Bashar al-Assad’s wife files for divorce
- 23-Dec-2024
Syrian deposed and former president Bashar al-Assad’s faced escalating challenges as his wife, Asma, approached the court for divorce. According to details, Asma al-Assad has initiated divorce proceedings in the Russian Court. Meanwhile, she also requested a permission to leave Moscow and relocate to the United Kingdom. It is noteworthy that she previously worked as […]
Former president Arif Alvi’s dental clinic sealed in Karachi
- 03-Oct-2024
KARACHI: The Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) has reportedly sealed a dental clinic owned by former President of Pakistan Arif Alvi, ARY News reported, citing well informed sources. Sources close to the development revealed that the dental clinic, located in Sindhi Muslim Cooperative Housing Society (SMCHS), was reportedly established in a residential bungalow, which led […]
Chile’s former president Sebastian Pinera dies in helicopter crash
- 07-Feb-2024
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 an outpouring of condolences from leaders across Latin America. The helicopter carrying Pinera, 74, and three others plunged into a lake in southern Chile. The former president was pronounced dead shortly […]
Former president Rafiq Tarar passes away
- 07-Mar-2022
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 had been suffering from health issues for a long. The time and place of his funeral prayers will be announced later on, they added. میرے دادا جان محمد رفیق تارڑ […]
Ukraine accuses former president Petro Poroshenko of treason
- 20-Dec-2021
KYIV: Ukrainian authorities placed former president Petro Poroshenko under formal investigation for high treason on Monday, accusing him of links to financing separatist forces in the eastern Donbass region. Officials said the accusations against Poroshenko were related to similar charges against pro-Russian lawmaker Viktor Medvedchuk, who has been under house arrest for about six months. […]
Brazil’s ex-president gets nearly 10 years in jail for corruption
- 13-Jul-2017
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 grace for the iconic leftist leader. Lula, who ruled Brazil from 2003-2010, was convicted and handed a 9.5-year prison term on Wednesday for accepting a luxury seaside apartment and $1.1 million, […]
Hamid Karzai calls decision to drop massive US bomb “treason”
- 16-Apr-2017
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 ever used in combat during an operation against Islamic State militants in Afghanistan. Karzai, who also vowed to “stand against America”, retains considerable influence within Afghanistan’s majority Pashtun ethnic group, to […]
Sri Lanka police exhume journalist’s body in murder he predicted
- 27-Sep-2016
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
- 17-Sep-2016
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
- 12-Jul-2016
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.