Silvio Berlusconi, (born September 29, 1936, Milan, Italy—died June 12, 2023, Milan), Italian media tycoon who served three times as prime minister of Italy (1994, 2001–06, and 2008–11). Early life and first term as prime ministerAfter graduating from the University of Milan with a degree in law, Berlusconi became a real-estate developer, amassing a considerable […]
Read MoreStaff writer A state funeral was held in Milan on Wednesday, a national day of mourning, for the divisive and domineering four-time premier, who died on Monday aged 86 in a hospital where he was being treated for chronic leukaemia. The ceremony was held in the city’s famous Duomo cathedral, with Hungarian President Viktor Orban […]
Read MoreAbida Shaheen Silvio Berlusconi collected Napoleon figurines and dreamed of a bridge to Sicily. He invented modern populism, and died this week as his imitators covered themselves in shame. In March this year a committee of the government of Giorgia Meloni met in Rome to sign off on plans for the world’s longest suspension bridge, […]
Read MoreAbdullah Jan Islamabad: Prominent financial expert Umar Rehman Malik this week greeted Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on his re-election. “Congratulations to H.E @RTErdogan on his election as President. Best wishes happiness, peace and prosperity for the people of Republic of Türkiye. Bilateral brotherly relations between Pakistan and Turkiye will continue to be strengthened under President […]
Read MoreCanberra: Pakistani High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri this week presented Lifetime Achievement Award to Syed Zafar Hussain Shah. “Honoured to present Lifetime Achievement Award to Syed Zafar Hussain Shah at Pakistan Association of Australia’s annual event. Mr Shah has served the Pakistani Australian Community with distinction for over three decades,” the envoy tweeted. […]
Read MoreLondon: Yasmeen Lari, Pakistan’s first woman architect, has been awarded the King Royal Gold Medal for Architecture by the UK for her work in promoting zero-carbon self-build concepts for displaced populations. The Royal Gold Medal is one of the highest accolades in architecture and is personally approved by the monarch. The medal is awarded to […]
Read MoreCelina Ali Islamabad: The Government of Japan this week announced the 2023 Spring Conferment of Decorations and Imtiaz Ahmad, former Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Japan, will be decorated with “the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star”, in recognition of his contribution to strengthen bilateral relations and promoting friendship […]
Read MoreAbdullah Jan Islamabad: Amid the political deadlock in the country, Pakistan is missing the late Senator Rehman Malik who used to play a positive role in such situations. The late Senator, on a number of times proved his skills by resolving political issues. He was a man to whom Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) supremo Asif […]
Read MoreLondon: In a heart-warming act of generosity, a United Kingdom-based Pakistani family has distributed over £500,000 in the last five years to white-collar destitute individuals in Pakistan. The family includes Abid Hussain, the father; Rukhsana Shaheen, the mother; and two daughters — all of whom carry out this gigantic task of locating the needy by […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Prominent financial expert Umar Rehman Malik this week visited the Pakistan Sweet Home Cadet College. “Delighted to visit Pakistan Sweet Home Cadet College, which is serving the orphans of Pakistan to make them responsible citizens under the patronage Zumard Khan sb. Very impressed by the well disciplined and wonderful reception,” he tweeted. […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Two Indonesian cyclists, Asid Kusuma Atmaja and Yunus started their long-awaited spiritual journey to Makkah on bicycles from Indonesia in August 2022 to spread the message of peace, tolerance, and kindness. After traveling with bicycles across five countries; Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Singapore, and Bangladesh, they took a flight to Pakistan. In Pakistan, […]
Read MoreKarachi: Odagiri Toshio, Consul-General of Japan in Karachi, on behalf of the Government of Japan, presented Kalim Farooqui with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon this week. The award was bestowed upon him by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan in recognition of his significant contributions towards Japan. Farooqui is […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Former Interior Minister Rehman Malik’s son Ali Rehman Malik said this week that his family will soon launch the new book of his late father. “We will soon be launching my father’s last book: “How I saw it” a two volume memoir and commentary on national and international geopolitical events. He was […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese this week turned 55 and celebrated his birthday with his beautiful wife Albana Ferrarese and children Andreas Ferrarese was born in Tübingen (Germany) on January 17th, 1968 and graduated in Oriental Languages ??and Literatures at the “Cà Foscari” University of Venice in 1992. He entered […]
Read MoreSenator Rehman Malik (late) We are celebrating the day of ZAB’s birthday through out in the country. God gifted us this leader who emerged in the world as the leader of the masses. He was the best diplomat and a strategist. He became the darling of the Muslim Ummah and he is still remembered with […]
Read MoreNewswire Pele, who had a tumour removed from his colon last year, passed away in a Sao Paolo hospital, his agent said. Pele, the legendary Brazilian football player who rose from barefoot poverty to become one of the greatest and best-known athletes in modern history, has died at the age of 82. Sao Paulo’s Albert […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Social media users across the globe particularly Pakistanis paid rich tributes to late Senator A Rehman Malik on his first birthday since his tragic demise on February 23 this year. People from various walk of life commended his unmatched services for the country and nation and praised his generosity and humility. Former Interior […]
Read MoreStaff writer Islamabad: Prominent social worker Khalid Malik said this week that hard work, commitment, struggle, dedication, and courage were the ingredients for success. In a statement, he said Pakistan was built on unity, faith, and discipline but today it struggles to implement the core of these words. “We were founded to have freedoms, the […]
Read MoreCanberra: Pakistani High Commissioner in Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri this week recorded his heartfelt condolences at the Embassy of China in Canberra on the passing away of former President Jiang Zemin. “Recorded our heartfelt condolences at the Embassy of China in Canberra on the passing away of former President Jiang Zemin – a true friend […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Former Interior Minister Senator Rehman Malik was remembered this week by his friends and family on his first birthday since his demise that left all his loved ones in a shock. His sons Umar Rehman Malik and Ali Rehman Malik expressed their feeling on twitter along with the feeling of the veteran […]
Read MoreNewswire Beijing: Jiang Zemin was an outstanding leader enjoying high prestige acknowledged by the whole Communist Party of China (CPC), the entire military and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups. He was a great Marxist and a great proletarian revolutionary, statesman, military strategist and diplomat. He was a long-tested communist fighter and an outstanding […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Financial expert Umar Rehman Malik this week gave credit to his late father, Senator Rehman Malik, for promoting transgender rights. “Senator Rehman Malik, as Interior Minister ensured protection of transgender rights by adding separate gender section in their CNICs resolving complications related to parentage and family tree,” he recalled. Umar Rehman Malik […]
Read MoreRome: Italian designer Umberto Palermo has ‘signed a new ‘hypercar’ built by the new auto house 7777 Motors.
Read MoreMatthew Lodge London: The most severely wounded British soldier to survive the war in Afghanistan joined thousands of other veterans across the country in paying his respects on Remembrance Sunday. Ben Parkinson MBE, who had both his legs amputated, broke his back and suffered lasting brain damage in an explosion in 2006, bravely stood with […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: The Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (OP&HRD) Saji Hussain Turi this week paid glowing tribute to the poet of the East, Allama Muhammad Iqbal on his 145th birth anniversary. The Minister said that the thoughts are a valuable intellectual asset for the entire Muslim Ummah, especially the Pakistani […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Finance expert Umar Rehman Malik said this week that his father, the late Senator Rehman Malik, always worked for national unity. “As a nation we should strongly refrain from slandering our Army. The armed forces have always been the bedrock of national security and a symbol of pride,” he tweeted. Umar Rehman […]
Read MoreWaqar Mustafa – Khaleej Times London: The UK’s new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, is a scion of a Hindu-Punjabi family that migrated to Kenya for work in the 1930s from the food, wrestling, and industrial centre of Gujranwala – about an hour’s drive from Lahore, the capital of Pakistan’s Punjab province. The Sunaks, a Hindu-Khatri […]
Read MoreMalik Zahid Awan On October 20, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) announced the removal of Pakistan from its grey list. In fact, the news of Pakistan’s delisting was a source of joy for every Pakistani as the country faced difficulties for a long time and fought hard to get out. If we take a […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman this week eulogized Begum Nusrat Bhutto, the spouse of former prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, on her 11th death anniversary. In her message received here, the federal minister said, “On the death anniversary of the mother of democracy Begum Nusrat Bhutto, I pay tribute […]
Read MoreCanberra: Pakistani High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri this week appreciated the solidarity expressed by the Muslims of Fiji for the Pakistanis affected by the floods. Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, who is concurrently accredited to Fiji, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, tweeted: “Appreciate the solidarity shown by Fiji Muslim League with the […]
Read MoreCanberra: Pakistani High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri this week felicitated Sujahir Malik on winning the 75th Photo competition event organised by Pakistan High Commission Australia. Sujahir Malik has received the prize and acknowledgment Certificate from the envoy in Australia. The 75th Photo competition event was organised by Pakistan High Commission Australia. Later, Sujahir […]
Read MoreKang Bing – China Daily After being removed from Chinese school textbooks 20 years ago, the article on a fierce battle between US troops and the Chinese People’s Volunteers during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53) found its way back into textbooks last year. The article, titled “Who Are the Most […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Pakistan this week mourned the loss of legendary Japanese wrestler Antonio Inoki who passed away earlier today at the age of 79 after years of battling a rare disease. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed his condolences to the wrestler’s family and the Japanese nation. He also shared a throwback image of himself […]
Read MoreCanberra: Pakistan High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri this week paid tribute to successful overseas Pakistanis Sir Anwar Pervez and Lord Zameer Choudhry. “Sir Anwar Pervez #AnwarPervez & Lord Zameer Choudrey #ZameerChoudrey are great success stories amongst Pakistani Diaspora. In my interactions, always found them to be proud of their Pakistani heritage and at […]
Read MoreNew York: Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who is considered one of the most eligible bachelors in Pakistan, has revealed plans to marry, on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). When asked if he plans to marry, Bilawal Bhutto replied, “Of course, I have plans to marry.” But added that he was […]
Read MoreWindsor Castle: Britain said farewell to Queen Elizabeth II this week at a historic state funeral attended by world leaders, before a ceremonial journey past hundreds of thousands of mourners to her final place of rest. Huge crowds gathered in London to watch as the queen’s flag-draped coffin, topped with the Imperial State Crown, her […]
Read MoreNewswire Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. She died peacefully on Thursday afternoon at her Scottish estate, where she had spent much of the summer. The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change. Her son King Charles III […]
Read MoreCanberra: Pakistan High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri this week congratulated Editor-in-Chief Sada-e-Watan Zafar Hussain Shah on winning the life achievement award. “Congratulations @Syedsadawatan for another life time achievement award – Zafar Hussain Shah, Editor in Chief Sada-e-Watan, has been serving the Pakistani community for over 3 decades through dedicated coverage of community news,” […]
Read MoreHu Xijin Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union, passed away last week. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences. But the real and overwhelming compliments for him came from the West, ranging from US President Joe Biden to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and politicians from the same era of Gorbachev, […]
Read MoreCanberra: Pakistani High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri this week paid tribute to legendary singer Nayyara Noor who passed at the age of 71. “Nayyara Noor was an Era that has come to an end. May her soul rest in eternal peace – Aameen,” the envoy tweeted. Nayyara Noor passed away after a brief […]
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