Tag: Sheikh

Sheikh puts weight behind Khan

Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed has come forth to support Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan who is pursuing a vigorous campaign...

Musharraf has taken asylum in hospital: Sheikh

Akram Sheik, prosecutor in treason trial against former president Pervez Musharraf, on Monday said Musharraf has taken asylum in the hospital to avoid appearance...

Sheikh’s murder case stands unresolved

It was feared that President Asif Zardari’s Chief Security Officer (CSO) Bilal Sheikh’s murder mystery would remain a mystery as the law enforcers could...

Sheikh Awais and son recovered

  Prominent lawyer Sheikh Awais, kidnapped on Thursday morning from Lahore with his son, was recovered later in the day when their abductors abandoned them...

Mandviwalla likely to replace Sheikh

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf is likely to replace the incumbent finance minister of the country Abdul Hafeez Sheikh with Minister of State for...

Fathers to face imprisonment for not sending children to school: Waqqas...

Federal Minister for Education and Trainings Sheikh Waqqas Akram said that fathers who are not sending their children to schools have to face imprisonment...

Senior al Qaeda leader killed in drone strike

A senior al Qaeda leader, Sheikh Khalid bin Abdul Rehman Al-Hasanain has reportedly been killed on Friday morning in a US Predator drone strike....

Bangladeshi, Malaysian PMs won’t attend D-8 summit in Pakistan

The prime ministers of Bangladesh and Malaysia on Saturday formally excused themselves from attending the upcoming D-8 conference in Pakistan scheduled for Nov 22. Sources...

Govt distributed Rs5000 billion among provinces: Hafeez Sheikh

Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has said that the present democratic government has the credit of giving Rs5000 billion to the provinces. Addressing the Developmental...

Sheikh Panju shrine blown up in Peshawar

The Sheikh Panju shrine located in a graveyard on Phandu Chowk in Peshawar was blown up on Saturday evening, but there were no casualties....

PBC tribunal deals with bogus degree, misconduct cases

A Punjab Bar Council (PBC) tribunal on Saturday dealt with cases of 16 lawyers on allegations of possessing bogus degrees, and misconduct. The tribunal was...

9/11 defendants skip Guantanamo hearing

Self-declared 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four alleged co-conspirators skipped the last day of a week of pre-trial hearings Friday at Guantanamo...

Tanhaiyaan to be re-launched

The classic drama serial of the 80s, proverbially referred to as the golden age of Pakistani Television, is all set to make a comeback...

Elections only option to end crisis: Sheikh Rasheed

Awami Muslim League (AML) leader Sheikh Rasheed said on Wednesday that there was no option except elections to end the present crisis in the...

The Doc conjures Japanese remedy

“Pakistan’s liberal investment policies and growth potential offers tremendous strategic opportunities for Japanese investors in different sectors of economy”, this was stated by Dr....

Rasheed says current govt ‘worst ever’

The Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Saturday said that the current tenure of the government has been the worst and most...

Debate against Sheikh Rashid

Sheikh Rashid is known for his frank and well-worded statements. He talks lots of sense particularly when he quotes statistics to prove his point...