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Pakistan PM Imran Khan names US official who sent 'threat' message

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has revealed that Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu had sent a threatening message to him through Pakistan's envoy Ambassador Asad Majeed.

The Times of India

Imran Khan thrusts country into constitutional crisis: Pakistan media

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan media has criticised the dissolution of the National Assembly in the country, saying that whatever happened on Sunday violated all rules governing proceedings in the House, particularly those dealing with the motion of no-confidence.

The Times of India

Can the dissolution of Pakistan’s parliament be overturned?

Experts explain the implications of moves to block a no-confidence vote in Pakistani PM Khan and dissolve parliament.

Al Jazeera

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Pakistan PM escapes removal but triggers a constitutional crisis

Imran Khan ducks no-confidence motion and gets parliament dissolved but opposition decides to challenge the move in court.

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Pakistan to go to the polls after PM Khan foils move to sack him

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan foiled an attempt to boot him from office Sunday by getting the president to dissolve the national assembly, meaning fresh elections must be held within three months.

Bangkok Post

Pakistan constitutional crisis: Key opposition leaders

Here’s a brief profile of key opposition leaders who planned the no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan constitution crisis updates: Parliament dissolved

President dissolves parliament on advice of Imran Khan, who calls for snap poll after the no-confidence motion blocked.

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Pakistan PM Imran Khan advises President to dissolve National Assembly

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan shocked the Opposition by advising President Arif Alvi to dissolve National Assembly.

Dynamite News

Pakistan's Imran Khan calls for new elections after no-confidence motion blocked

The National Assembly deputy speaker blocked the motion against Khan.

Axios

Pakistan PM Imran Khan advises President to dissolve assemblies; calls for fresh polls

ISLAMABAD: In a surprise move, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday that he has advised President Arif Alvi to dissolve the National Assembly and call for fresh elections, minutes after the deputy speaker rejected a no-confidence motion against the embattled leader.

The Times of India

Will France’s Yellow Vests come back to haunt Macron on election day?

The most potent protest movement in recent French history, the Yellow Vest uprising looked at one point like it might bring a premature end to Emmanuel Macron’s presidency. More than three years after it was smothered, its politicised remnants are counting on their ballots to finish the job.

France 24

Pakistan’s Khan faces removal: How do no-confidence motions work?

With PM Khan’s ouster likely to bring another round of instability in Pakistan, a look at how no-confidence vote works.

Al Jazeera

Explainer-Pakistan PM Khan faces difficult no confidence vote

Pakistani opposition political parties have introduced a no-confidence vote in parliament seeking the ouster of Prime Minister Imran Khan, largely on accusations of economic mismanagement.

Reuters

No-confidence motion: Blow for Imran Khan as MQM-P strikes deal with opposition

ISLAMABAD: Amid the political chaos, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf got another shock as Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan (MQM-P), an ally of the PTI-led government, decided to join hands with the opposition to support them in the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan.

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Ecuador's Lasso says he will use decrees after another legislative defeat

Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso said on Tuesday he would use decrees, referendums and other tools to meet his election promise to reactivate the country's struggling economy, bypassing the national assembly, where lawmakers have rejected his proposals.

Tribune News Service

El Salvador declares state of emergency as gang murders soar

El Salvador’s National Assembly in an early morning session on Sunday approved a state of emergency request made by President Nayib Bukele to tame a wave of gang-related killings over the weekend.

Radio France Internationale

A week before elections, Hungary's Orban remains the EU's enfant terrible

On 3 April, Hungary goes to the ballot box to elect 199 members of the National Assembly. The choice is between the Fidesz party of incumbent Prime Minister Victor Orban, whose populist policies have estranged him from Brussels, and a coalition of opposition parties led by Peter Marki-zay. Despite Orban's…

Al Jazeera

Why is Pakistan’s opposition seeking PM Imran Khan’s removal?

Parliament meets to vote on no-confidence motion moved by opposition, backed by dissident members of Khan’s party.

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The Hindu

Amid political uncertainty, Pakistan Interior Minister hints at early polls

Prime Minister Imran Khan faces no-confidence motion proposed by Opposition

Asharq Al-Awsat

Prominent Somali Woman Lawmaker Among 15 Killed in Bombing

A prominent Somali woman lawmaker is among at least 15 people killed in a suicide bombing that hit a polling station in rural central Somalia, police said Thursday. The attack took place late Wednesday in the town of Beledweyne, the capital of Somalia's Hiran region. Among its victims was opposition…

The Independent UK

Venezuelan same-sex couples still wait for right to marry

Ana Margarita Rojas and Elena Hernáiz have shared their lives for more than three decades and raised a son together in Venezuela's capital

Dynamite News

Imran Khan antagonizes Pak army, faces ouster

A drowning man will catch a straw, as the proverb goes.

The Hindu

Beleaguered Imran pats India’s foreign policy

Pak. PM slams Army, Opposition; faces no-confidence motion in National Assembly on March 25

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kuwait’s Public Works Minister Survives No-Confidence Vote

Kuwait's Minister of Public Works and State Minister for Youth Affairs Ali Al-Mousa survived on Wednesday a vote of no-confidence. The National Assembly renewed confidence in the minister after 22 members voted in favor out of the 43 MPs who attended the session. National Assembly Speaker Marzouq al-Ghanim said on…

The Conversation

Namibia badly needs refurbishment after 32 years under the ruling party

Namibia has been a presidential democracy since independence from South Africa in 1990. Much executive power is vested in the head of state, who is elected directly every five years in parallel to the National Assembly.

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