Tag: Mahathir Mohamad

India must press for Naik’s return

Despite India’s proactive diplomatic efforts, Zakir Naik, wanted in India for several cases and for spewing venom through his hate speeches fomenting communal discord, continues to be harboured in Malaysia eluding the Indian security agencies. Naik, who relocated in Malaysia from Saudi Arabia, is now firmly ensconced on Malaysian soil and looks poised never to...

September 7, 2018

Our request for Zakir Naik’s extradition under consideration: MEA

India, he said, was in regular touch with the Malaysian authorities in this regard through its High Commissioner in that country.

July 12, 2018

Zakir Naik thanks Malaysian PM, says he hopes for peace ‘returning’ to India

Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik issued a statement thanking Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

July 11, 2018

Malaysia won’t give in to Indian demands over Zakir Naik: PM Mahathir Mohamad

Mohamad last week said the cleric will not be handed over to Indian authorities as he had been granted permanent resident status in Malaysia.

July 10, 2018

Radical Indian preacher Zakir Naik will not be deported: Malaysia PM

Neither Indian nor Malay officials have confirmed the extradition request or the existence of any charges again Naik.

July 6, 2018

PM Modi meets Malaysian counterpart Mahathir Mohammad

Visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a “productive exchange of views” during a meeting with newly-elected Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. “The two leaders had a productive exchange of views on strengthening our strategic partnership,” Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted. “PM congratulated Dr. Mahathir on assuming...

May 31, 2018

Do two swallows make a summer?

They may not qualify as echoes of May 1968, but a pair of intriguing developments means that May 2018 could go down as a historic turning point in the political trajectories of at least two very different countries. First and foremost, the Malaysian election result earlier this month was remarkable on several counts. It was...

May 26, 2018

Electoral Tsunami for Malaysia

Malaysians and overseas observers tentatively welcome election results that have ended 60 years of power for United Malays National Organization, a party increasingly associated with corruption and erosion of the rule of law. But there are also worries about “a disparate four-party coalition headed by 92-year former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad… with a limited record...

May 23, 2018

Typhoon that swept Malaysia

Malaysia’s general election just ended, the victors in jubilant mood and the losers still shell-shocked by the trouncing. The message from Malaysians, cutting across all races, has not merely been clear, but deafening, too. For the first time in the nation’s history, the people voted single-mindedly. Race and religion, aces up the Barisan Nasional’s sleeve...

May 15, 2018

Electoral earthquake

Strange things are happening in Malaysia; strange things sometimes do. At the ripe age of 92, the very election of Mahathir Mohamad as the world’s oldest Prime Minister signifies what in judicial terminology is the rarest of the rare… in the political narrative. That development was reinforced on Friday with yet another spin on the...

May 13, 2018

PM Modi congratulates Mahathir Mohamad on being sworn in as Malaysian PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated Mahathir Mohamad on being sworn in as the Prime Minister of Malaysia. “I look forward to working closely with Dr. Mahathir to further strengthen the mutually beneficial strategic partnership between our two countries…heartiest congratulations,” PM Modi tweeted. Heartiest congratulations to Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad on being sworn in...

May 11, 2018

Mahathir Mohamad becomes Prime Minister of Malaysia

At the age of 92, Malaysia's former strongman leader Mahathir Mohamad is poised to become the world's oldest prime minister after a stunning election victory against scandal-haunted leader Najib Razak.

May 10, 2018

Malaysia’s Mahathir named opposition PM candidate

Malaysia’s veteran ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad was named as the opposition’s prime ministerial candidate today as a bruising election battle looms against scandal-plagued premier Najib Razak and his long-ruling coalition. The decision means the 92-year-old, a hugely divisive figure criticised for ruling with an iron fist during his long reign, could return as premier 15 years...

January 7, 2018