Fighting financial crisis: Sri Lanka hopes for $2.5bn rescue loan from China
Apr 12, 2022, at 10:37 pm
Colombo: Sri Lankan officials are confident that they will receive a $2.5 billion rescue loan from China as financial support to help it ride through the economic crisis being faced by it, Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday.
Sri Lankan rapper dies during anti-govt protest in Colombo
Apr 12, 2022, at 10:16 pm
Colombo: Sri Lankan hiphop rapper Shiraz alias Rude Bwoy passed away on Monday due to a heart attack during an anti-government protest held in the capital against the ongoing economic and financial crisis.
Will resign if foreign conspiracy claim proved: New Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif
Apr 12, 2022, at 05:15 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Shortly after being elected as Pakistan's Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif on Monday announced a parliamentary probe into the "foreign conspiracy" claim to topple Imran Khan's government and offered to resign if evidence could prove the allegation.
'Every minute you protest, country deprived of dollar inflow': Mahinda Rajapaksa addresses nation
Apr 12, 2022, at 02:33 am
Colombo/IBNS: Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is facing raging protests in the country amid the worst economic crisis, on Monday explained that the Covid lockdown in a weak economy depleted foreign reserves resulting in the present situation.
Pakistan: STP protests against arrest of its members
Apr 12, 2022, at 01:37 am
Sukkur, Pakistan: Several workers of Pakistan's Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party (STP) and several members of the Khoso community recently staged protests against the arrest of STP workers by SITE police a couple of days ago, media reports said.
China: Video shows frustration of Shanghai residents amid COVID-19 lockdown
Apr 11, 2022, at 11:37 pm
Shanghai: Several videos have gone viral on social media platforms in recent times where people could be seen screaming from their apartment against the lockdown imposed in Shanghai to curb rising COVID-19 cases.
PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif becomes new Pakistan PM
Apr 11, 2022, at 11:34 pm
Pakistan's key opposition leader and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif was elected as the 23rd PM of Pakistan on Monday, starting a new political chapter in the history of the nation.
Pakistan: Imran Khan's PTI announces mass resignations from NA
Apr 11, 2022, at 10:33 pm
Islamabad: Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Monday decided to resign from the national assembly on a day when election for the new PM is scheduled to take place.
'Gota Go Gama' stir site near SL House
Apr 11, 2022, at 09:08 pm
Colombo: People protesting against the Sri Lankan government over the acute shortage of essential commodities and the current economic crisis have renamed the agitation site near the presidential secretariat "Gota Go Gama".
PTI-PML-N supporters face off outside Nawaz Sharif's residence in London
Apr 11, 2022, at 03:41 pm
London: Supporters of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf faced off outside former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif's London residence on Sunday.
PTI workers protest across Pakistan after Imran Khan's ouster
Apr 11, 2022, at 03:23 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) supporters on Sunday took out rallies in different parts of the country to demonstrate against the ouster of party chairman Imran Khan as the PM through a vote of no-confidence brought against him.
Pakistan: Shehbaz Sharif set to become elected prime minister
Apr 11, 2022, at 03:12 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistan National Assembly is all set to elect a new prime minister for the country after Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday filed their nomination papers, Dawn reported on Monday.
Apr 11, 2022, at 03:59 am
Shanghai (China): People in China's financial hub Shanghai are struggling amid an acute scarcity of food, water and other necessities as the stringent Covid-19 restrictions continue, forcing the city of 26 million to stay indoors, media reports said.
Freedom struggle begins again today: Imran Khan
Apr 10, 2022, at 11:20 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Sunday reiterated the 'foreign conspiracy' claim and said the "freedom struggle begins today", just a day after he faced a defeat in the no-confidence vote against himself.
Pakistan: PTI's Shah Mahmood Qureshi, PML-N's Shehbaz Sharif file nomination papers for PM polls
Apr 10, 2022, at 10:52 pm
Islamabad: PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif and PTI's Shah Mahmood Quereshi filed their nomination on Sunday to be next Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Shehbaz Sharif nominated next PM of Pakistan, Bilawal Bhutto to be foreign minister
Apr 10, 2022, at 09:26 pm
Islamabad: The opposition parties, who jointly unseated Imran Khan as prime minister of Pakistan in a midnight no-confidence vote, jointly nominated Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz as the new PM, said a report by Pakistan's ARY News.
Pakistan political crisis: Imran Khan to hold PTI's core committee meeting
Apr 10, 2022, at 08:19 pm
Islamabad: After losing the no-confidence vote in parliament and being removed as the prime minister of Pakistan last night, Imran Khan will chair a meeting of his party's core committee on Sunday to lay a roadmap for his party's future strategy, Geo TV reported.
Imran Khan removal: Pakistan's PTI wants rebel MPs de-seated
Apr 10, 2022, at 06:27 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has submitted references against its 20 rebel lawmakers to the National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser before he stepped down, in an effort to de-seat them, Express Tribune reported on Sunday.
'The darkest period in the history of Pakistan ends': Maryam Nawaz
Apr 10, 2022, at 03:15 pm
Islamabad/UNII: PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Saturday night said that 'the darkest period in the history of Pakistan has ended' after Imran Khan lost the trust vote in the Pakistan National Assembly late Saturday night.
Shehbaz Sharif likely to become Pakistan's next Prime Minister after Imran Khan's removal
Apr 10, 2022, at 02:47 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Shehbaz Sharif, Leader of the Opposition in Pakistan, is likely to take over as the Prime Minister of the country after Imran Khan lost in the no-confidence vote with 174 members voting against him in the 342-member National Assembly.
Imran Khan vacated official residence minutes before losing no-trust vote
Apr 10, 2022, at 08:15 am
Islamabad: Imran Khan had vacated his official residence minutes before he lost no-confidence motion in Pakistan's National Assembly, media reports said.
Imran Khan bowled out by Opposition, removed as Pak PM
Apr 10, 2022, at 07:53 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan lost in the no-confidence vote as 174 members voted against him in the 342-member National Assembly. With this, he became the country's first PM to be removed through the no-confidence vote.
Apr 10, 2022, at 06:56 am
Islamabad: Imran Khan defeated in no-trust motion with 174 members voting against him in Pakistan's National Assembly.
Pak assembly voting on no-confidence motion begins
Apr 10, 2022, at 06:51 am
Islamabad: Voting for no-trust motion against the Imran Khan government has started in Pakistan's National Assembly, media reports said.
How Chinese authorities aim to control Tibetan reincarnation, finds HRW
Apr 10, 2022, at 04:19 am
Despite draconian controls on the flow of information between Tibet and the outside world, word recently emerged of the death of an 86-year-old lama named Tulku Dawa in Lhasa, and attempts by the Chinese government to keep it secret.
Pakistan govt files review petition against order that allowed no-confidence vote
Apr 10, 2022, at 03:16 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is trying every trick to avert the no-confidence motion to unseat his government even as the opposition is tightening its stranglehold blocking all possibilities of his escape.
Imran Khan calls Cabinet meeting as Pakistan's parliament debates on no-confidence vote
Apr 10, 2022, at 02:32 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has called a meeting of his Cabinet at 8 pm even though he is expected to lose the no-confidence motion in the parliament which is likely to be conducted later in the evening, media reports said.
SC verdict should be implemented in ‘letter and spirit’: Pakistan AG
Apr 10, 2022, at 02:00 am
Islamabad/UNI: Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan has voiced his opinion regarding the current political crisis in the country.
European Parliamentary condemns Taliban govts decision to ban girl education
Apr 09, 2022, at 11:51 pm
Kabul: The European Parliament recently condemned the recent ban imposed by the Taliban government on girl education in the country.
Pakistan: Imran Khan govt files plea against SC order on NA
Apr 09, 2022, at 11:33 pm
Islamabad: Ahead of the voting on no-confidence motion, Prime Minister Imran Khan's government on Saturday filed a review petition against the Supreme Court's decision to restore the National Assembly session.