Everything you need to know about Asma: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Asma: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Islamabad, Mar. 11 (ANI): Pakistan's former envoy to the US, Hussain Haqqani, implicated in the memogate scandal, has refused to return to Pakistan, saying that the government is incapable of providing him security.
London, Jan 30 (IANS) Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's British-born wife Asma is pregnant, a British daily said Wednesday.
Washington, Jan 29 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whose regime is embroiled in a now two-year civil war, has revealed that his wife Asma al-Assad is pregnant.
Karachi, Jan. 16 (ANI): Pakistani rights activist and former president of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Asma Jahangir has said that the timing of Supreme Court's verdict to arrest Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in rental power scam and the 'Million March' of Minhajul Quran International (MQI) chief, Dr Tahirul Qadri is not a coincidence.
Karachi, Jan. 16 (ANI): Pakistani rights activist and former president of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Asma Jahangir has said Pakistanis should start resisting undemocratic decisions.
Lahore, Jan 8 (IANS) Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif Tuesday obliquely blasted then army chief Pervez Musharraf for derailing the India-Pakistan peace process by indulging in the "Kargil misadventure".
Islamabad, Dec. 3 (ANI): Former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association has expressed surprise at the heated debate on a statement issued by the Human Rights Watch on the "judiciary muzzling its criticism in the media through contempt of court powers".
Islamabad, Nov 12 (IANS) The Pakistan Supreme Court Monday resumed hearing of the memo controversy involving President Asif Ali Zardari.
London, Sep 19 (ANI): A Muslim woman in the UK was beaten with a walking stick during a brutal exorcism organised by her own family members.
Beirut, Sep.11 (ANI): Government forces and other armed groups deployed in schools in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, during the 2011-2012 uprising, putting students at risk and undermining education, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Islamabad, Aug 9 (ANI): Former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Asma Jahangir has termed August 8 as yet another 'black day' in the judicial history of Pakistan after the Supreme Court issued a show-cause notice to Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) implementation case.
London, Aug 3 (IANS) British resident Fawas Akhras, a cardiologist by profession and the father-in-law of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has been giving advice to the leader on how to cover up the violence in the Middle East country.
Lahore, July 22 (ANI): The new contempt law that grants immunity to public functionaries against contempt of court can result in creating anxiety among the people, eventually leading to anarchy, former Supreme Court Bar Association president Asma Jahangir has said.
Moscow, July 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Syrian authorities Friday denied reports that said President Bashar al-Assad was preparing to leave office "in an orderly way".
Damascus, July 20 (ANI): President Bashar al-Assad's wife, Asma, is rumoured to have fled to Russia after a rebel attack in Damascus, which killed three leaders of the regime, including Assad's brother-in-law.
Moscow, July 19 (IANS) Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riyad Haddad Thursday denied reports that Asma al-Asaad, wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has arrived in Moscow.
Moscow, July 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The possibility of Moscow providing asylum for embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was not discussed during a conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama, a Kremlin official said Thursday.
Lahore, July 16 (ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has denied proposing Asma Jahangir or Hussain Haroon's name to the Pakistan Peoples Party(PPP)-led government for the slot of caretaker prime minister and termed it a baseless rumour.
Islamabad, July 15 (ANI): The Pakistan interior ministry has started providing security to Asma Jahangir, after an alleged plot to assassinate the rights activist was uncovered last month.
Islamabad, July 15 (ANI): The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) are close to working out a political deal that would result both in naming a consensus caretaker prime minister and finalisation of a date for election to be held before the end of the year, sources have said.
Islamabad, July 15 (ANI): Former ambassador to the U.S., Husain Haqqani, in his reply to the Memo Commission's report, has accused the commission of conducting a "roving inquiry" and failing to ascertain facts while casting aspersions on him.
Islamabad, July 13 (IANS) The Pakistan Supreme Court clarified has that the Memo Commission did not declare Hussain Haqqani, former ambassador to the US, a traitor, reported Daily Times Friday.
Islamabad, July 13 (ANI): The Pakistan Supreme Court has clarified that the memo commission has not declared Pakistan's former ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqani a traitor.
Islamabad, July 12 (ANI): The counsel of former Pakistani envoy Husain Haqqani, who was implicated in the memo gate scandal, has claimed that her client's life is in "grave danger".
Damascus, July 8 (ANI): A key aide of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad will be awarded a prestigious degree by one of Britain's top universities, according to e-mails obtained by Wikileaks.
London, July 8 (IANS) A Syrian woman, said to be the mystery lover of embattled President Bashar al-Assad, will soon get a doctorate from a top university in Britain, according to emails released by WikiLeaks.
Lahore, June 26 (ANI): Former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Asma Jahangir has said Raja Pervez Ashraf was not a good choice for the Pakistan prime minister's post.
Islamabad, June 16 (ANI): Human rights groups in Pakistan have condemned reported life threats to internationally acclaimed rights campaigner Asma Jahangir, according to a report.
Lahore, June 13 (ANI): Former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president and rights activist Asma Jahangir has said the Memo Commission has no authority to label anyone a 'traitor'.
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) The members of a Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group (EPG) have called for immediate Commonwealth action after renowned Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jehangir recently claimed that her country's security establishment was planning to get her killed.
Islamabad, June 9 (ANI): The Pakistan Defence Ministry has taken serious notice of allegations levelled by former Supreme Court Bar Association president and rights activist Asma Jahangir, who has alleged that the country's security establishment was plotting to assassinate her.
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Concerned over Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir's revelations that her country's security establishment was planning to get her killed, Indian human rights groups Wednesday appealed to the Pakistani government for a probe and to provide her security.
Islamabad, June 6 (ANI): Pakistan should launch an investigation into allegations that elements in the country's military and intelligence agencies have plotted to kill the prominent human rights activist Asma Jahangir, a human rights organization has said.
Lahore, June 5 (ANI): Personalities belonging to various civil society organisations and bar associations have expressed serious concern and alarm at the information leak from a highly credible source that there is serious threat to the life of Asma Jahangir, who is Pakistan's leading human rights activist and one of the most influential leaders of the bar.
Abu Dhabi, May 15 (ANI): Top personalities in UAE have joined a campaign on the social networking site Twitter that calls on people to dress modestly.
Islamabad, Mar 30 (ANI): The Pakistan Supreme Court has granted another six weeks to the memo commission for completing its proceeding in memo scandal case.
Islamabad, March 28 (IANS) A 10-member Pakistani Supreme Court bench would Thursday hear a petition by former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani seeking a video link facility from London for recording his statement in the Memo case, Geo News reported Wednesday.
London, Mar 24 (ANI): The British-born wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Asma, cannot be barred entry to the UK, despite an EU travel ban imposed after disclosures about an online shopping spree involving retailers in London and Paris, the country's Foreign Secretary, William Hague has said.
London, Mar 23(ANI): The European Union is set to impose sanctions on Syria's First Lady British-born Asma al-Assad today.
Wagah, Mar 22 (ANI): A delegation of around 205 lawyers of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (SCBAP), led by noted human rights activist Asma Jahangir, arrived at the Wagah border post here on Thursday.
Wagah, Mar 22 (ANI): A delegation of around 205 lawyers of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (SCBAP), led by noted human rights activist Asma Jahangir, arrived at the Wagah border post here on Thursday.
Damascus, Mar 19 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's wife, Asma, told a friend that she was the "real dictator" in the family, a trove of e-mails received and sent by her and Assad have revealed.
Damascus, Mar 17 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's wife Asma could face a two-year prison sentence for spending tens of thousands of pounds on lavish accessories, as her online shopping sprees may have broken financial sanctions imposed on her husband.
Damascus, Mar 17 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's wife Asma could face a two-year prison sentence for spending tens of thousands of pounds on lavish accessories, as her online shopping sprees may have broken financial sanctions imposed on her husband.
London, Mar 16 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's father-in-law has compared the uprising in the Islamic country to the last year's London riots and questioned why British Prime Minister David Cameron did not deploy troops as Assad did.
London, Mar 16 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's father-in-law has compared the uprising in the Islamic country to the last year's London riots and questioned why British Prime Minister David Cameron did not deploy troops as Assad did.
Damascus, Mar 15 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's wife Asma spent tens of thousands of pounds on lavish accessories as her husband's regime continued its crackdown on hundreds of pro-democracy protestors, a trove of e-mails received and sent by him and his wife have revealed.
Damascus, Mar 15 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's wife Asma spent tens of thousands of pounds on lavish accessories as her husband's regime continued its crackdown on hundreds of pro-democracy protestors, a trove of e-mails received and sent by him and his wife have revealed.
Damascus, Feb 8 (ANI): An email sent from the wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in which she has offered full support to her husband, has reportedly sparked outrage from the country's opposition activists and experts.
Damascus, Jan 31 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar al Assad and his family will meet a bloody end like former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi', as his regime falls from power, a leading member of the opposition movement has warned.
Damascus, Jan 31 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar Assad's British-born wife Asma, and children have reportedly been stopped by rebel forces trying to flee the country with the help of the nation's security forces.
Washington, Jan 31 (ANI): The United States has expressed its 'gratification' at the Pakistan government's decision of lifting the travel curbs imposed on Islamabad's former ambassador to Washington Husain Haqqani, following the Memo Gate controversy.
Damascus, Jan 31 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar al Assad and his family will meet a bloody end like former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi', as his regime falls from power, a leading member of the opposition movement has warned.
Damascus, Jan 31 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar Assad's British-born wife Asma, and children have reportedly been stopped by rebel forces trying to flee the country with the help of the nation's security forces.
Washington, Jan 31 (ANI): The United States has expressed its 'gratification' at the Pakistan government's decision of lifting the travel curbs imposed on Islamabad's former ambassador to Washington Husain Haqqani, following the Memo Gate controversy.
Geneva, Jan 26(ANI): The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has expressed concern over the "infringement of rights" of former envoy to the US, Husain Haqqani.
Islamabad, Jan 15 (ANI): Veteran civil rights activist and former president of the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association Asma Jahangir said that the judges were playing their role not as a judge but a petitioners' lawyer over the NRO case verdict.
Islamabad, Jan 15 (ANI): Veteran civil rights activist and former president of the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association Asma Jahangir said that the judges were playing their role not as a judge but a petitioners' lawyer over the NRO case verdict.
Islamabad, Jan 10(ANI): Pakistani lawyer Asma Jehangir has filed a review petition challenging the Supreme Court's decision to appoint a judicial commission to probe the Memo Gate scandal.
Islamabad, Jan 9(ANI): Pakistan's former envoy to the United States Husain Haqqani's lawyer Zahid Hussain Bukhari has said that his client will escape punishment even if the ongoing Memo Gate probe establishes a link between him and the memo.
Islamabad, Jan 2(ANI): The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has backed Asma Jahangir's view on the court's judgement in the Memo Gate scandal and added that the superior judiciary cannot play the role of an investigator in any issue.
Islamabad, Jan 2(ANI): Asma Jahangir has stepped down as former Pakistan envoy Husain Haqqani's lawyer in the Memo gate scandal, expressing lack of confidence in the country's Supreme Court's judges and the judicial commission formed to probe the issue.
Islamabad, Dec 31(ANI): Former ambassador Husain Haqqani's counsel Asma Jahangir has said though she has accepted the Pakistan Supreme Court's decision to form a judicial commission to probe the Memo Gate scandal, she does not agree with the verdict.
Islamabad, Dec 30(ANI): Former Pakistani envoy Husain Haqqani's counsel Asma Jahangir has questioned the meeting between the Inter Services Intelligence chief Lieutenant General Ahmad Shuja Pasha and businessman Mansoor Ijaz without the permission of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
Islamabad, Dec 29(ANI): Former Pakistan envoy Husain Haqqqani's counsel, Asma Jehangir has pleaded before the Supreme Court that American-Pakistani businessman Mansoor Ijaz be summoned before the bench for cross-questioning in connection with the Memo Gate probe.
Islamabad, Dec 28 (ANI): Asma Jehangir has questioned a meeting between the ISI chief Lt-Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha and Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz who had allegedly authored the controversial memo, a day after Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had adopted a soft attitude towards the military leadership.
Washington, Dec 17 (ANI): The controversial Memo Gate scandal has taken an interesting turn after former US National Security Adviser General James Jones claimed that the memo was unreliable because he thinks, it was written by Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, instead of the country's former Ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani.
Islamabad, Dec 2 (ANI): Leading rights lawyer and a former president of the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association, Asma Jahangir, has said she would defend the country's former Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani in the Memo Gate scandal.
Quetta, Sep.28 (ANI): Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association President Asma Jehangir has challenged the authority of security forces in Balochistan, saying the power of these forces should be stripped in the best interest of the national integrity and solidarity.
Karachi, Sept 7(ANI): Pakistan's Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jahangir has said that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) introduced extortion in Karachi.
Islamabad, August 13(ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has signed amendments made to the century-old Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) that will give the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) people the right to appeal against decisions of the political agent for the first time.
Peshawar, July 17 (ANI): Renowned Pakistani singer Asma Latta has rejected the allegations of being a spy for India, saying she could never think to spy against the country that gifted her respect and popularity.
Islamabad, July 8(ANI): Pakistan has become an international hub of organ trafficking and a destination for 'transplant tourism', the country's Supreme Court has been told.
Islamabad, June 19(ANI): The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which is widely being seen as the prime suspect in the Saleem Shahzad murder case, has ordered an internal inquiry into the Pakistani journalist's brutal killing.
Islamabad, June 19(ANI): The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which is widely being seen as the prime suspect in the Saleem Shahzad murder case, has ordered an internal inquiry into the Pakistani journalist's brutal killing.
Islamabad, June 18(ANI): Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha can be summoned in Pakistan's apex court in the Saleem Shahzad abduction and murder case, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jahangir has said.
Islamabad, June 9(ANI): Pakistan's civilian leadership has surrendered foreign policy and national security to the Army to avoid a military coup, according to analysts.
Islamabad, June 8(ANI): Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jehangir has backed the public representatives' demand that the country's military be subjected to accountability.
London, May 10 (ANI): The wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has reportedly fled to Britain with violence escalating in the Middle Eastern country.
Islamabad, May 3 (ANI): Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has ruled out the possibility of establishing military courts by amending the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.
Lahore, Apr 18(ANI): Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jahangir has criticized the federal government over its "poor" reaction to the murder of former Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer.
Wagah, Mar 16 (ANI): Terming India and Pakistan's exchange of views initiative or "people to people contact" as being meant for the privileged classes, Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir urged both governments to grant visas to the common people of the two countries.
Quetta, Mar 10(ANI): Pakistan's Supreme Court Bar Association President Asma Jehangir has said the government has never been serious about resolving the problems of Balochistan.
Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): The reported attack of a senior U.S. television correspondent during celebrations of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's stepping down from office, has brought into the open the threat of violence women in Egypt face.
Lahore, Feb 11(ANI): Pakistan's judiciary is not "independent as yet" as people are still not getting justice, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jahangir has stated.
Dubai, Jan 31 (ANI): A 13-year-old Indian girl fell to death from her 11th floor apartment on Al Falah Street, Abu Dhabi on Saturday afternoon.
Islamabad, Jan 18(ANI): Pakistan's Supreme Court has warned the authorities- including the intelligence agencies- against taking any illegal actions, and reminded them that they were bound to trace the people who had been missing for years.
Lahore, Dec 6(ANI): The Lahore High Court (LHC) prevented any amendment in Pakistan's Blasphemy Law until the judicial ruling on Aasia Bibi, the Christian woman sentenced to death on blasphemy charges, is finally out.
Lahore, Dec 6(ANI): The Lahore High Court has ordered a stay against making any amendments in Pakistan's Blasphemy Law until the judicial ruling on Aasia Bibi, the Christian woman sentenced to death on blasphemy charges, is finally out.
Islamabad, Dec 1 (ANI): Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association President Asma Jahangir has denounced the stay granted by the Lahore High Court against any action leading to a presidential pardon for Christian woman Aasia Bibi, who was sentenced to death by a district judge on charges on blasphemy.
Damascus, Nov.29 (ANI): Visiting Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil visited the Syrian Parliament on Sunday and met the Speaker, Mahmoud Al Abrash.
Damascus, Nov. 26 (ANI): Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil arrived on a four-day state visit to Syria on Friday afternoon after completing a successful five-day visit to the United Arab Emirates.
London, Nov 22(ANI): Pakistan's noted human rights activist, Asma Jahangir, has said that blasphemy laws were being misused in the country and have caused negative impressions about the country abroad.
On Board Air India One, Nov 21 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil, who left on nine day state visit to West Asia on Sunday, described Syria as an important country for India's energy security needs.
United Nations, Nov 18 (ANI): Pakistan's noted human rights activist, Asma Jahangir, has been named as this year's winner of the Bilbao Prize- a UN award that recognizes "outstanding individual contribution to promoting the culture of human rights around the world".
Islamabad, Oct 28 (ANI): Pakistan Supreme Court Advocate and noted human rights activist Asma Jehangir has won the annual elections of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), becoming the first ever woman president of the most significant lawyers' association.
Islamabad, July 24(ANI): Political analysts in Pakistan have warned that the three-year extension of Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani's tenure will undermine the authority of the country's parliament.
London, Dec. 18 (ANI): The United Nations Population Fund has estimated that 1,000 out of 5,000 victims of honour killings in the world are from Pakistan.
London, Nov 28 (ANI): Style bible Elle magazine has awarded first place in the category of "political chic" to Michelle Obama, and second to Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.
Islamabad, Oct 20 (ANI): Two female students have been killed and several others injured in twin suicide blasts in new campus of Islamic University in Islamabad.
