After scores of people were hospitalised when government supporters armed with sticks and clubs beat demonstrators, Sri Lankan authorities imposed a statewide curfew and deployed the army on Monday. “The violence against peaceful demonstrators today,” the US ambassador to Sri Lanka said, “and call on the government to undertake aRead More →

The federal government has de-notified Punjab Governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema. A notice has been issued by the Cabinet Division to de-notify the Governor of Punjab. In accordance with Article 101 and Proviso of Article 48 (1) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, read with serial No. 2DRead More →

As the trial of a former Iranian official suspected of war crimes in Sweden came to a close on Wednesday, Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency stated that a Swedish-Iranian national sentenced to death in Iran on charges of spying for Israel will be executed by May 21. Ahmadreza Djalali, aRead More →

Imran Khan, the head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), announced at a rally in Mianwali on May 6 that he was going to start a legitimate independence struggle. The PTI chairman said in a special message to the people that he will speak at a massive public assembly in MianwaliRead More →