NEW DELHI – The Indian parliament has disqualified opposition leader Rahul Gandhi after his conviction in a defamation case. A court had sentenced Gandhi to two years in prison this week. A notice issued by the parliament on Friday read, “Rahul Gandhi… stands disqualified from the member of ...

An Indian court Thursday found opposition leader Rahul Gandhi guilty of defamation for a 2019 campaign trail remark implying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a criminal. Modi's government has been widely accused of using the law to target and silence critics, and the case in the premier's ...

The International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF) has said that it has received credible reports of abuses of authority in Pakistan. "We are setting up a working group on this issue. We are currently gathering accurate information about what happened. We welcome any evidence and reliable news," it ...

*ISLAMABAD: Dissident Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) MNA Raja Riaz has been appointed as opposition leader in National Assembly with the support of 16 lawmakers. * *Opposition leader will select the new interim Prime Minister of Pakistan and the new Chairman NAB in coming days in consultation ...

Sri Lanka’s main opposition party on Tuesday issued a no-confidence declaration aiming at ousting Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Cabinet and blaming them of failing in their constitutional duty to provide a decent living standard amid the island nation’s worst economic crisis ...

BEIJING:China on Wednesday expressed deep concern over escalating violence and conflict between Israel and Palestine, especially the tension in Jerusalem and opposed any unilateral attempt to alter the historical status quo of Jerusalem. China is deeply concerned with the escalating violence and ...

MQM leader Wasim Akhtar has complained that the agreement reached with Muttahida was not mentioned in the speech of the newly elected Prime Minister. Wasim Akhtar said that PML-N and PPP had reached an agreement with MQM at federal and Sindh level. MQM sided with the opposition. That is why ...

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is ‘split’ on whether to join the next federal link link to be formed most likely under the premiership of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif. A majority of party leaders were in favour of cooperating with the new government only to the ...

*ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties also targeting seven constitutional offices after ousting the prime minister by a no-confidence motion. * The opposition focusing over change in offices of the President, Chairman and Deputy Chairman Senate and three provincial governors, sources said. The ...

Leading anchor Haroon Rashid has said that mran Khan did not remain Prime Minister, for the first time in history a no-confidence motion against an elected Prime Minister succeeded. Imran Khan remained the Prime Minister who will be remembered, senior analyst Haroon Al-Rasheed made a statement ...