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Chile’s former president Sebastian Pinera dies in helicopter crash

SANTIAGO: Chilean ex-President Sebastian Pinera died in a helicopter crash on Tuesday, sending the country he led for two terms into mourning and prompting...

Former president Rafiq Tarar passes away

LAHORE: Former president of Pakistan Rafiq Tarar passed away on Monday after a prolonged illness. He was 92. According to his family sources, Rafiq Tarar...

Ukraine accuses former president Petro Poroshenko of treason

KYIV: Ukrainian authorities placed former president Petro Poroshenko under formal investigation for high treason on Monday, accusing him of links to financing separatist forces...

Brazil’s ex-president gets nearly 10 years in jail for corruption

BRASILIA: Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for graft in a stark fall from...

Hamid Karzai calls decision to drop massive US bomb “treason”

KABUL: Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai accused his successor on Saturday of committing treason by allowing the US military to drop the largest conventional bomb...

Sri Lanka police exhume journalist’s body in murder he predicted

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police on Tuesday exhumed the body of a senior journalist who had predicted just days before his murder in 2009 that he would be killed by the government, marking the latest development in a series of probes into former President Mahinda Rajapaksa's administration.

Lal Masjid case: Court orders to confiscate Musharraf’s properties

ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad court has on Saturday declared former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf a most wanted criminal and ordered to confiscate his all properties. The ruling has been made in Lal Masjid case, ARY News reported.

Court refuses to hear Musharraf’s lawyers

ISLAMABAD: The Special Court on Tuesday denied hearing former president general (r) Pervez Musharraf’s lawyers for his being fugitive in high treason case of violating the constitution, ARY News reported.

KP govt abetting terrorists, alleges Zardari

KARACHI: Former President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday expressed concern over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s allocation of Rs300 million to Darul Uloom Haqqania, a religious seminary located in Akora Khattak, Nowshera, ARY News reported.

Zardari warns against ‘systematic assault’ on women rights

KARACHI: Former president Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday warned the people against a systematic assault on women rights in the country and asked them to fight this mindset, ARY News reported.

Zardari says budget failed to address critical issues

ISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Ali Zardari said the budgetary proposals failed to address critical issues in documenting economy, improving revenue collection, preventing tax evasion, and addressing the growing disparity between the rich and the poor.

Panama Leaks: Zardari refutes reports of reaching understanding with PM

ISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday rejected the assertion that he had reached some ‘understanding’ with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the issue of Panama Leaks, ARY News reported.

We stand by military in war against terrorism, says Zardari

LONDON: Former president and co-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday said that we stand by the military in the ongoing war against terrorism, ARY News reported.

Judges’ detention case: Musharraf exempted from court appearance

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday exempted former president Pervez Musharraf from appearing before the court in judges’ detention case, ARY News reported.

Zardari slams three years performance of KP govt

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday said that we know how the 'tsunami' rising from Karachi reached Peshawar, ARY News reported.

Musharraf slams deprivation of women's rights in Pakistan

KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: Former president, General (R) Pervez Musharraf on Sunday said that the ones calling him dictator have deprived the women of their rights in the country, ARY News reported.

Govt snubs Musharraf's plea to visit Saudi Arabia

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Thursday rejected the plea of General (retd) Pervez Musharraf to visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) for offering condolence over the demise of King Abdullah, ARY News reported.

Musharraf didn't consult for emergency, says Aziz

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Shaukat Aziz has said that former president Pervez Musharraf did not consult him with regard to the imposition of emergency in November, 2007.

Present govt won't last longer than a few months: Musharraf

MATIARI: Former president, General (retd) Pervez Musharraf on Sunday said that the current government will not last longer than a few months, ARY News reported.

Musharraf’s mother reaches Karachi

KARACHI: Begum Zareen Musharraf, mother of General (R) Pervez Musharraf, reached Karachi on Tuesday along with Begum Sehba Musharraf and her daughter, ARY News reported.

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