By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – No prime minister has completed a full five-year tenure in Pakistan’s 75-year history – a trend extended with the ouster of Imran Khan, who lost a no-confidence vote on Sunday. Up until that point, Pakistan, a parliamentary democracy for most of its history, has had a total …
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By Asif Shahzad and Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan lost a confidence vote in parliament on Sunday, the speaker of the lower house said, following desertions from coalition partners who blame him for a deteriorating economy and failure to deliver on his campaign promises. The announcement of the vote’s result …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD – Imran Khan was ousted as Pakistan’s prime minister on Sunday after a no-confidence vote in parliament, bringing to a premature end a tenure marked by a deteriorating economy and signs that he had lost the trust of the powerful military. Defections from his coalition reflected growing disillusionment among many Pakistanis …
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s lower house of parliament on Sunday voted in favour of removing Prime Minister Imran Khan from office, following a nearly 14-hour standoff between the opposition and Khan’s ruling party that started on Saturday morning. Opposition parties were able to secure 174 votes in the 342-member house in support of the no-confidence …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Shanghai carried out another round of mass COVID-19 testing on Saturday, this time testing residents at least twice in a single day, as a city official in China’s financial hub acknowledged shortcomings in the handling of the outbreak. It was the fourth consecutive day of city-wide testing in Shanghai, which reported a …
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By Rozanna Latiff and Ebrahim Harris MERSING, Malaysia (Reuters) -A Dutch teenager who disappeared after going diving off the coast of Malaysia is dead, according to his father who was found drifting at sea on Saturday, officials said. Fourteen-year-old Nathan Renze Chesters and his British father Adrian Peter Chesters, 46, were in a group of …
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By Jessie Pang and Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong’s former No. 2 official John Lee, who will run in a leadership election in May, said on Saturday he plans a new chapter for the global financial hub that has been wracked by unprecedented upheaval with pro-democracy protests and COVID-19. Lee, 64, resigned on …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s former deputy leader John Lee, who has announced his bid to run in a leadership election in May, said on Saturday “this will be a new symphony and I am the conductor”. Lee is the first person to announce a bid for the global financial centre’s top post since …
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By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) -A Pakistani court has jailed Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed, founder of the militant group blamed by the United States and India for a deadly 2008 attack in India, for 31 years in connection with terrorism financing, court documents showed. Saeed was found guilty of multiple breaches in two cases …
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s parliament adjourned on Saturday, delaying a no-confidence motion that could oust Prime Minister Imran Khan, days after his allies blocked a similar measure. Lawmakers will reconvene at 12:30 p.m. (0730 GMT), said Speaker Asad Qaisar. (Reporting by Asif Shahzad, Syed Raza Hassan and Gribran Naiyyar Peshimam in Islamabad; Editing by William …
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