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Prem Shreshta, 40, remembers the day in 2021 that a flood destroyed his hotel and livelihood. He was overseeing the reception desk at his riverside hotel in the town of Melamchi in Nepal when he received a call from a relative, alerting him of incoming floodwaters. His guests and ...

#Pakistan News Independent candidates backed by imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan were leading Pakistan's election, despite claims of manipulation by his supporters and a national rights body. Khan, a former cricketer turned politician with a significant grassroots following was disqualified from running in Thursday’s election because of criminal ...

Early official results from the Pakistani general election on Friday showed the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Pakistan People’s Party and Independent candidates affiliated to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf locked in a close race.At 1.30 pm Indian Standard Time, candidates linked to former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf were leading ...

Lahore, Pakistan: When I stepped out on a cool Thursday morning to cover Pakistan’s 12th general election, there was an air of inevitability about the whole exercise. Most respectable analysts had already expressed predictions that the ground was set for the return of three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ...

ISLAMABAD: Candidates supported by imprisoned former Pakistan premier Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party are proving to be formidable opponents to those backed by three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Despite sporadic violence marring the polling process, the determination of voters remained steadfast as they exercised ...

Jammu Tawi, Jan 27: Demanding immediate constitution of the election committee, the officers of Jammu and Kashmir Bank Officers Association (JKBOA) on Saturday pitched for early conduct of “overdue” elections. Speaking to reporters after General House Meeting of the Officers of JKBOA, Jammu Unit, at Press Club here, the ...

POONCH, Dec 30: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday questioned the delay in the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and holding Assembly elections there, saying that people in the Union Territory want an elected government at the earliest.The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister also extended ...

Live Updates:Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer have steadied the ship and helped India take the first session after the visitors lost the early wickets of Rohit Sharma (5), Yashasvi Jaiswal (17) and Shubman Gill (2).South African pacers Kagiso Rabada and debutant Nandre Burger were on fire in the first ...

When the new Maldives president, Mohamed Muizzu, stepped on a plane in late November for his first overseas visit since being sworn in barely a week earlier, he was breaking with a longstanding tradition in his country’s diplomatic practices. Across party lines, Maldivian presidents have long made India their ...

Pakistan 391 for 9 dec (Masood 201*, Buckingham 5-80) drew with Prime Minister's XI 367 for 4 (Renshaw 136*, Bancroft 53)Pakistan's preparations for their three-Test series against Australia have wrapped a day early after a freak weather event battered Canberra.A massive electrical storm hit the region around 8pm on ...