News for 'Chaudhry'

Decision on Indo-Pak series soon, says BCCI

Decision on Indo-Pak series soon, says BCCI

Rediff.com19 Nov 2015

The cricket fans will have to wait a few more days to find out whether the iconic bilateral series between arch-rivals India and Pakistan would go ahead next month.

Adani earned over Rs 1,000 crore daily this year

Adani earned over Rs 1,000 crore daily this year

Rediff.com30 Sep 2021

India produced 179 more super-rich people this year led by Adani Group's Gautam Adani who amassed a whopping wealth of Rs 365,700 crore or more than Rs 1,000 crore daily, and the number of such individuals has crossed the 1,000-mark. Geographically, five more cities are home to super-rich taking the total number of super-rich cities to 119 and these 1,007 individuals cumulatively added 51 per cent more wealth in 2021. The average wealth increased by 25 per cent this year that also saw the livelihoods of thousands of people being hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

Pak court: Govt free to make public Bhutto probe

Pak court: Govt free to make public Bhutto probe

Rediff.com6 Dec 2012

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has ruled that the government does not need permission from any authority to make public the findings of the probe into the Benazir Bhutto assassination case or judicial proceedings against those accused of involvement in her murder.

Pakistan SC issues notice to former PM Ashraf

Pakistan SC issues notice to former PM Ashraf

Rediff.com28 Mar 2013

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice for contempt of court to former premier Raja Pervez Ashraf, saying he had tried to influence the court by asking it to form a commission to investigate graft charges against him.

Why cold weather makes joints ache

Why cold weather makes joints ache

Rediff.com22 Feb 2019

Staying active and warm are the only pragmatic solutions to alleviate joint pain, says Dr Aashish Chaudhry.

Pak Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif placed on no-fly list

Pak Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif placed on no-fly list

Rediff.com17 May 2021

The interior minister said Shehbaz had not submitted any medical documents for travelling abroad or specified the treatment for his illness.

Senior PPP leader asks Pak's chief justice to resign

Senior PPP leader asks Pak's chief justice to resign

Rediff.com19 Oct 2012

Pakistan Peoples Party's firebrand leader Faisal Raza Abidi has accused Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry of misusing his authority to favour his son and asked him to resign, contending that the country was virtually under a "judicial martial law". Asking the chief justice to resign, Abidi, a member of the Senate or upper house of Parliament, demanded a probe against Chaudhry by Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, a distant relative of former premier Yusuf Raza Gilani.

26/11 case: Trial adjourned till Nov 3 in Pakistan

26/11 case: Trial adjourned till Nov 3 in Pakistan

Rediff.com13 Oct 2012

The trial of seven suspects, including Lashkar-e-Tayiba's operational commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, involved in 2008 Mumbai attack case has been adjourned till November 3 as the judge of the Pakistani court hearing the case has been admitted to hospital, a prosecutor said on Saturday.

Mumabi case trial to proceed on judicial panel's info: Pak

Mumabi case trial to proceed on judicial panel's info: Pak

Rediff.com26 Oct 2013

Pakistan on Saturday said the trial in the Mumbai attacks case would be carried forward based on the information brought by a judicial commission that had visited India recently.

Nawaz Sharif re-elected as PML-N chief

Nawaz Sharif re-elected as PML-N chief

Rediff.com3 Oct 2017

Sharif, 67, had to step down as the chief of the PML-N after he was disqualified as the prime minister by the Supreme Court on July 28 in the Panama Papers scandal.

Nobody knows how ISI's political cell was created

Nobody knows how ISI's political cell was created

Rediff.com14 Sep 2012

Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has expressed surprise at authorities being unable to produce the official notification for the creation of the ISI's political cell, which has been active for decades.

Controversial BCCI CFO Rangnekar resigns

Controversial BCCI CFO Rangnekar resigns

Rediff.com8 Nov 2019

Rangnekar was BCCI's first-ever CFO and remained under the scanner during three years in his job.

Pakistan govt to get rid of PM-hunter Chief Justice

Pakistan govt to get rid of PM-hunter Chief Justice

Rediff.com25 Jun 2012

The on-going tussle between the executive and the judiciary in Pakistan is expected to take a new twist with the Pakistan government proposing to amend the constituion and simplify the procedure to oust Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. Amir Mir reports

Pakistani chief justice turns the tables on Zardari govt

Pakistani chief justice turns the tables on Zardari govt

Rediff.com19 Jun 2012

The ruling by Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to disqualify Yousaf Raza Gilani as prime minister has sent the Asif Ali Zardari-led Pakistan People's Party government into a deep political crisis. Amir Mir reports from Islamabad

Amid lobbying, Sharif deliberates on new Pak foreign secretary

Amid lobbying, Sharif deliberates on new Pak foreign secretary

Rediff.com25 Jan 2017

PAk's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Tehmina Janjua was the leading choice.

'Demand for home loans is rising steadily'

'Demand for home loans is rising steadily'

Rediff.com19 Dec 2020

'We tightened our risk frameworks once the Covid crisis started.' 'We are slowly lightening this as we see economic activity pick up, salaries getting restored, and people getting back into jobs.'

How Govt can win over farmers

How Govt can win over farmers

Rediff.com18 Dec 2020

'As of now, it is hard to see how the stalemate can be broken.' 'For the Sikh Jat farmers who constitute the core of the protest are a simple-minded but stubborn lot. 'They are unlikely to call off the stir unless provided a sense of 'victory'.' 'Give them a reason to boast that they brought the government to its knees and they will start singing hallelujahs to the Modi government,' argues Virendra Kapoor.

Tributes pour in for Lata Mangeshkar from Pakistan

Tributes pour in for Lata Mangeshkar from Pakistan

Rediff.com6 Feb 2022

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, eminent personalities, politicians described Lata Mangeshkar as the "nightingale of the subcontinent"

'No pressure' on Pak to release Abhinandan: FO

'No pressure' on Pak to release Abhinandan: FO

Rediff.com29 Oct 2020

Foreign Office spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said on Thursday that "there was no pressure on Pakistan at all regarding the release of Wing Commander Abhinandan."

Mulayam, Iftikhar Choudhary to be honoured in London

Mulayam, Iftikhar Choudhary to be honoured in London

Rediff.com14 May 2012

Yadav and Chaudhry will be presented the awards on May 28 at a ceremony in London by Right Hon'ble Lord Phillips, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

Pak govt asked to respond to pleas against contempt law

Pak govt asked to respond to pleas against contempt law

Rediff.com14 Jul 2012

Pakistan Supreme Court has asked the government to respond by July 23 to several petitions challenging a new law aimed at shielding top leaders from contempt charges and preventing possible disqualification of new Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf.

Pak writes to India on Rangers' killing; seeks probe

Pak writes to India on Rangers' killing; seeks probe

Rediff.com3 Jan 2015

Pakistan Prime Minister's Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Friday wrote to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, protesting the killing of soldiers in BSF firing and seeking an immediate probe into the incident.

ISI involved in activities outside mandate: Pak SC

ISI involved in activities outside mandate: Pak SC

Rediff.com14 Mar 2012

Pakistan's Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on Wednesday hauled up the country's intelligence agencies for involvement in activities that were not part of their mandate. Chaudhry made the remarks as a three-judge bench resumed hearing a petition filed by former air force chief Asghar Khan against the funding of politicians by the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence to rig the 1990 general election.

26/11 case: Pak judicial panel leaves for India

26/11 case: Pak judicial panel leaves for India

Rediff.com14 Mar 2012

A Pakistani judicial commission on Wedneday left for India to collect evidence and question officials as part of efforts to prosecute Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six other suspects charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

UAE helped bring down India-Pak tensions: Envoy

UAE helped bring down India-Pak tensions: Envoy

Rediff.com15 Apr 2021

India and Pakistan in a surprise announcement said on February 25 that they have agreed to strictly observe all agreements on ceasefire along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and other sectors.

World T20: Pakistan officers get visas for India visit

World T20: Pakistan officers get visas for India visit

Rediff.com6 Mar 2016

Visas have been issued to two Pakistani officials to visit India for assessing the security arrangements for the national team ahead of World Twenty20. The Indian high commission on Sunday issued the visas according to a statement from the Pakistan interior ministry. "All arrangements are complete for the security team to leave for India on Monday," the ministry said in the statement. "Director FIA Usman Anwar and Col. Azam from the Ministry of Interior will leave from Pakistan while the third member will join them from the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi," the ministry said. Col Azam is also the general manager of security and anti-corruption unit in the Pakistan board. "The team will meet the Chief Minister Himachal Pradesh and the state police chief and will prepare a report which will be sent to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar," the statement added.

Act against militants or face international isolation: Sharif to Pak army

Act against militants or face international isolation: Sharif to Pak army

Rediff.com6 Oct 2016

Civilian government informs military of growing isolation of Pakistan, seeks consensus on several key actions.

None is above law, Pakistan SC tells Gilani

None is above law, Pakistan SC tells Gilani

Rediff.com9 Feb 2012

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday insisted that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani should write to Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, saying no one is above the law.

Pak CJ goes from anti-Musharraf hero to under a cloud

Pak CJ goes from anti-Musharraf hero to under a cloud

Rediff.com11 Jun 2012

He was the heroic chief justice who refused to bow down to the all-powerful Gen Pervez Musharraf. But today, as his son is embroiled in a scam, the halo over Pakistan's Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has slipped, reports Amir Mir

Pak cabinet rejects proposal to import cotton, sugar from India

Pak cabinet rejects proposal to import cotton, sugar from India

Rediff.com1 Apr 2021

In a volte-face, Pakistan's cabinet on Thursday rejected the proposal of a high-powered committee to import cotton and sugar from India, with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi asserting that there can be no normalisation of ties until New Delhi reverses its decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.

'Both sides are sick of hostility'

'Both sides are sick of hostility'

Rediff.com18 Apr 2005

'The people need to be convinced that no one will put salt in their old wounds,' says former Pakistan PM Shujaat Hussain.

Farmers picket toll plazas in Haryana

Farmers picket toll plazas in Haryana

Rediff.com12 Dec 2020

The agitating farmers had earlier said they would picket toll plazas to press their demand for a repeal of the three new laws, which were voted through in Parliament in September amid strong protests by opposition parties.

Pandya's loose talk could make him fixing target, says BCCI treasurer

Pandya's loose talk could make him fixing target, says BCCI treasurer

Rediff.com10 Jan 2019

Under-fire India cricketer Hardik Pandya's loose talk could make him a target of the match-fixing syndicates known for laying 'honey traps', believes BCCI treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry.

Aamir Khan, Gavaskar, Kapil invited to Imran Khan's oath taking ceremony

Aamir Khan, Gavaskar, Kapil invited to Imran Khan's oath taking ceremony

Rediff.com1 Aug 2018

Imran's party has asked the FO if it would be possible to invite PM Modi.

Prince Narula wins Bigg Boss 9!

Prince Narula wins Bigg Boss 9!

Rediff.com24 Jan 2016

Mandana comes second.

India 'priest' of world peace, but...:Rajnath's message to China

India 'priest' of world peace, but...:Rajnath's message to China

Rediff.com17 Jun 2021

The defence minister said "last year in Galwan Valley, our soldiers displayed exemplary courage and valour in line of duty. I salute all brave soldiers who laid down their lives fighting for the nation."

Pak denies ISI trying to revive militancy in Punjab

Pak denies ISI trying to revive militancy in Punjab

Rediff.com6 Jun 2013

Pakistan on Thursday refuted India's assertion that the Inter-Services Intelligence was trying to revive militancy in Punjab saying such statements could hit efforts to normalise bilateral relations.

Team Gilani to attend Mohali semi-final

Team Gilani to attend Mohali semi-final

Rediff.com29 Mar 2011

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will be accompanied by ex-premier Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and several of his cabinet colleagues, including Interior Minister Rehman Malik, for his visit to Mohali on Wednesday to watch the World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan, a media report has said.

Karachi violence: Pak SC seeks video footage

Karachi violence: Pak SC seeks video footage

Rediff.com22 Aug 2011

Pakistan's Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on Monday took suo moto notice of the political and ethnic violence in Karachi and asked TV news channels to provide footage of incidents in the country's financial hub.

Pak Supreme Court reinstates suspended CJ

Pak Supreme Court reinstates suspended CJ

Rediff.com20 Jul 2007

The Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday reinstated suspended chief justice Iftikhar M Chaudhry to his post.