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EU imposes sanctions on Syrian President Assad

The European Union imposed sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and other senior officials on Monday, raising pressure on his government to end weeks...

President phones Ahmadinejad

President Asif Ali Zardari telephoned Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday evening and discussed bilateral relations, economic cooperation and the regional situation with him....

Fakhar first president of Int’l Sufi Council

Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) has elected Fakhar Zaman, a renowned novelist, poet and a dramatist, as the first president of the recently established...

Ouattara solemnly inaugurated president of Ivory Coast

Alassane Ouattara was solemnly inaugurated as president of Ivory Coast on Saturday after a deadly post-election crisis that lasted six months.

President signs NDU Bill into law

President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday singed the National Defence University (NDU) Bill, 2011 into a law, which provides for the establishment of the...

LHC verdict on dual office of President is political: former envoy

Former ambassador BA Malik, while commenting on Lahore High Court`s decision on dual office of President Asif Ali Zardari, said on Saturday it “is...

President Zardari signs NDU bill

President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday singed “the National Defence University (NDU) Bill, 2011” into a law which provides for the establishment of the...

No political activities in presidency; LHC directs Zardari

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday has restricted President Asif Ali Zardari from conducting political activities at the Presidency. According to a private television...

Talks with Hamas not impossible: Israel

The possibility of talks between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas should not be entirely ruled out, Israeli President Shimon Peres told Ynet news...

President reaches Kuwait

President Asif Ali Zardari was accorded a red-carpet welcome as he arrived In Kuwait on Saturday for a two-day official visit to hold talks...

LHCBA demands army chief, president, PM’s resignation

The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) has demanded the resignation of the president, prime minister, chief of army staff, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director...

OICCI appoints Naved A Khan as new president

The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) which is the representative body of over 180 foreign investors in Pakistan appointed Naved A...

British delegation meets AJK president

A British delegation met Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Raja Zulquernain and discussed various issues. The delegation comprised Al Mustafa Welfare Trust Chairman...

President approves 5 law questions in ZAB case

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday formally approved five questions of law framed by the Law Ministry to be clubbed with the presidential reference in the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto case.
Earlier, the federal cabinet approved the five legal questions and later Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani sent them as his advice to the Presidency for formal approval. A well-placed source told Pakistan Today on Wednesday that the law secretary would submit the legal questions in the

PM briefs president on Kabul visit

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday met President Asif Ali Zardari to take him into confidence about the decisions taken during his successful visit to Afghanistan. Official sources said the PM gave a detailed briefing to the president about his visit to Afghanistan during a one-on-one meeting held at the Presidency.
They exchanged views on the overall political situation of the country, proposed expansion in the cabinet, discussed the law and order and PPP's

President convenes PPP core commitee meeting today

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has convened the meeting of core commitee of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) at Awan-e-Sadr on April 18 (today). The meeting would be presided over by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani.
Sources in the PPP informed Online informed Online that overall country's political situation including talks with coalition partners, expansion in federal cabinet and matters related to Presidential reference filed in the

Yemeni president angers women activists

SANAA - Yemeni women protested in Sanaa and other cities against President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Saturday, a day after he called for an end to men and women joining together in anti-regime protests.
"Sit-in, sit-in, until the regime falls," chanted about 1,000 black-clad women who marched from the square at Sanaa University -- the epicentre of demonstrations in the capital -- to the prosecutor's office. They marched to lodge a complaint against Saleh, who has since January faced