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In this file photo taken on July 25, 2018, Pakistans cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan speaks to the media after casting his vote at a polling station during the general election in Islamabad. (AAMIR QURESHI / AFP)World
Imran Khan becomes first Pak PM to be ousted by no-confidence vote

No prime minister in Pakistan's history was ever ousted through a no-confidence motion

10 April 2022 1:43 AM GMT

Police officers stand guard to ensure security outside the National Assembly, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)World
Pak Parliament's crucial session begins to vote on no-trust motion...

Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif called on Speaker Qaiser to conduct proceedings in accordance with the court's...

9 April 2022 7:14 AM GMT

Security personnel patrol outside the Parliament House building in Islamabad on April 9, 2022. (Aamir QURESHI / AFP)World
Pak PM Imran Khan on way out as no-confidence vote looms

Whoever takes over will still have to deal with the issues that bedevilled Khan -- soaring inflation, a feeble rupee and...

9 April 2022 5:30 AM GMT

Sri Lankans wait at a fuel station after spending hours to unsuccessfully buy kerosene oil in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, April 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)World
Lankan fuel pumps may go dry by April end; India's credit line...

People have been protesting for weeks over lengthy power cuts and shortage of gas, food and other basic goods

8 April 2022 5:17 AM GMT

Pakistans opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif, center, speaks while other opposition parties leader watch during a press conference after the Supreme Court decision, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, April 7, 2022. (AP/Anjum Naveed)World
Huge blow to Imran as Pakistan's SC restores House, trust vote...

Pak CJ says deputy speaker's ruling prima facie violates Article 95

7 April 2022 7:00 PM GMT

Pakistans opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif, center, with his supporters leaves the Supreme Court after petitions hearing to dissolve parliament by countrys Prime Minister, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP/Anjum Naveed)World
Not possible to hold general elections in three months: Pakistan...

A senior official of the Election Commission said that the preparations for the general elections would require some...

5 April 2022 6:33 AM GMT

Sri Lankans protest demanding president Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP)World
Sri Lanka's Opposition rejects President's invitation to join unity...

The largest opposition political party rejected the president's proposal of a unity government and termed this spate of...

5 April 2022 2:16 AM GMT

Gulzar Ahmed. (Twitter)World
Imran Khan nominates former chief justice Gulzar Ahmed as caretaker PM

Under Article 224-A(1) of the constitution of Pakistan, a caretaker government is set up to organize elections in the...

4 April 2022 9:34 PM GMT

Cyclists ride past a traditional Chinese gateway during a day murky from fog and pollution in Beijing, on Oct. 26, 2007, top, and the same location on Feb. 5, 2022. Beijings air still has a long way to go, but is measurably better than past years. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)World
Explainer: How China got blue skies in time for Olympics

At this month's Beijing Games, the air is clear enough for athletes to see the mountains surrounding the city

8 Feb 2022 7:21 AM GMT

Pakistani protesters carry portraits of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani scientist who is currently serving a prison term in the US, as they stage a demonstration for her release in Lahore. (AFP)World
Aafia Siddiqui: Pakistani prisoner at centre of Texas siege

A US-educated Pakistani scientist, she was jailed in 2010 for attacking American soldiers in Afghanistan

17 Jan 2022 7:02 AM GMT

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a media briefing here that \the southern part of Tibet belongs to the Tibetan Autonomous Region of Chin and it has been Chinas inherent territories\. (PTI File Image)World
China says Arunachal Pradesh 'inherent part' of its territory

India on Thursday had strongly rejected China renaming 15 places in Arunachal Pradesh

31 Dec 2021 9:28 AM GMT

Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli. (PTI)World
Oli vows to 'take back' Indian territories if he returns to power

'We have published a new map incorporating Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura ... but we need to take those land back,'...

27 Nov 2021 7:23 AM GMT

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