Tag: Term

Pragmatic pro-EU Finland president Niinisto on course for second term

HELSINKI: Finnish President Sauli Niinisto is a pragmatic pro-EU conservative whose skill at balancing relations with Moscow and Washington amid heightened tensions is likely...

Sisi to run for second term in upcoming election

CAIRO: Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Friday he will run for a second term in office in an election in March, which...

NA speaker fears assembly may not last its term

  National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Wednesday feared that the assembly might not last their term, saying he was seeing a ‘greater plan’ in...

PML-N rules out early elections, says assemblies will complete their term

Hours after a fresh call by Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for early elections in the country for what it called the ruling party’s...

Opp doesn’t want PML-N govt to complete term: Ahsan Iqbal

  “The opposition is desperate to not let the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government complete its term,” Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal...

Obama’s second term

Pakistan and US must reassess their partnership Unless Pakistan and US manage to remove the deep seated suspicions they entertain about one another, there is...

Taiwan’s Ma wins second term as president

Taiwan’s Beijing-friendly leader Ma Ying-jeou secured a second four-year term as president Saturday, promising better ties with China after an election watched intently by...

Congo’s Kabila sworn in for second term

Joseph Kabila took the oath Tuesday for a second term as president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, following a chaotic election his main...

Karzai will not seek third term: spokesman

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is not secretly planning to change the country’s constitution to seek a third term in power, his spokesman insisted on...

Karzai will not seek third term: spokesman

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is not secretly planning to change the country's constitution to seek a third term in power, his spokesman insisted on...

Amir can appeal spot-fixing jail term

Mohammad Amir, one of the Pakistan cricketers jailed for fixing parts of a Test match in England last year, was given permission on Friday...

PFF retains Lodhi as secretary for next term

The Pakistan Football Federation with the approval of its Congress on Saturday reappointed Col (retd) Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi as secretary of the PFF...

One gets death sentence, 6 life term in Sarfraz Shah murder...

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday sentenced Rangers officer Shahid Zafar to death in Sarfraz Shah's murder case. The court also handed life sentences...

Afghan president will not seek third term

President Hamid Karzai, who has been the only leader in Afghanistan since the 2001 US-led invasion brought down the Taliban, will not seek a...

Government takes short term measures for fertiliser sector

According to media reports Petroleum Ministry has intimated that the fertiliser manufacturers operating on the SNGPL network will be provided gas for 15 days...

Deputation term limited to three year only

In a bid to ensure availability of staff in the state-run hospitals, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to give only a single three-year...

Berlusconi says he will not seek new term

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he would not run again when his term expires in 2013 and nominated Justice Minister Angelino Alfano as...