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Owaisi's reminder to Bilawal Bhutto after ‘blood’ remark: ‘Whose mother…’
Bilawal Bhutto's mother and former Pakistan PM Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on December 27, 2007, in Rawalpindi.
Updated on Apr 28, 2025 11:04 PM IST
Shivam Pratap Singh
Meet Bilawal Zardari, Benazir Bhutto's son, who is aspiring to be Pakistan PM
Pakistan election 2024: Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has challenged Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif in their stronghold of Lahore
Updated on Feb 10, 2024 11:37 AM IST
Reminiscences from a former diplomat
Aftab Seth's memoir, "A Diplomat's Garden," offers a glimpse into the life of an Indian diplomat, filled with action and excitement.
Published on Sep 11, 2023 02:54 PM IST
Former Pakistan PM Benazir Bhutto's niece, Fatima, ties knot with Graham
The nikkah ceremony of Fatima Bhutto, daughter of Murtaza Bhutto, took place at the family's residence at 70 Clifton in Karachi
Updated on Apr 29, 2023 11:14 AM IST
Abe, Bhutto, Gaddafi: High-profile political assassinations this century
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated on Friday while delivering a campaign speech for upper house elections.
Published on Jul 09, 2022 08:13 AM IST
AP |
Pak opposition demands Prime Minister Imran Khan resign in 24 hours
The opposition campaign is spearheaded by the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
Updated on Mar 08, 2022 05:03 PM IST
Reuters |
Pak oppn holds rally, Mayram Nawaz chides PM Khan over ISI phone tapping
Maryam attacked Prime Minister Imran Khan, calling him a “puppet prime minister” who should have “some courage” to question the country’s top spy agency – Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) – as to why it is tapping his telephone calls.
Updated on Nov 30, 2020 11:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Islamabad | Imtiaz Ahmad
Bilawal Bhutto tests positive for Covid, goes into isolation
The 32-year-old chief of Pakistan Peoples Party and son of former two-time PM Benazir Bhutto went into isolation after being infected
Updated on Nov 27, 2020 01:13 AM IST
Pakistan | Agencies
Pak police refuse to file case against US blogger for tweet against Benazir Bhutto
Petitioner Waqas Ahmad Abbasi submitted a written application last week against Cynthia D Ritchie, accusing her of maligning former premier Benazir on social media.
Updated on Jun 12, 2020 09:29 PM IST
Islamabad | Press Trust of India | Posted by Niyati Singh
When Narasimha Rao rejected Benazir’s ‘tea diplomacy’ in London
According to declassified papers released by Britain’s National Archives, Prime Minister Narasimha Rao did not doubt Benazir Bhutto’s good intentions, but thought “she was immature and was not mistress in her own house”.
Updated on Jan 02, 2020 02:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times, London | Prasun Sonwalkar
About 500 people test positive for HIV in Pakistan
Bibi took her son to a local doctor, who prescribed paracetamol syrup for Raza and told her there was no need to worry. But she panicked after being alerted that several children who initially came down with a fever had tested positive for HIV in nearby villages.
Updated on May 17, 2019 08:23 AM IST
Ratodero (Pakistan) | Press Trust of India
‘I was surprised by the question,’ New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern talks about wedding proposal
Ardern was addressing her first weekly media briefing after news of her engagement with fishing-show host Clarke Gayford became public last week.
Updated on May 06, 2019 02:02 PM IST
Wellington | Reuters
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern engaged to long-time partner after Easter proposal
Gayford, the 41-year-old host of a TV fishing show, takes care of their ten-month-old daughter Neve Te Aroha, while Ardern, 38, runs the country.
Updated on May 03, 2019 02:06 PM IST
Wellington | Reuters
Imran Khan reshuffles Cabinet amidst mounting criticism over government performance
The key ministry of interior was assigned to former ISI officer, Brig (retd) Ijaz Shah who was recently appointed as minister for parliamentary affairs.
Published on Apr 19, 2019 10:48 AM IST
Islamabad | Press Trust of India
Global scrutiny may not bring changes in Pakistan
26/11 Mumbai terror attacks: The Mumbai carnage saw an international condemnation that cut across all divisions in demanding that action be taken against its planners and perpetrators. None of that happened
Updated on Nov 25, 2018 08:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | TCA Raghavan
Mani Shankar Aiyar, Karan Thapar play the devil’s advocate at Khushwant Singh Lit Fest
In keeping with the fest’s theme, the strength of the nari (woman), Aiyar decided to focus the session on the prominent women Thapar knew and interviewed.
Updated on Oct 14, 2018 10:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kasauli | Aishwarya Khosla, Kasuali
Excerpt: Pakistan Adrift; Navigating Troubled Waters by Asad Durrani
In this exclusive first excerpt from Asad Durrani’s new book, the former ISI chief writes frankly about Musharraf and Benazir Bhutto
Updated on Aug 03, 2018 08:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Asad Durrani
Nawaz Sharif, Bhutto’s parties form alliance to challenge Imran Khan, but might not have numbers
The alliance with smaller parties appeared unlikely to derail Imran Khan’s election as Pakistan prime minister, but it could leave him with a thin majority that could make enacting his agenda difficult
Updated on Aug 04, 2018 12:03 AM IST
Islamabad | Reuters
Pakistan election: Bilawal Bhutto wins hearts but has big shoes to fill
The chances of Bilawal Bhutto, chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party, becoming the next prime minister may be slim, but his campaign has won him many admirers
Updated on Jul 22, 2018 08:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Islamabad | Imtiaz Ahmad, Islamabad
Nawaz Sharif: a brave, rich man who unsettled the army more than Benazir Bhutto could
Sharif is in the middle of his fifth battle with the country’s military leadership, the reason why the army is suspicious of him. Equally unsettling for them is his mass base in Punjab.
Updated on Jul 15, 2018 05:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Sharma
Jacinda Ardern to Benazir Bhutto: A tale of two pregnancies in power
There has been excitement and well-wishing from political rivals for New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern, a far cry from 1990, when then Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto told almost no-one she was pregnant until Bakhtawar was born.
Updated on Jun 21, 2018 05:45 PM IST
Agence France-Presse, Auckland | Agence France-Presse
Review: Born To Be Hanged; Political Biography of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto by Syeda Hameed
Born To Be Hanged presents a fascinating portrait of the former president and prime minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was executed on 4 April 1979
Updated on Mar 30, 2018 06:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shaikh Mujibur Rehman
Excerpt: Reimagining Pakistan by Husain Haqqani
Husain Haqqani’s new book states that successive Pakistani leaders and most of the country’s intelligentsia preferred to build the ‘ideology of Pakistan’ on the twin pillars of Islam and antagonism towards India. An excerpt from a chapter on Islamist Rage examines what is at the heart of the nation’s current problems
Updated on Mar 30, 2018 06:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent