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Pakistan: President Alvi urges election commission to set ballot date

This comes as the country's supreme court sits to decide the legality of the dissolution of parliament

Sri Lanka’s president will not resign despite protests, says minister

Gotabaya Rajapaksa will not quit his post, said Chief Government Whip and Highways Minister Johnston Fernand

Former Amnesty India chief stopped from leaving country

Aakar Patel said the move came after 'the Modi government' filed a case against the international human rights organisation

Sri Lankan President revokes emergency rule ordinance

Next steps could include the appointment of a new prime minister

Massive protests outside Sri Lankan parliament amid economic crisis

People demand resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa

Pakistan: Supreme Court adjourns hearing on Imran Khan's bid to stay as PM

The country is currently in the middle of a full-blown constitutional crisis

Top Pakistan court hears arguments in major political crisis

The most significant decision before the Supreme Court is whether the deputy speaker had the authority to throw out the no-confidence vote

India: Vinay Kwatra appointed as next Foreign Secretary

He will succeed Hashvardhan Shringla

Sri Lanka's sports minister quits, Cabinet offers to resign

Sports minister and the president’s nephew Namal Rajapaksa resigns from his position amid growing public outrage

Sri Lanka PM's office refutes reports of Mahinda Rajapaksa’s resignation

Protests staged by the public were reported from small streets, apartment complexes, and multiple areas around the country