a wave of Arab uprisings, went on trial in his absence...