Tag: President
President Mamnoon back home after four-day Tajikistan visit
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain returned here Thursday on completion of his four-day official visit to Tajikistan.
During the visit, the President met with Tajik leadership...
Iran’s president to visit Switzerland, Austria amid nuclear deal row
ZURICH: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit neutral European neighbors Switzerland and Austria next month, the Swiss and Austrian governments said, on a trip...
Dar assets reference: Court reserves decision on NBP president’s acquittal petition
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Wednesday reserved its decision on a petition lodged by the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) President Saeed Ahmed, seeking...
Burundi’s president says he won’t run for another term
NAIROBI: Burundi's president announced Thursday he will not run for another term, even as he put in place a new constitution that would allow...
AJK president condemns Qaiser Butt’s ‘murder’ by Indian troops in IHK
ISLAMABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has strongly condemned the killing of Qaiser Butt, who was deliberately run over and...
GB Order 2018 comes into effect after president’s approval
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Friday approved the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Reforms Order 2018, replacing the old GB Self Governance Order 2009, notwithstanding widespread opposition to the...
Caretaker PM calls on president, discusses upcoming election
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Justice (r) Nasirul Mulk called on President Mamnoon Hussain at President's House on Saturday and discussed matters pertaining to the caretaker...
NBP president seeks acquittal in Dar illegal assets case
--Judge criticises defendants' lawyer for seeking leave for Umrah in middle of trial
ISLAMABAD: National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) President Saeed Ahmed on Wednesday moved an...
In a historic first, Paraguay to have its first woman president
ASUNCION: Paraguay will have a woman president for the first time in its history, at least temporarily, after outgoing leader Horacio Cartes stepped down...
Opp terms move in NA to increase president’s salary as ‘illogical’
The opposition protested in the National Assembly on Monday over the government’s move to introduce a bill that will increase the president’s salary by...
Call to impeach Italy president after candidate vetoed
ROME: The leader of Italy's biggest political party has called for the president to be impeached after he vetoed a choice for finance minister,...
Government to raise president’s salary from Rs80,000 to Rs846,550
ISLAMABAD: The embattled government, under a well-thought-out plan to please the incumbent president, decided to increase his salary from Rs80,000 to Rs846,550 to further burden...
Mongolian president urges Malaysia to reopen 2006 model murder case
ULAANBAATAR/KUALA LUMPUR: Mongolia's president has urged new Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to reopen investigations into the murder of a Mongolian model near Kuala...
IHC to hear petition against Sanjrani’s appointment as acting president
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday allowed hearing of a petition pertaining to the appointment of Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani as acting...
Pakistan Today Editor Arif Nizami elected as CPNE president
ISLAMABAD: Veteran journalist, senior analyst and Pakistan Today Editor Arif Nizami has been elected as the president of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE).
Awami...
AJK president calls upon US to play role for resolution of...
MIRPUR, AJK: AJK President Sardar Masood Khan Thursday called upon the United States of America to immediately move for getting the much-delayed global Kashmir issue...
PML-N to finalise Punjab leadership by May 20: report
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will announce its provincial leadership for Punjab before May 20, reported a local media outlet.
The ruling party will also conclude...
