Tag: Prince

Prince Club march into 2nd round

LAHORE - Prince Club has marched into the 2nd round of the East Zone Cricket Championship after getting a walkover against Colts Academy Club, who failed to turn up at Jallo Ground on Thursday.

Police arrest Nepal’s ex-crown prince over gunshot

KATHMANDU: Police arrested Nepal's former crown prince Paras Shah on Tuesday for firing his gun during a drunken late-night argument at an upmarket resort.
Shah, who as crown prince was notorious and unpopular for his playboy lifestyle, fired into the air on Saturday evening after an altercation with two male guests at the resort. Witnesses said he had been drinking heavily. The 38-year-old has admitted firing his gun in anger at insults to Nepal's monarchy, which was abolished

‘Prince Saud feared Benazir would be assassinated’

ISLAMABAD: A WikiLeaks report has claimed that Saudi Foreign Affairs Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, commenting on the assassination of former Pakistan People's Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto, had observed that he had been afraid of just "such an outcome" ever since she had decided to return to Pakistan.
The WikiLeaks quoted the prince the prince as cautioning in a meeting held at the US Foreign Ministry on January 2, 2008, that the "US must not be seen publicly to be

Britain’s Prince William to wed in April at historic abbey

LONDON: Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton are to marry on April 29 at Westminster Abbey, the historic London church where the funeral of his mother Diana was held in 1997, royal officials said Tuesday.
Downing Street announced that there would be a special public holiday on the day, perhaps the biggest royal event in Britain since the ill-fated union of William's parents Prince Charles and Diana nearly three decades ago.
"The venue has long associations with the

UK’s Prince William to marry long-term girlfriend

LONDON: Britain's Prince William is to marry his long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton next year, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday.
William, 28, the elder son of heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, and Middleton, 28, became engaged while on holiday in Kenya. "The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton," Charles's office said in a statement. "The wedding will take place in the spring or

Prince William flies to Afghanistan as Britain remembers war dead

LONDON: Prince William flew into Afghanistan on Sunday for a surprise visit to honour Britain's war dead, as the Queen led the nation in remembrance here in central London.
The Prince attended a Remembrance Sunday service earlier in the morning at Camp Bastion, Helmand province, and laid a wreath before flying home. Back in London, Queen Elizabeth II led the nation in a two-minute silence at 1100 GMT to remember the fallen, and laid a wreath at the Cenotaph memorial.
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‘Saudi prince writes’ to CJP, complains about Pakistani officials

ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Wednesday received a letter purportedly written by Prince Bandar Bin Khalid Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, alleging that substandard accommodation on exorbitant rates was provided to the haj pilgrims of Pakistan in Makkah by the Religious Affairs Ministry.
The letter said hired buildings were 3.5 kilometres away from the holy mosque (haram-e-Ka'aba) in Makkah, despite the fact that he (the prince) had offered