The father of Pakistani school girl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by the Taliban for advocating girls' right to education, has been named as the Special UN Advisor on Global Education. The announcement was made by Gordon Brown, who is the United Nations' Special Envoy for Global Education. ...
05:44 PM, Dec 10, 2012
Islamabad: The father of teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, currently being treated in UK after she was shot in the head by the Taliban, is likely to get a job in the Pakistani mission in London so that the family can stay abroad for a few years. Ziauddin Yousufzai, his wife and their two sons flew to Britain on October 25 so that they could be with 14-year-old Malala, who...
05:33 AM, Nov 03, 2012
Islamabad: The father of a 15-year-old Pakistani activist girl who was shot and wounded by a Taliban gunman vowed Thursday that she would return home after finishing medical treatment abroad despite new insurgent threats against her. Since she was shot on October 9 in northwestern Pakistan, Malala has become a hero both at home and internationally, although her work in speaking out against Taliban atrocities and advocating for girls' education...
12:50 AM, Oct 26, 2012
Melbourne: A Pakistani Brigadier harboured Osama bin Laden for years with the full knowledge of Pervez Musharraf at a time when the US was hunting for the elusive al Qaeda chief, former ISI head Gen Ziauddin Butt has claimed. Brigadier Ijaz Shah, a long-term close associate of former military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf, was the "most important and all-powerful person" in his regime, General Butt said in a television interview....
12:59 PM, Jul 09, 2012
New Delhi: Former chief of Pakistani Army Gen Ziauddin Butt has told Dawn News that Osama bin Laden was kept in an Intelligence Bureau (IB) safe house in Abbotabad and former president General Pervez Musharraf knew about it. Butt also said that Osama was kept there under instructions from then director of the IB Brig Ijaz Shah. Brig Shah is also responsible for hiding Omar Saeed Sheikh who killed journalist...
02:44 PM, Dec 24, 2011
Perth: Mostly a failure this Australian summer, dashing Indian opener Virender Sehwag will return to the team for Wednesday's match against Sri Lanka after being 'rested' from the opening ODI and has vowed to be his usual attacking self in the ongoing tri-series here. Sehwag was 'rested' from the opening ODI against Australia which India lost by 65 runs in Melbourne on Sunday. I tried to play a little differently...
01:13 AM, Apr 21, 2008
