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Pak Parliament adjourned, to meet again on Monday to elect new PM

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was removed from office through a no-confidence vote

LIVE updates: Prisoner van reaches Pakistan Parliament; security deployed

Imran Khan, speaker and deputy speaker risk arrest if vote not held today. Stay tuned for LIVE updates

Imran Khan loses no-trust in Pak Assembly, 174 votes in favour of motion

Fawad Chaudhari calls it a sad day with "return of looters" and "a good man sent home"

Pakistan Speaker, Dy Speaker resign, trust vote finally takes off

Speaker Asad Qaiser cites 26-year friendship with Imran Khan for decision

Pak PM Imran Khan calls cabinet ministers' meeting on Saturday night

Khan has summoned the Cabinet Meeting at 9.00 PM at the Prime Ministers' House here. Important decisions are expected in the meeting

US rejects Pak PM Khan's allegations of 'conspiracy' to overthrow his govt

Prime Minister Khan in a public rally in Islamabad on March 27 first disclosed about a "letter" and claimed that it contained a threat to the Pakistan government from the US

Go to India if you like it so much: Maryam Nawaz to Pak PM Imran Khan

Pakistan's Opposition leader Maryam Nawaz on Saturday lashed out at Prime Minister Imran Khan for lavishing praise on India, saying he should go to the neighbouring country if he likes it so much. The remarks of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam, who is the daughter of deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif, came after Khan called India a "nation with a great sense of honour". Prime Minister Khan, in an address to the nation on Friday night ahead of the no-trust motion where he has little chances of surviving unless some miracle takes place, said that he was not against India and had a lot of following in the neighbouring country. "No superpower can force India to do anything against its interests. They (India) are buying oil from Russia despite sanctions. "Nobody can dictate India. What the European Union ambassadors said here, could they say that to India also? he asked and added that they could not because India is a sovereign nation. Responding to his ...

Pakistan National Assembly Speaker calls for 'foreign conspiracy' debate

Asad Qaiser said the House should also hold a discussion on the issue of "international conspiracy".

Pak's Imran praises India's foreign policy, expresses regret for poor ties

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran said he knew India better than other politicians and expressed sadness that Pakistan did not have good relations with it

Shehbaz Sharif as Pak PM viewed as more constructive towards India

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is considered to be more hawkish towards India, while the PM in waiting, Shehbaz Sharif, may be more constructive towards a bilateral relationship.

BS Views of the week: Minority-baiting, Sri Lanka crisis, and more

Business Standard's opinion pages this week focused on the Pakistan and Sri Lanka crises, AFSPA, and much more.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to face no-confidence motion today

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will finally face the no-trust vote on Saturday following the Supreme Court's order.

Pakistan parliament to meet Saturday to decide PM Imran Khan's fate

The country's top court ruled late on Thursday that Khan must face the no-confidence vote, which he is widely expected to lose, meaning he would be ousted from office

Pakistan: Defiant Imran Khan says he will not accept 'imported government'

In a live-address to the nation ahead of the no-trust motion on Saturday, 69-year-old Khan asked his supporters to join him on the street on Sunday evening

Debt-trap diplomacy: Should China be blamed for Pakistan, Sri Lanka crises?

China exacerbated but didn't mostly cause the problem whose roots lay in borrowing countries' broken politics and economic mismanagement. The loans may only have solved some problems, writes T N Ninan

Pak Prez removal, return of Nawaz Sharif as PM high on Opposition agenda

According to Orders of the Day' issued by the National Assembly Secretariat, the National Assembly's session for voting on the no-confidence motion against PM Imran Khan will take place on Saturday

Ally of Pakistan's embattled Imran Khan denounces 'judicial coup'

The Supreme Court ruled that Khan had acted unconstitutionally in blocking the no-confidence vote on Sunday, after which he dissolved parliament and called an election.

PTI mulling en masse resignations from national, provincial assemblies

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is all set to launch an agitation against the dismissal of its government and the potential forming of a new regime in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling

Pakistan PM Imran Khan vows to fight on after top court rules against him

Pakistan's election commission said on Thursday the earliest a new election could be held was October.

Pakistan crisis: Opposition demands postponement of Balochistan LG election

Pakistan Opposition party Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif demanded the postponement of the local government election in Balochistan in view of the political situation