Pakistan has received the Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies (MEFP) from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) related to the completion of the ninth review of a $7 billion loan programme, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said. The minister made these remarks after an IMF delegation that left Pakistan after holding talks with the government […]Read More
Differences between the two major parties—the CPN-UML and the CPN (Maoist Centre)—in Nepal’s ruling coalition resurfaced at a meeting of the High-level Political Mechanism (HLPC) on Friday. At the heart of the disagreement is UML chair KP Sharma Oli’s insistence that he will not accept a consensus candidate for President. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal […]Read More
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The Sri Lankan government will decriminalise same-sex relationships, says Foreign Minister Ali Sabry. “There is a Private Member Bill initiated by Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Premnath C. Dolawatte. The government will support its position of decriminalising same-sex relationships. We are, however, not legalising same-sex marriage. But we would decriminalise it. I think that […]Read More
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has banned popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia in the country for not “blocking/removing sacrilegious content” within the 48-hour deadline given to the website. On Wednesday, the services of the free, crowdsourced, editable online encyclopedia were degraded across Pakistan. PTA spokesperson Malahat Obaid told Dawn said the ban had primarily been imposed […]Read More
After the first round of technical talks between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) team and the Pakistani government concluded on Friday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif observed that the lender was imposing conditions that were ‘beyond our wildest dreams’. Sharif said the IMF delegation was giving Finance Minister Ishaq Dar a tough time. “Our economic challenges […]Read More
Former Pakistani Prime Minister and senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said he resigned as party senior vice president because of Maryam Nawaz. Party supremo Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam was promoted to the position of party’s senior vice president in January—a position she would have shared with Abbasi. “Maryam has become […]Read More
The United States is aware “as a matter of intelligence” that Chinese leader Xi Jinping has ordered his military to be prepared to invade Taiwan by 2027, CIA Director William Burns has said. Burns said that Xi’s order to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) military may not represent his timeline for the CCP’s invasion of […]Read More
Myanmar’s military government has imposed martial law in 37 townships across the country, including in the resistance strongholds of Sagaing and Magwe regions. This comes a day after the regime extended emergency rule for six more months, two years since the coup on February 1, 2021, signaling more oppression. Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing told […]Read More
PML-N senior vice president Maryam Nawaz has returned to Pakistan after a nearly four-month sojourn in London. Earlier, party spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said Maryam was returning to begin the “reorganisation of the party”. It is understood that she will build the party’s election narrative, as formulated by her father Nawaz Sharif, holding Imran Khan, former […]Read More
Nepal’s Supreme Court has scrapped Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Rabi Lamichhane’s status as a member of the House of Representatives, saying that he didn’t have a valid Nepali citizenship. The Constitution Bench said that his failure to re-acquire Nepali citizenship after renouncing his United States citizenship prevented him from becoming a […]Read More
China is using overseas ports to spread its military influence and, potentially, to covertly collect intelligence on the United States and its allies, according to experts. The Chinese Communist Party is leveraging dual-use facilities throughout the world to serve both commercial and military needs, according to Isaac Kardon, a senior fellow for China Studies at […]Read More
China’s offer of a two-year moratorium on Sri Lanka’s debt is not sufficient to clear the path for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to approve a funding programme, diplomatic sources have told Daily Mirror. Sources said that the IMF requires more assurances from China to secure IMF board approval for the bailout package for Sri […]Read More
Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan claimed on Friday that a new plan was hatched for his assassination, accusing former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari of being a key conspirator. Holding a news conference via video link, Imran termed the alleged conspiracy ‘Plan-C’ for which he […]Read More
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Myanmar’s military regime is moving to seize the assets of the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation, a charity founded by jailed former State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and named after her mother. The foundation was established in 2012 to promote improvements in the health, education and living standards of the Myanmar people, especially in […]Read More
Three new visa categories have been introduced for individuals arriving in Sri Lanka to engage in economic activities at the Colombo Port City, including visas issued for investors, employment, and property. Speaking to The Morning, Ministry of Public Security Secretary S. Hettiarachchi stated that a minimum of $500,000 should be invested in the Port City […]Read More
The Lahore High Court has restored Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi as Punjab chief minister and his cabinet on the assurance that the provincial assembly would not be dissolved, suspending Governor Balighur Rehman’s de-notification order. The Governor issued an order in the wee hours of Friday to de-notify the chief minister and dissolve his cabinet after Elahi […]Read More
Amid external account challenges, Pakistan borrowed about $5.115 billion in foreign loans in the first five months (July-November) of the current fiscal year, almost 14 per cent higher than the foreign loans it received in the comparable period last year. In its monthly report on Foreign Economic Assistance (FEA), the Ministry of Economic Affairs said […]Read More
As many as 37 million people are contracting COVID-19 in a single day in China, according to leaked minutes from a meeting of the country’s top health body confirmed by multiple news outlets. In the first 20 days of December, 248 million people—accounting for about 18 per cent of the population—were likely to have been […]Read More
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