IBN Newsroom Buzz: Li Keqiang, Karzai's India visit strategically important, says Suhasini Haidar 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

Pakistan: Gilani resigns from PPP's vice-chairman post 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

Pak on the edge a day before elections; Gilani's son kidnapped 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

Pak ex-PM Gilani's son kidnapped from poll rally 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

Chinese incursion: Suhasini Haidar explains the position at LAC in Ladakh

India has been claiming a major diplomatic victory after it managed to resolve the stand-off over Chinese incursion. ...
07:31 PM, May 06, 2013

Sarabjit dead: Will the problems of people in border villages be forgotten?

Sarabjit Singh was cremated with full state honours on Friday in his native village Bhikiwind in Punjab. ...
08:42 PM, May 03, 2013

Will Pakistan punish the guilty for Sarabjit's murder?

On Thursday, the interim chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab assured the Indian High Commission that the murderers of Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh would be punished. ...
10:18 PM, May 02, 2013

Shamshad Begum's voluminous voice will always be remembered: Zila Khan 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

World View: Korean crisis: Could tensions spark off a war?

Catch the week's burning stories from around the world on World View with Suhasini Haidar. ...
11:44 PM, Apr 12, 2013

Minorities are being frightened and terrified in Pakistan: Mohsin Hamid

Pakistani Author Mohsin Hamid, whose new book 'How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia' recently released and who is working with Mira Nair on her movie based on his book 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist', spoke to CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haidar about living in Pakistan. He said, "Minorities are being targeted in Pakistan, they are being terrified and frightened." ...
01:39 PM, Apr 12, 2013

Bangladesh: Editor of pro-Opposition daily arrested 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

World View: Radical or Democratic: Which way will Pak youth vote?

Hello and welcome to worldview with me Suhasini Haider, tonight she is back from the stars and after her second stint at the international space station. Astronaut Sunita Williams is our special guest ahead on our show, also our continuing focus on Pakistan elections, today a startling new survey, how the youth will vote. Our guest Wajahat Khan, a journalist in Islamabad, but we begin in the Korean peninsula, where ...
11:59 PM, Apr 05, 2013

Has India betrayed Tamils at the UN Human Rights Council?

It is perhaps the first time that a resolution pushed by one country, the US, against another country, Sri Lanka, has destabilised the government in a third country. Away from the political heat for the UPA government, is the anger on the streets of Tamil Nadu, against the treatment of Tamils in Sri Lanka. Is the UPA government guilty of ignoring them? ...
10:44 PM, Mar 20, 2013

World View: Will Musharraf's return to Pakistan have any impact?

Hello and Welcome to Worldview with me Suhasini Haidar- tonight-- the catholic world has a new pope We'll tell you more about the man and the many firsts of Pope Francis. CNN's Erin McLaughlin will join from the Vatican, also Shasta Darlington is going to take us on the bus route Father Hor-he Bergolio took everyday to meet his parishioners And ahead on the show- a special interview with General ...
11:53 PM, Mar 15, 2013

Al Qaeda, mercenaries from across the border responsible for conflict: Syrian President advisor

Bouthaina Shaaban, advisor to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, said that the Syrian government was trying its best to resolve the situation. ...
07:22 PM, Mar 07, 2013

Bangladesh: Rioting over court decision kills 44 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

World View: With Kerry-Hagel at the helm for US pullout, will it be advantage Pakistan?

Watch the discussion on the question with Suhasini Haidar on World View. ...
11:48 PM, Mar 01, 2013

Growth of democracy in Maldives also in India's own interest: Nasheed

Former president of Maldives Mohammed Nasheed said that the situation was precarious in Maldives and that he was worried at what turn it will take next. ...
05:17 PM, Mar 01, 2013

Dhaka: Protesters demand severe punishment for 1971 war-crime accused 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