Sri Lankan President says won’t step down

April 5, 2022, 5:17 pm Colombo, April 5 : Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed senior party leaders that he will not step down from the Presidency but will hand over the government to whoever holds 113 seats in Parliament. The Daily Mirror reported on Tuesday that Rajapaksa – amid public protests throughout the … Read more

Pakistan: SC ruling on deputy speaker’s action

April 5, 2022, 11:40 am Islamabad, April 5 : Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial has asked the petitioners which mainly comprise the joint opposition parties to explain to the Supreme Court how, and the April 3 ruling by National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri on the no-confidence resolution against the prime minister … Read more

Pakistan SC to begin hearing on deputy speaker’s ruling

April 5, 2022, 12:40 pm Islamabad, April 5 : Pakistan’s Supreme Court will resume its hearing on the ruling by National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri on the no-confidence resolution against Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday, Dawn reported . A five-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, also includes Justice … Read more

SL health sector declares medical emergency

April 5, 2022, 12:14 pm Colombo, April 5 : As the economic situation continues to worsen in Sri Lanka, a health emergency has been declared in the island nation due to shortage of medicine, fuel, and equipment and constant powercuts. Sri Lankan Government Medical Officers’ Association announced the decision in an Emergency Central Committee convened … Read more

IMF pauses Pakistan’s fund facility ‘virtually’

April 5, 2022, 1:50 pm Islamabad, April 5 : The sudden dissolution of the Pakistan National Assembly and the fall of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government has led to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) pausing the country’s fund facility, Dawn reported on Tuesday. Esther Perez Ruiz, IMF’s resident representative in Islamabad, said that the fund is … Read more