After President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath on Monday, Mohsin Naqvi, who was the PCB Chairman, became the new Interior Minister of Pakistan. Earlier in the day, PM Shehbaz submitted a list to President Zardari with names for his cabinet, including 18 federal ministers and one minister of state. Even though the PPP is […]
Article 6 of the Constitution will not be triggered by President Dr. Arif Alvi’s actions, even if they do contravene the Constitution and prevent the National Assembly from meeting for the first time following the elections on February 8. Article 6 solely addresses the actions of suspension, subversion, and abrogation of the Constitution, which have […]
Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika died on Friday at the age of 84, according to the presidency, more than two years after stepping down in the face of mass protests and the army. Bouteflika, a veteran of Algeria’s independence war, ruled the North African country for two decades before stepping down in April 2019 following […]
Ebrahim Raisi, the hardline head of Iran’s judiciary, has been hailed the country’s new president after his three main rivals congratulated him on his victory and preliminary results showed he had secured 17.8m votes, a huge 14.5m more than his nearest rival. With 90% of the votes counted, Iranian officials said 28.6 million people had […]
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday installed an energetic critic of Big Tech as a top federal regulator at a time when the industry is under intense pressure from Congress; regulators and state attorneys general. Moreover, The selection of Pakistan-origin legal scholar Lina Khan to head the; Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seen as signaling […]
A man slapped President Emmanuel Macron in the face on Tuesday during a walkabout in southern France. Macron later said he had not feared for his safety, and that nothing would stop him from carrying on with his job. In a video circulating on social media, Macron reached out his hand to greet a man […]
A top Maldivian official said Saturday that Islamic militants behind ex-assassination president’s, Mohamed Nasheed earlier this week, while police said they had detained two of four suspects. Nasheed, 53, was conscious and no longer required breathing support. According to hospital officials on Saturday, he remains in an intensive care unit following initial life-saving surgeries to […]
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife, Asma, have tested positive for Covid-19; the president’s office said in a statement Monday. The president and his wife; Asma al-Assad; were tested for the coronavirus after they felt “mild symptoms,” according to the statement; which confirmed that the test came back positive. “Both are in good health […]
A French court on Monday sentenced former President Nicolas Sarkozy to three years in prison; for corruption and influence-peddling but suspended two years of the sentence. President from 2007 to 2012, he was found guilty of trying to illegally obtain information from a senior magistrate in 2014; about an ongoing investigation into his campaign finances. […]
President Dr. Arif Alvi approved the Anti-Rape Ordinance 2020 that will ensure speedy trial of rape cases; with women and children as victims and will also allow for chemical castration of those convicted of such offenses. A statement issued by the President House said that under the ordinance; special courts would establish throughout the country […]
