Mamnoon Hussain
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Pakistan's army court judges, prosecutors to get security
World | Feb 25, 2015, 10:55 AM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain approved an ordinance to provide security to the recently set up military courts, their presiding officers and military prosecutors and also lawyers and witnesses appearing before them, media reported.The amendment
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Pakistan president rejects mercy pleas of six prisoners
World | Feb 20, 2015, 10:49 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain on Friday rejected appeals for clemency of six death row prisoners from the Sindh provice, media reported.Following the rejection of the mercy pleas, the Home Department of Sindh ordered the
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Pakistan President inks bill to set up military courts to try terrorists
World | Jan 07, 2015, 06:10 PM ISTIslamabad: A new bill to set up military courts in Pakistan to fast-track terror-related cases came into effect today, weeks after the Peshawar school massacre by the Taliban that killed 150 people, including 134 children.
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Pakistani president signs anti-terror laws
World | Jan 07, 2015, 05:06 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain Wednesday signed a new bill into law after both houses of parliament unanimously approved tough anti-terror measures, including establishment of military-led special courts for trying terrorism-related cases.The new law covers
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Terrorist don't deserve any concession: Pak President
World | Dec 21, 2014, 08:22 AM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain yesterday said the terrorists have crossed all limits and don't deserve any leniency, days after a deadly Taliban terror attack in Peshawar killed 148 people, mostly children.Hussain said the entire
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56 dead in bus accident in Pakistan
World | Nov 11, 2014, 01:31 PM ISTKarachi: At least 56 people, including 21 women and 18 children, were killed and several others injured today when a passenger bus collided with a truck in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.The bus was headed to
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Pakistan Institute invites 'Pakistan Prez' Manmohan Singh!
World | Oct 25, 2014, 09:09 AM ISTIslamabad: In an embarrassing blunder, a leading Pakistani economic institute invited "President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Manmohan Singh" to preside over its annual convocation next week, a media report said today.Pakistan Institute of Development
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Pakistan president, PM congratulate Malala
World | Oct 10, 2014, 05:50 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Friday congratulated Pakistani girl child education campaigner Malala Yousufzai on winning the Nobel Peace Prize.Malala shares the award with Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi,
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Pakistan President to attend swearing-in ceremony of his new Afghan counterpart
World | Sep 29, 2014, 09:55 AM ISTIslamabad: Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain would be visiting Kabul on Monday to attend the swearing- in ceremony for the new Afghanistan President, the Foreign Ministry said."The President's participation in the inauguration ceremony underscores Pakistan's consistent
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Nawaz Sharif meets president
World | Aug 21, 2014, 01:38 PM ISTIslamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday discussed the current political imbroglio with President Mamnoon Hussain, a media report said.Nawaz Sharif called on the president at the Aiwan-i-Sadr in Islamabad.During the meeting, Nawaz Sharif took
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China, Pakistan vow to strengthen anti-terrorism co-operation
World | May 22, 2014, 04:59 PM ISTBeijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain Thursday agreed to strengthen cooperation in counter-terrorism efforts, media reported.At a bilateral meeting, Xi said China backed Pakistan in practising a counter-terrorism strategy based on
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Mamnoon Hussain sworn in as Pakistan's new President
World | Sep 09, 2013, 09:09 PM ISTIslamabad: India-born Mamnoon Hussain, a close aide of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was today sworn in as the President of Pakistan, marking the culmination of the country's first democratic transition.Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry
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Mamnoon Hussain to be sworn in next week
World | Sep 01, 2013, 12:00 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan President-elect Mamnoon Hussain will be sworn in by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary Sep 9.The oath taking ceremony, scheduled to be held at Aiwan-i-Sadr at 2.30 a.m., is to be attended by Prime
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Pakistan president's victory celebrated in Agra
India | Jul 31, 2013, 08:51 AM ISTAgra, July 31 : As Mamnoon Hussain was declared the new president of Pakistan Tuesday evening, residents in Agra, the city of Taj Mahal, erupted in jubilation.Hussain was born in Agra March 3, 1940.As the