Tag: Zia

Shahbaz rallies for Baloch rights

Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif on Friday said that the wounds of Baloch nationalists would be filled by negotiations and dialogues and use...

Ejaz to move SC over Zia plane crash

Pakistan Muzlim League-Z chief Ejaz-ul-Haq has said he is going to approach Supreme Court to bring to open his father (Gen) Zia ul Haq’s...

Zia’s son Ijazul Haq decides to join hands with Nawaz

Pakistan Muslim League-Zia chief Ijaz-ul-Haq decided on Tuesday that he was joining Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), DawnNews reported. Ijaz, son of former military dictator...

‘The generals at least kept the nation’s lights on’

Beckoned by public spigots promising free, pure drinking water, tourists lined up last week to refresh themselves along the main drag in Murree. They soon...

Team is showing confident: Qasim

Pakistan Hockey Federation President Qasim Zia has pointed out that the team has shown confidence in the opening match of the Azlan Shah Cup...

PAL holds condolence reference for Zia Jalandhary

Zia Jalandahry is one of the major poets of Urdu and his demise is a great loss to our literature, said Iftikhar Arif while...

Hasina accuses Khaleda Zia of receiving ISI money

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accused opposition leader Khaleda Zia, chief of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), of receiving money from Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence...

Pakistan’s options

Must be in line with our national interests Governments in Pakistan have often taken decisions that in the long term benefitted others than the country...

Gilani’s innocence

Not it, he says While Prime Minister Gilani might really be innocent as he claims, the arguments he advances would have few takers outside the...

Haya Zia up and close

Haya Zia, now a well known name in the television and fashion industries, started her career in 2011 when she started modelling in Karachi...

Reading the tea leaves

Those who matter have made up their minds That those who matter have decided to axe the government before the March Senate elections should be...

Can democracy work?

On the competence of the electorate If an elected person or group of persons proves disappointing one can only blame oneself, as with marriage to...

Tough sledding ahead

Of tenuous ties and troubled times Although Pakistan’s envoy to Washington, Hussain Haqqani’s has been shown the door, the controversy generated by the Memogate refuses...

Witnesses summoned in Sohail Zia Butt graft case

An accountability court (AC) summoned two prosecution witnesses on Thursday to record their statements in a reference filed against former National Assembly member from...

Gen Zia-ul-Haq death anniversary observed

The death anniversary of former President General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq was observed here on Wednesday. General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the sixth President of Pakistan, remained in power...

Qari Zia training female bombers

High-ranking authorities believe that Qari Zia-ur-Rahman, a notorious militant, is responsible for the suicide bombing carried out by a female in Peshawar on Thursday. It...

Hearing against Sohail Zia Butt adjourned

An accountability court on Monday adjourned the hearing of a reference against former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) member of the provincial assembly (MPA) and...