Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Afghan President Hamid Karzai's visit strategically very important for India, says CNN-IBN's Foriegn Affairs Editor Suhasini Haidar.
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01:43 PM, May 22, 2013
Lahore: Former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday resigned from the post of vice-chairman of the Pakistan People's Party, accepting responsibility for its resounding defeat in the general election. "I am tendering the resignation on the basis of the election results," Gilani told a news conference in his hometown of Multan. "The PPP did not want to contest the May 11 elections but President Asif Ali Zardari did not let...
11:13 PM, May 13, 2013
Lahore: With just a day to go for elections in Pakistan, former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haider was abducted by a Taliban group in Punjab province. The news has shaken Pakistan. But As Taliban militants took away Gilani's son in the final hours of campaigning on Thursday, it was only the latest in a series of attacks on the election process. In the past month, more than...
08:59 AM, May 10, 2013
Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haidar was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from a rally in Multan and his secretary killed on Thursday. The attack comes just two days ahead of elections in Pakistan that are scheduled to be held on May 11. According to Pakistani news channel Geo News, Ali Haider was campaigning when he was kidnapped and has been injured. Gilani has now reached...
02:12 PM, May 09, 2013
Sufi singer Zila Khan joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the legacy of Shamshad Begum. Q. Any award being instituted in her name for classical and /or film songs? Asked by: sundar1950in A. I'd like to confer on her the title Ustad-e-Maa which is for a professional title for women artists. We from UstadGah Institute felicitated Dr.Yamini Krishnamurthy ji with it last year. Q. With a golden voice and...
06:08 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Dhaka: Bangladesh police on Thursday arrested the editor of the Bengali daily 'Amar Desh', a pro-opposition newspaper, on charges of sedition and inciting religious tension. Plainclothesmen picked up Mahmudur Rahman in a raid on the newspaper office at Karwan Bazar area and police said he was taken away for initial interrogation. Police said Rahman had been arrested on the basis of evidence obtained after investigations on various charges including cyber...
06:31 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Protesters clashed with police for the second day on Friday as the death toll rose to at least 44 from violence triggered by a death sentence given to an Islamic party leader for crimes linked to Bangladesh's 1971 independence war, police said. ...
08:00 AM, Mar 02, 2013
The number of protesters continues to swell at the Shahbagh Square in Dhaka, demanding severe punishment for Islamist politician Abdul Quader Mollah and others accused of war-crimes during the formation of Bangladesh in 1971. ...
06:46 PM, Feb 21, 2013
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02:45 PM, Feb 16, 2013
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who is on a visit to India, on Saturday went for damage control, saying he was not trying to equate the Babri Masjid demolition with the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks during his interaction with mediapersons after his arrival in New Delhi. ...
09:20 PM, Dec 15, 2012
Suhasini Haider: Hello and welcome to Worldview with me Suhasini Haider. Tonight we're taking a close look at what NATO's plans for a pullout mean for Afghanistan and for Afghans in particular. In our studio, Fawad Paikar, he's the Bureau chief of the Spanish news agency EFE there in Kabul, also Sadia Serat, thanks so much for joining us. Sadia is an anchor with Tolo television in Kabul. We'll also...
12:52 PM, May 25, 2012
Suhasini Haider: Hello and welcome to Worldview with me Suhasini Haider. Tonight we're taking a close look at what NATO's plans for a pullout mean for Afghanistan and for Afghans in particular. In our studio, Fawad Paikar, he's the Bureau chief of the Spanish news agency EFE there in Kabul, also Sadia Serat, thanks so much for joining us. Sadia is an anchor with Tolo television in Kabul. We'll also...
12:52 PM, May 25, 2012
Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba has said that Japan has engaged in very concrete discussion with India on how the two countries may advance the economic cooperation. Speaking to CNN-IBN's deputy foreign editor Suhasini Haidar on her show World View, the Japanese foreign minister said that the two countries have not been able to capitalise on the huge potential because there has been a cap over it. Here is the...
12:45 PM, May 04, 2012
From the Arab Spring to the economic downturn. In 2011, the world came out on the streets to protest. But as the year ended, the demonstrations thinned out too. World View, the global news show on CNN-IBN, anticipates the events that may define 2012. 1. Could oil prices zoom past $200 a barrel? The year began with a new standoff over Iran's nuclear program and a fuel rod test. As...
01:37 PM, Jan 03, 2012
From the Arab Spring to the economic downturn. In 2011, the world came out on the streets to protest. But as the year ended, the demonstrations thinned out too. World View, the global news show on CNN-IBN, anticipates the events that may define 2012. 1. Could oil prices zoom past $200 a barrel? The year began with a new standoff over Iran's nuclear program and a fuel rod test. As...
01:37 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Hello and welcome to this week's edition of World View with me, Suhasini Haidar. Tonight the question, are those war clouds that are gathering over US-Pakistan ties hitting a new low with relation between the two countries that have been going down hill all year now? Just when it looks like relation between US and Pakistan can't get any worse, they do. Deep divisions over Pakistan's support to the Haqqani...
11:41 PM, Oct 01, 2011
Hello and welcome to this week's edition of World View with me, Suhasini Haidar. Is it time for India to take its place in the spotlight? We are talking this week about a push for a permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council. In fact Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is making that demand himself once again at the United Nations General Assembly. In fact even before he had left...
05:25 PM, Sep 24, 2011
The Arab Spring caught the world by surprise. Unlike countries like the US, Britain and France on one side, and Russia and China on the other all of whom quickly took strong positions, India chose a cautious approach; even as thousands came out on the streets in Tunis, Benghazi, Cairo, Hama, Manama and San'a. South Block instead chose to focus on the safety of Indians in these countries, who thankfully,...
01:41 PM, Sep 15, 2011
India has denied Pakistan's request for resumption of a composite dialogue. ...
12:44 AM, Feb 25, 2010
Colonel K S Khan was given Nishan-e -Haidar, Pak's highest gallantry award. ...
01:05 PM, Jul 25, 2009
