Tag: #Politician
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French billionaire MP Olivier Dassault dies in helicopter crash
Paris, March 7 (AFP/APP):French billionaire politician Olivier Dassault was killed in a helicopter crash in northern France on Sunday, parliamentary and investigation sources told AFP. President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the 69-year-old in a tweet, saying “Olivier Dassault loved France. A captain of industry, local MP… he never ceased to serve our country”, and…
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Sherbaz Khan Mazari passes away in Karachi
Senior Pakistani politician from Balochistan and a former leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Sherbaz Khan Mazari, passes away in Karachi. According to the details, brother of the former caretaker Prime Minister Mir Balakh Sher Mazari passes away in Karachi. Family sources have confirmed his death, who had been ill for some time.…
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China jails former Japanese politician for smuggling
Beijing, Nov 8 (AFP/APP): A court in southern China sentenced a former politician from Japan to life imprisonment on Friday for attempting to smuggle drugs out of the country hidden in the soles of platform shoes. 76-year-old Takuma Sakuragi was caught at an airport in 2013 with 3.29 kilogrammes of methamphetamine hidden in the handle…