Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addresses supporters and members of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) at the party’s headquarters before he leaves to surrender himself to jail authorities, after interim bail granted by the Supreme Court in a liquor policy case came to an end, in New Delhi, India on June 2, 2024. — Reuters … Read more
Arvind Kejriwal, the head of the Aam Aadmi (Common Man) Party (AAP), which briefly controlled the state government in Delhi, looks out from inside his car as he arrives at a court in New Delhi May 21, 2014. — Reuters Kejriwal, AAP deny allegations, say cases are “politically motivated”. Modi’s opponent expected to campaign in … Read more
LAHORE: SM Tanveer, Patron-in-Chief of the United Business Group (UBG) and a former provincial minister, has called for reducing the interest rate to 10% and lowering the electricity price to Rs25 per unit. Speaking at a press conference at the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) office, he highlighted that high electricity … Read more
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro (L) and his wife and deputy of Venezuela’s United Socialist Party (PSUV) Cilia Flores step out of their plane after arriving at the Las Americas airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic August 16, 2016. — Reuters/File The United States on Monday seized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s plane in the Dominican Republic … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Hafiz Saad Hussain Rizvi and breakaway faction Tehreek-i-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah’s chief Dr Muhammad Ashraf Jalali stood trial in absentia on Monday at a high-security court in the Netherlands over alleged attempts to incite the murder of far-right and anti-Islam Dutch leader Geert Wilders. Dutch prosecutors have charged 56-year-old Jalali for calling … Read more
Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin (L) administers Sheikh Hasina’s oath-taking ceremony as the country’s prime minister in Dhaka, Bangladesh on January 11, 2024. — Reuters NEW DELHI: Four weeks after ex-premier Sheikh Hasina fled Bangladesh by helicopter during a student-led revolution, analysts say she has become a diplomatic headache for her hosts in India. Bangladeshi students … Read more
Former US president Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, US, August 20, 2024. — Reuters “We are ready for a President Kamala Harris”, says Obama. Michelle tells Trump presidency just may be ‘Black job’. Pro-Palestine protests near Israeli consulate result in arrests. Former … Read more
President Asif Ali Zardari has approved the conferment of Hilal-e-Imtiaz on Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Ali Haider Gilani. According to a statement issued by the President’s House on Thursday, President Zardari granted the award on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Ali Haider Gilani, son of former prime minister and Senate Chairman Yousuf … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has stated that swift and rigorous accountability of the “ring leader of the anarchist group” was long overdue for his actions aimed at sabotaging national interests. During a press conference on Thursday, he presented ‘irrefutable and glaring’ evidence from the investigation into former spy chief Faiz Hameed, which indicated that … Read more
Listen to article LAHORE: Federal Minister for Planning and Development, Ahsan Iqbal, has accused a group of judges and military generals of derailing Pakistan’s progress by imposing an “inexperienced” leader on the country. Speaking to the media at the Expo Centre in Lahore, Iqbal said, “Pakistan was on the development path when a few judges and generals … Read more