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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)

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 11:59 AM IST

Sri Lankans protest demanding president Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP)

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 7:44 AM IST

Sri Lankans protest demanding president Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP)

Sri Lankan Prez sacks brother and Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa

Basil has been replaced by Ali Sabry, who was until Sunday night the Minister of Justice

5 April 2022 4:10 AM IST

Gulzar Ahmed. (Twitter)

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...

5 April 2022 3:04 AM IST

Supporters of ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chant slogans during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, April 3, 2022. (AP)

Pakistan Supreme Court to hear arguments on constitutional crisis

Imran Khan will remain in charge for at least two weeks, or until an interim government is formed to oversee elections

4 April 2022 12:44 PM IST

Protestors hold banners and placards during a demonstration against the surge in prices and shortage of fuel and other essential commodities in Colombo on April 3, 2022. (Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Sri Lanka-'s Cabinet of Ministers resigns, as country faces its worst...

Political experts said the ministers came under intense pressure from the public over the govt-'s alleged mishandling of...

4 April 2022 10:26 AM IST

Supporter of ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) hold the national flag during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, April 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Imran Khan claims US diplomat Donald Lu involved in -'conspiracy-' to...

Pakistan-'s Opposition leaders have ridiculed Khan-'s allegation, and the US has dismissed it

4 April 2022 7:22 AM IST

Pakistan President Arif Alvi. (via ANI)

Pakistan President dissolves National Assembly, elections in 90-day

The fast-paced development came shortly after Assembly Deputy Speaker dismissed the no-confidence motion against PM...

3 April 2022 3:44 PM IST

A billboard with the picture of Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan is displayed outside the National Assembly, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, April 3, 2022. (AP /Anjum Naveed)

Imran Khan faces dismissal as Pakistan parliament sits for...

No premier of Pakistan has ever completed a full term, and Khan faces the biggest challenge to his rule since being...

3 April 2022 10:44 AM IST

Workers and volunteers look on in a compound where residents are tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus during the second stage of a pandemic lockdown in Jing an district in Shanghai on April 1, 2022. (AFP)

Shanghai separates COVID-positive children from parents in virus fight

Since Shanghai-'s latest outbreak began about a month ago, authorities have locked down its 26 million people in a...

2 April 2022 3:57 PM IST

A Sri Lankan man shouts anti government slogans during a protest outside Sri Lankan presidents private residence on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, March 31, 2022. (AP /Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka declares public emergency amidst protests over economic...

The move came after a violent protest erupted outside the residence of Rajapaksa on Thursday as hundreds of...

2 April 2022 10:32 AM IST

People clash with riot police as they demonstrate outside Sri Lankas president home demanding his resignation amid an unprecedented economic crisis in Colombo, on March 31, 2022. (AFP)

Sri Lanka lifts curfew imposed after violent protests outside...

A total of 45 persons who engaged in yesterday-'s protest near the President-'s residence in Mirihana have been arrested

1 April 2022 10:20 AM IST