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Tag: Constitutional Crisis

Imran Khan has been accused of bowing to religious extremists in Pakistan. Photo: AFP/Aamir Qureshi
Posted inPakistan

Pakistan teeters on brink of a political explosion

by FM Shakil April 5, 2022April 11, 2022

PESHAWAR – A political vacuum is opening in Pakistan as the nation awaits a high court decision on the legality of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s attempt to foil an opposition bid to oust him via a parliamentary motion he claims was backed by the United States. The cricket star cum premier lost his parliamentary majority […]

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been reappointed, ending political crisis in Sri Lanka. Photo: AFP
Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka

Former PM reappointed in Sri Lanka, ending political turmoil

by Amal Jayasinghe December 15, 2018February 18, 2020
Sri Lankan workers bury the bodies of 41 suspected Tamil Tiger combatants recovered by government forces after heavy fighting in the island's north in January 2009, in Vavuniya. The country's political crisis has cast a cloud over efforts to reveal what happened to thousands of people who disappeared during the civil war. Photo: AFP / STR / aj
Posted inNortheast Asia, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s crisis clouds fate of 20,000 missing people

by Jonathan Gorvett December 12, 2018February 18, 2020
Sri Lankan MPs attend a meeting with parliamentary Speaker Karu Jayasuriya at the Parliament Building in Colombo. Photo: AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi
Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka

Rajapakse loses no confidence motion in Sri Lanka

by Kris Thomas November 14, 2018February 18, 2020
Sri Lankan MPs attend a meeting with parliamentary Speaker Karu Jayasuriya at the Parliament Building in Colombo. Photo: AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi
Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Supreme Court move challenges dissolution of Sri Lankan parliament

by Kris Thomas November 12, 2018February 18, 2020
Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, speaks with President Maithripala Sirisena at a rally in Colombo on November 5, 2018. Photo: AFP
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Japan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World

Colombo crisis amid Chinese checkers

by Prakash Katoch November 12, 2018
Ranil Wickremesinghe is seen on November 2, days after he was ousted as prime minister in Sri Lanka. Photo: AFP / Lakruwan Wanniarachchi
Posted inIndia, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan crisis far from over as Wickremesinghe digs in

by Kris Thomas November 7, 2018February 18, 2020
Sacked Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photo: AFP
Posted inFrance, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Thousands rally in Colombo in support of deposed PM

by Asia Times staff October 30, 2018February 18, 2020
Former Sri Lankan strongman Mahinda Rajapakse, left, hands documents to Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena as he is sworn in on Friday as the new PM in Colombo. Photo: AFP/Handout/ Sri Lankan President Media
Posted inBeijing, China, France, India, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Rajapakse sworn in as new PM amid power struggle in Sri Lanka

by Asia Times staff October 27, 2018February 18, 2020
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the resident Filipino community at a convention hall in Singapore, April 28, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Feline Lim
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines, South Asia

Duterte is now a law unto himself

by Jason Castaneda May 18, 2018February 18, 2020
Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha gestures during a news conference after a weekly cabinet meeting at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, January 9, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, Thailand

Blind spots in Prayuth’s election promise

by Shawn W. Crispin March 2, 2018February 18, 2020
Fretilin party supporters participate in an election campaign rally in Dili, Timor Leste on July 19, 2017. Photo: AFP/Valentino Dariel Sousa
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Oceania, South Asia, Timor Leste

Political deadlock augurs ill for Timor Leste

by David Hutt January 9, 2018February 18, 2020

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