Pakistan PM Khan says he accepts court verdict that ordered vote to oust him

April 8, 2022

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday he accepted a verdict from the country’s Supreme Court, that ordered parliament proceed with a no-confidence vote against him, Reuters reports. Khan said in an address to the nation he was disappointed but ultimately accepted the decision of the court, after he blocked the vote and dissolved […]Continue Reading

Pakistan’s Supreme Court rules against Imran Khan, bringing his ouster closer

April 7, 2022

News Desk: Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s move to dissolve parliament was unconstitutional and called for lawmakers to return in two days, a decision that could spell the end of his premiership, Reuters reports. The former cricket star had moved to dissolve the lower chamber ahead of a no-confidence […]Continue Reading

Pakistan’s top court likely to rule on Khan ouster Thursday

April 6, 2022

News Desk: Pakistan’s top court could rule on Thursday on Prime Minister Imran Khan’s move to block an opposition attempt to oust him, a step his critics say is unconstitutional and has touched off political turmoil, Reuters reports. Khan, a former cricket star, lost his parliamentary majority last week and had faced a no-confidence vote […]Continue Reading

Fresh turmoil for Pakistan as PM Khan dodges ouster

April 3, 2022

News Desk: Pakistan’s political turmoil deepened on Sunday, when Prime Minister Imran Khan avoided an attempt to oust him and sought fresh elections after dissolving parliament, a move the opposition called treasonous and vowed to fight, Reuters reports. The deputy speaker of parliament, a member of Khan’s party, blocked an opposition no-confidence motion that Continue Reading

Pakistan: Khan gov’t’s key ally quits ahead of vote to oust PM

March 31, 2022

News Desk: Pressure is growing on Pakistan’s embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan to step down after a crucial ally switched to the opposition ahead of a no-confidence vote in parliament, Al Jazeera reports. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) party, a major political force in Sindh province, on Wednesday announced it is leaving the ruling […]Continue Reading

China, Pakistan share concern about sanctions on Russia, China says

March 22, 2022

Reuters China and Pakistan share concern about “spill-over effects of unilateral sanctions” on Russia over its war against Ukraine and called for a ceasefire and diplomatic resolution of the crisis, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Old allies China and Pakistan have refrained from condemning Russia over its Feb 24 invasion of Ukraine, unlike […]Continue Reading

Kremlin critic Navalny given new nine-year sentence, lawyers arrested

March 22, 2022

Reuters Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was sentenced to nine years in prison after a Russian court found him guilty of large-scale fraud and contempt of court on Tuesday, and police detained both of his lawyers immediately after the hearing. Navalny was already serving a two-and-a-half sentence at a prison camp east of Moscow for […]Continue Reading

Russia says post-1991 ‘illusions’ about the West are over

March 18, 2022

REUTERS Russia has lost any illusions about ever relying on the West and Moscow will never accept a world order dominated by the United States, which is acting like a sheriff seeking to call all the shots in a saloon bar, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Western nations have imposed sweeping sanctions across Russia’s financial […]Continue Reading

Biden, Xi to speak Friday on Russia, Ukraine

March 17, 2022

Reuters US President Joe Biden will hold a call on Friday with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the White House said on Thursday, as the United States piles pressure on China not to provide support to Russia in its invasion of Ukraine. “The two leaders will discuss managing the competition between our two countries as well […]Continue Reading

Ukraine says launching counter-offensive against Russia

March 16, 2022

Reuters, Lviv Ukraine’s armed forces are launching counter-offensive against Russian forces “in several operational areas,” Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. “This radically changes the parties’ dispositions,” he added, without giving details. Reuters was unable immediately to verify his Continue Reading