In a unanimous ruling, the court on Sunday denied the president’s request to oversee a police or military probe into alleged vote-rigging and electoral fraud. It ruled that there is no legal or constitutional basis to question the legality of the election based on the evidence submitted. The Supreme Court …
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Sri Lanka’s PM rejects claims that SL allowing control of strategic ports to Chinese
He told CNBC on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Hanoi that there are a fair amount of Chinese investments and loans but he can’t see it as a threat. Wickremesinghe said Sri Lanka has been unaligned and have stayed that way since 1948. His comments …
Read More »Sri Lanka’s PM rejects claims SL allowing control of strategic ports to Chinese
He told CNBC on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Hanoi that there are a fair amount of Chinese investments and loans but he can’t see it as a threat. Wickremesinghe said Sri Lanka has been unaligned and have stayed that way since 1948. His comments …
Read More »PHC rejects Justice Deepak Raj Joshee as next Chief Justice of Nepal
Ten members out of total 15 voted against Justice Joshee. The committee is having 9 members from the ruling Nepal Communist Party, while main opposition party, Nepali Congress have 4 members. Federal Socialist Forum Nepal and Rashtriya Janata Party Nepal have one member each. Justice Joshee is the senior most judge of Supreme …
Read More »Pak polls: Multi-party meet rejects results, demands ‘transparent’ re-election
PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif and Jamiat Uleme-e-Islam Fazal chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman jointly presided the ‘All Parties Conference’ In Islamabad, called to devise a joint strategy over the alleged rigging in the July 25 polls. Mostly smaller political parties badly thrashed in the elections turned up for the meeting. The …
Read More »Pakistan polls: PML-N alleges rigging, EC rejects claim
In an unusual press conference at 4am local time, Chief Election Commissioner Muhammad Raza Khan congratulated the people of Pakistan for participating in the election process. He, however, acknowledged that the delay in announcement of election results has “caused some annoyance”. The short pace of counting has given currency to …
Read More »SC rejects review pleas of Delhi gang rape convicts against death sentence
Nirbhaya rapists will be hanged till death. Supreme court has rejected the review petition against death penalty and upheld the sentence given by Delhi HC and trial court. Three judge bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan disposed off the review petition filed …
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