South Asia
Pak ex-PM Khan barred from election candidacy
Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and most of his supporters have been rejected as candidates for the February 8 election, party officials said yesterday after nominations for ballot closed.
Sri Lanka troops kill police officer in drug raid
A police officer was killed and another critically wounded yesterday when troops opened fire on an undercover unit during a drug raid at a hotel in Sri Lanka, local police said.
Pak Polls 2024: Imran Khan’s nomination rejected
Pakistan’s election body has rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s nomination to contest the 2024 national elections in two constituencies,
PTI officials will be able to meet, consult Imran
Islamabad High Court allowed PTI chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and others to hold talks with party founder Imran Khan in Adiala Jail about award of PTI tickets to aspirants for the February 8 elections in Pakistan.
2024 ELECTIONS / Pak polls body accepts ex-PM Sharif’s nomination
Pakistan’s election commission yesterday accepted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s nomination for the 2024 elections, weeks after a court overturned two graft convictions, ARY News reported.
Pakistan court restores ex-PM Khan’s party polls symbol
A Pakistan court yesterday ruled that ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s party can contest elections using its cricket bat logo, lawyers said, winning the jailed opposition leader a rare reprieve before polls due in February.
Sri Lanka frees 1,000 prisoners
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe granted an amnesty to more than 1,000 convicts and released them from jails across the country to mark Christmas, a prisons official said yesterday.
Sri Lanka frees 1,000 prisoners to mark Christmas
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe granted an amnesty to more than 1,000 convicts and released them from jails across the country to mark Christmas, a prisons official said Monday
Lanka police detain 13,666
Sri Lanka’s police yesterday announced the arrests of nearly 15,000 people during a week-long military-backed anti-narcotics drive, a crackdown denounced by rights activists.
Sri Lanka detains nearly 15,000 in drug crackdown
Sri Lanka's police announced Sunday the arrests of nearly 15,000 people during a week-long military-backed anti-narcotics drive, a crackdown denounced by rights activists
Imran granted bail in case over leak of state secret
Pakistan’s Supreme Court yesterday granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan bail in a case related to a leak of state secrets, but it was not clear how he could be released while serving a three-year sentence for corruption and facing other charges.
PTI’s virtual rally: Imran uses AI-crafted speech to lure votes
Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan, whose party isn’t allowed to hold public rallies, used an audio clip generated by artificial intelligence (AI) late Sunday to address a virtual rally in the first event of its kind in the country.
Imran Khan uses AI-crafted speech to lure votes
Pakistan's jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan, whose party isn't allowed to hold public rallies, used an audio clip generated by artificial intelligence (AI) late Sunday to address a virtual rally in the first event of its kind in the country
Pakistan Smog: Artificial rain used for first time
Artificial rain was used for the first time in Pakistan yesterday in a bid to combat hazardous levels of smog in the megacity of Lahore, the provincial government said.
Sri Lanka records first growth after debt default
Sri Lanka's economy grew in the September quarter, the central bank said Saturday, its first expansion since a foreign exchange shortage forced a debt default last year
3 Pak cops killed in militant attack
Pakistan police said three officers were killed yesterday near the northwestern Afghan border during a gun battle that also killed three militants, in an uptick in violence raising security concerns ahead of national elections early next year.
Trial of Imran Khan
A Pakistan court has banned media from reporting on proceedings in a closed-door trial of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on charges of leaking state secrets, raising concerns about transparency ahead of national elections in February.
India court allows survey to look for relics, symbols
An Indian court has granted permission to survey a centuries-old mosque to determine if it contains Hindu relics and symbols, a lawyer said yesterday, in a boost to Hindu groups which claim it was built on a site of a destroyed Hindu temple.
