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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s top court on Tuesday overturned the country’s electoral authority’s decision to postpone elections in a key province. A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan led by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial had reserved the judgment on Monday after over a week-long hearing. It ordered t...
Freetown, Sierra Leone (AFP): Sierra Leone has banned political street rallies, a tradition that has for decades characterised electoral campaigns, less than three months before the presidential election, the government said Monday. Election periods are “no time for dancing and merriment”, but rather “times for deep reflectio...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon is ready to hold municipal elections next month, caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi has announced. “I am bound by law to hold elections, and I am convinced that these elections must be held on time,” Mawlawi told a press conference as quoted by the National News Agency on Monday. He […]...
Jizzakh, Uzbekistan (AFP): On stage in front of a few hundred people, an entertainer desperately tries to sell a controversial April referendum that could extend the rule of Uzbekistan’s autocratic leader until 2040. The April 30 vote is on a constitutional amendment that would introduce seven-year presidential terms and allow President ...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Sudanese leaders have postponed the signing of an agreement to resume a short-lived democratic transition, an official said on Saturday, amid continued disagreement between military factions. A coup in October 2021 led by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan had derailed the transition to civilian-led rule that began follow...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Human rights group Amnesty International has called on the Tunisian authorities to drop criminal investigation measures against 17 political prisoners and critics of the country’s president, Kais Saied. “The criminal investigation is among the most nakedly aggressive attacks by authorities on dissent since a p...
MIAN CHANNU, Pakistan (AA): Manzoor Hussain is a paternal uncle of Humza Yousaf, the new leader of the Scots. He was checking school copies at his home in this small Mian Channu town of Pakistan’s northeastern Punjab province when he heard that his nephew, Humza Yousaf, had been elected as the new leader of Scotland. […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s upper house on Thursday approved a law that limits some key powers of the Supreme Court’s chief justice, state-run Pakistan Television reported. The Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Bill 2023 was passed with 60 votes in favor, while the bill was opposed by 19 senators from the main opposition...
Lahore, Pakistan (AFP): Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) rebuked feuding political parties on Tuesday for undermining democracy as the world’s fifth-most populous country battles an economic crisis. The fragile coalition government led by Shehbaz Sharif has been facing increasing pressure from opposition leader Imran Khan, Paki...
BIRMINGHAM, England/LONDON (AA) – Scotland’s newly elected First Minister Humza Yousaf shared a photo Tuesday while leading his family in prayer on his first night at the official residence, Bute House. “A special moment leading my family in prayer in Bute House as is customary after breaking fast together,” he said on Twitte...
