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The party of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan announced that it was resigning from the National Assembly on Monday, in a move that could unleash further political turmoil. Khan approved the decision which was announced at the outset of the proceedings by former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Qureshi said Pakistan Tehrek-e-Insaf (PTI) rejected the process of electing a new prime minister and that the party was withdrawing from the proceedings. Following Qureshi’s withdrawal, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Shehbaz Sharif is the only candidate standing in the election.

The month that ushers in the New Year for the Sinhalese and Tamils brought along with it many new developments. From boisterous protests to equally wild curfews and social media restrictions, the people of Sri Lanka cast their voices, and received an answer. On 4 April, following the resignation of most Cabinet ministers, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa reshuffled the Cabinet ministerial portfolios and even extended an invitation towards other parties to fill in the gaps. The market showed vital signs at the unexpected news of Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal stepping down. While some m…

By Asif Shahzad and Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s parliament abruptly adjourned before a planned vote on ousting Prime Minister Imran Khan, but the speaker said the assembly would reconvene later on Saturday as political uncertainty continued to grip the nuclear-armed country. After reading details of a court ruling ordering the vote, which Khan’s allies had blocked last Sunday, Speaker Asad Qaisar adjourned the session, saying it would resume at 12:30 p.m. (0730 GMT). He did not give a reason for halting the session before the vote, which Khan is widely expected to lose, b…

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan is due to address the nation on Friday after the Supreme Court ruled he acted unconstitutionally in blocking an attempt to oust him – a decision that could end his premiership in days. Last Sunday, political allies of the former cricket star dissolved parliament to thwart an opposition no-confidence vote Khan had been expected to lose after coalition partners deserted him to rob him of a majority. Prime Minister Imran Khan: “Whatever the verdict of the Supreme Court is, we will accept it.” And we will stand with our leader and prepare for the next elections…

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said the move to remove him was an attempt at regime change backed by the United States. Khan is facing a vote to oust him on Sunday. Khan told a group of foreign journalists that, “the move to oust me is (a) blatant interference in domestic politics by the United States”. The White House has denied that the United States is seeking to remove Khan from power after he made similar accusations in the past days. (Reporting by Gibran Nayyar Peshimam; Writing by Asif Shahzad; Editing by Alison Williams)

Pakistan’s political opposition on Wednesday ratcheted up pressure on Prime Minister Imran Khan to step down as his ruling alliance lost its majority in the country’s parliament ahead of a tabled no-confidence motion. Another party withdrew from Khan’s coalition government on Wednesday, depriving him of the necessary votes to survive a vote of no confidence expected on Friday or Monday. Several members of Khan’s party had already defected to the opposition and at least two parties that had previously supported Khan switched sides, throwing the prime minister’s future into doubt. “You have lost…

Tens of thousands of people began marching to the Pakistani capital on Saturday in a show of opposition to Prime Minister Imran Khan who is expected to face a vote of no confidence next week. Supporters from the party of ousted leader Nawaz Sharif began their “long march” in the eastern city of Lahore, the political bastion of Sharif and his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party. “Prime Minister (Khan) will resign before we reach Islamabad,” Maryam Nawaz, Sharif’s daughter and political heir, told the crowd before the march began. Thousands of PML-N supporters in different towns in Punjab…

Malawi has launched the first round of vaccination campaign against wild poliovirus type 1 using the bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine recommended by World Health Organization (WHO). The campaign is targeting 2.9 million children under 5 years in a four-round vaccination drive after Malawi declared an outbreak on 17 February—the first such case in the country in 30 years, and the first in Africa since the region was certified free of indigenous wild poliovirus in 2020. More than 80 million doses will be administered to more than 23 million children under 5 years in the four-round vaccination drive i…