Tag: Visits

KARACHI - The visit of Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) pro-federation chief Shahzain Bugti to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) headquarters Nine Zero is a bigger farce than the JWP chief's arrest last month, Baloch Rights Council (BRC) chairman Abdul Wahab Baloch told Pakistan Today.
Bugti was arrested for alleged arms trafficking on December 22 last year at the Buleli check-post near Quetta while returning from Chaman after offering fateha for a Pakhtun leader, Jeelani Khan

LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Hamza Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday visited the Mayo Hospital and inquired after injured of the Urdu Bazaar Chowk blast. Hamza went to the Amritsar, Delhi and Gujranwala wards and asked about treatment facilities being provided to the injured.
He expressed satisfaction over arrangements made by the hospital administration for treatment of the injured and directed doctors and administrative officers

KARACHI - All political parties must honour each other's public mandate to promote democracy in the country, Punjab Governor Latif Khosa said during his visiting to the MQM headquarters, Nine Zero on Sunday. "A grand coalition of political parties is the need of the hour to eliminate extremism and terrorism," he added.
MQM Coordination Committee Deputy Convener Dr Farooq Sattar, Senior Provincial Minister Pir Mazharul Haq and Sindh Law Minister Ayaz Soomro were also present on

ISLAMABAD - United Kingdom's Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Stephen Dalton along with a delegation visited Air Headquarters Islamabad on Thursday.
On his arrival at Air Headquarters, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman received the distinguished guest, said a PAF statement. A Pakistan Air Force contingent presented the Guard of Honour to the guest. After reviewing the Guard of Honour, the Royal Air Force chief was introduced to Principal Staff

KARACHI - A delegation of Christian scholars headed by Marilyn Hickey Ministries National Director Evangelist Rhonson Asghar called on members of the MQM Rabita Committee on Sunday and discussed with them the political situation of the country, particularly in Karachi.
Other members of the delegation comprised Faith Prayer Ministries Chairman Pastor Amjad Farooq, Pastor Muntazir Gul, Pastor Robbin Raz and Pastor Muazzam Jan.
The delegation members appreciated steps taken by

KARACHI - I CC's General Manager Operations Dave Richardson on Thursday visited the National Cricker Stadium here and watched the first days' play in the day/night Quaid-e-Azam Cricket Trophy.
Former South African wicketkeeper Richardson is visiting Pakistan on the invitation of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to watch the day/night matches in the longer version of the game. He will also submit report about the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final to the ICC about the prospect of of

BAGHDAD - US Vice President Joe Biden said on Thursday he had come to Baghdad "to help Iraqis celebrate" progress, as he met with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki hours after arriving in the Iraqi capital.
Biden's unannounced tour of world hotspots had previously taken him to Kabul, where he met Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and to Islamabad, where he met with top Pakistani officials. He landed at Baghdad airport just after midnight and, according to reporters travelling with him,

ISLAMABD - The road users in capital city, particularly in and around the Red Zone had to wait in long queues of vehicles for hours because of strict security measures taken on the arrival of the US Vice President Jeo Biden on Wednesday.
Islamabad Express Way, IJ Principal Road and Murree Road witnessed traffic bottlenecks at the arrival and departure times of Jeo Biden.
The law enforcement agencies had closed roads linking Rawalpindi and Islamabad, including Murree Road ,

LAHORE - The Pakistan Caucus at the Harvard Kennedy School, a student body working to promote Pakistan's image amongst the international students studying at Harvard University, visited Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).
The delegation consisted of 10 students who were given the opportunity to engage in dialogue with the Provost of LUMS Dr. Zafar Iqbal Qureshi regarding Public Policy issues in Pakistan. The students from Harvard also interacted with the Deans,

BAGHDAD - Kuwait's prime minister arrived to a red carpet welcome in Baghdad on Wednesday in the first such visit since Saddam Hussein's forces invaded the oil-rich emirate in 1990. Television footage showed Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah being greeted at Baghdad airport by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and deputy foreign minister Labid Abbawi. The Kuwaiti national anthem played as Sheikh Nasser walked down a red carpet to the group of

LAHORE - President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday pledged that those behind the assassination of slain Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer would be exposed and punished in accordance with the law.
The president was talking to the family of Taseer in Lahore. He said Taseer led a brave and undaunted political life and embraced martyrdom following the golden tradition set by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto and hundreds of other PPP workers.

WASHINGTON - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari visits the United States next week as Washington seeks to put pressure on Islamabad to pursue militants without pushing an already strained relationship to breaking point.
Zardari will deliver a eulogy at a memorial service on January 14 for Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, the US diplomat who was President Barack Obama's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The visit comes several weeks after Obama and other

LAHORE - Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was in the provincial metropolis on Saturday and chaired a meeting at Supreme Court's (SC) Lahore Registry to review overhauling and renovation work at the SC building.
The CJ directed to retain the original texture of the building's architecture, while constructing new blocks at the site for expansion. The SC Lahore building was in shambles hitherto and needed repair. The CJ took keen interest in it and initiated the overhauling

ISLAMABAD - Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Khalid Shameem Wynne on Tuesday visited the National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM).
"CJCSC was briefed about the ongoing projects and the facilities at the commission.
He also visited various research and development facilities and lauded the dedication and efforts of engineers and scientists working at NESCOM for development in diverse fields," said an ISPR statement.

Pamela Anderson thrilled her young fans with an early Christmas treat as she visited ill children at a hospital in Liverpool on Thursday.
The Baywatch beauty is currently in the UK performing in Aladdin in a traditional festive pantomime at the city's Empire Theatre.
She took time out of her busy schedule to visit Liverpool's renowned children's hospital Alder Hey to spread some Christmas cheer. She said it was sad to see that children had to be in hospital over Christmas.

RAWALPINDI: The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Swat on Tuesday, said a press release issued here. It said he attended the earth-breaking ceremony of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Bridge near Barikot.
The bridge is being constructed by Frontier Works Organisation with UAE funding as part of the Quick Impact Projects. A United Arab Emirates (UAE) delegation led by His Excellency Ali Saif Sultan Al Awani, Ambassador of UAE was also

KARACHI: The newly appointed US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter visited the flood-hit areas of Sindh along with his wife, Marilyn Wyatt, on Saturday.
They were accompanied by US Consul General William Martin in Karachi, and a group of journalists. A plane carrying the ambassador and the rest departed from Karachi and reached Pano Akil Cantonment. Munter also visited a small village near the town, which is still surrounded by floodwater and distributed relief goods among the