'I will put each and every corrupt person in jail': Imran Khan

Pakistan Political Crisis: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has sought clarification on the National Security Council (NSC) meeting held over "foreign conspiracy", asking if the meeting declared the 197 members of National Assembly as "traitors".Taking to his Twitter, Bilawal said that Prime Minister Imran Khan is using "foreign conspiracy" to justify his coup. (PTI)

Sri Lanka Economic crisis: The govt will survive. We have a majority in Parliament. President Rajapaksa will not resign, says Sagara Kariyawasam, MP, Secy Gen of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.

The govt will survive. We've a majority in Parliament. Pres Rajapaksa will not resign...We've an issue of foreign currency & we need to find a sustainable solution: Sagara Kariyawasam, MP, Secy Gen of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, after the all-party meeting with Pres Rajapaksa pic.twitter.com/wrOpvau04B

— ANI (@ANI) April 4, 2022

Imran Khan slams Shahbaz Sharif for "beggers are not choosers comments". He further said that its PML-N government is the one that has made the people beggers.

Imran Khan live: Pakistan PM Imran Khan is currently holding a press conference, whereikn he is taking individual calls of his supporters.

Sri Lanka Economic Crisis: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday removed his brother and Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa from his post amidst the worst economic crisis that has plagued the island nation.

Pakistan Crisis: In a dramatic move, Pakistan's Opposition approved a 'no-confidence motion' against Prime Minister Imran Khan in its ‘own session’ of Parliament after it was dissolved by President Arif Alvi, and declared that the no-trust motion was "successful" with nearly 200 votes.

Russia-Ukraine War: Russia`s chief investigator on Monday ordered an official examination of what he called a Ukrainian "provocation" after Kyiv accused the Russian military of massacring civilians in the town of Bucha.

Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Russian Investigative Committee, ordered that a probe be opened on the basis that Ukraine had spread "deliberately false information" about Russian armed forces in Bucha, the committee said in a statement.

Russia-Ukraine War: Many world leades, including Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki and Spanish PM Pedro Sánchezcalls, expressed concerns over the developments in Ukraine over possible 'genocide'. Polish PM also called for international probe into the matter.

#BREAKING Spanish PM sees possible 'genocide' in Ukraine pic.twitter.com/5T6xa85qbX

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 4, 2022

Pakistan Crisis: Pakistan President Arif Alvi wrote a letter to appoint a caretaker Prime Minister. He also sent a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan and LoP Shahbaz Sharif.

Pakistan President Arif Alvi wrote a letter to appoint a caretaker Prime Minister. He also sent a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan and LoP Shahbaz Sharif: Pakistan's Dunya News

— ANI (@ANI) April 4, 2022

Russia-Ukraine War: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that a new round of sanctions targetting Russia were needed and that there were clear indications Russian forces were responsible for the killings of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha.

"There are very clear clues pointing to war crimes. It is more or less established that the Russian army is responsible (for the Bucha killings)," Macron told France Inter radio. "What happened in Bucha demands a new round of sanctions and very clear measures," Macron added.

Russia-Ukraine War: Russian forces continue to consolidate and reorganise as they refocus their offensive into the Donbas region in the east of Ukraine, British military intelligence said on Monday. Russian troops, including mercenaries from the Russian state-linked Wagner private military company, are being moved into the area, the Ministry of Defence tweeted.

Sri Lanka Economic Crisis: The 36-hour long curfew that was imposed on Sri Lanka on Saturday evening has been lifted on Monday morning at 6 am but the country is still under the effect of a state of emergency.

Sri Lanka Economic Crisis: Sri Lankan central bank governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said on Monday he submitted his resignation in the context of all cabinet ministers resigning.

In the context of all Cabinet Ministers resigning, I have today submitted my resignation as Governor, @CBSL to HE President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. @GotabayaR #SriLanka #GoSL

— Ajith Nivard Cabraal (@an_cabraal) April 4, 2022

Sri Lanka Economic Crisis: Claiming that the Cabinet Ministers` resignation is a melodrama, Sri Lankan Opposition leader and Member of Parliament (MP) Sajith Premadasa said the drama is being enacted to fool the people of the country. Speaking to ANI, the Opposition leader said, "The melodrama is being enacted to fool the people of the country. There`s no genuine effort to bring sanity to our society and relief to the people. It`s an exercise to fool the people."

Sri Lanka Economic Crisis: Sri Lanka`s president on Monday invited all political parties represented in parliament to accept ministerial portfolios to help find a way out of the country`s worst economic crisis in decades, his office said in a statement.

"President Gotabaya Rajapaksa invited all political parties to come together to find solutions to the ongoing national crisis," the statement said. "Considering this a national need, the time has come to work together for the sake of all the citizens and future generations," it added.

Russia-Ukraine War: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky calls Russian troops "murderers, torturers, rapists, looters".

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky calls Russian troops "murderers, torturers, rapists, looters".

Dozens of bodies have been found near Kyiv, triggering global outrage and vows of tough new sanctions on Moscowhttps://t.co/kHngvoABYm pic.twitter.com/vzbqYKV2Ff

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 4, 2022

Sri Lanka Economic Crisis: Embattled Sri Lanka president asks opposition to join unity government. 

#BREAKING Embattled Sri Lanka president asks opposition to join unity govt pic.twitter.com/vB8I6BoGX7

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 4, 2022

Pakistan Crisis: Pakistan's Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial said on Sunday that all orders and actions initiated by the prime minister and the president regarding the dissolution of the National Assembly will be subject to the court's order as he adjourned for one day the hearing of the high-profile case.

Pakistan Crisis: 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. "US had sent a threatening message through Pakistan`s envoy," Dawn quoting Imran Khan reported.

Russia-Ukraine War: The European Union is mulling additional sanctions against Russia and relevant proposals will be discussed on Wednesday, The Financial Times reported. "Further EU sanctions & support are on their way," President of the European Council Charles Michel said on Twitter on Sunday, drawing attention to the events in Bucha.

Russia-Ukraine War: Iryna Venediktova, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, said that the bodies of 410 civilians killed in Bucha, about 60 km from Kiev, have been taken to be examined by forensic experts, adding that any evidence gathered will be recorded for the ongoing case of Russian war crimes.

In a social media post, Venediktova said that experts from the forensic bureau will conduct DNA examinations, autopsies, and sampling of the bodies, reports Ukrayinska Pravda. She said of the 410 bodies which were found between April 1-3, 140 of them have already been examined by prosecutors and other specialists.

Pakistan Crisis: Supreme Court adjourns hearing on dissolution of National Assembly of Pakistan till tomorrow, April 4, says Pakistan's Samaa TV.

Sri Lanka Economic Crisis: Namal Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka`s Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs and son of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, has resigned from all his portfolios.

"I have informed the sec. to the President of my resignation from all portfolios with immediate effect, in hope that it may assist HE & PMs decision to establish stability for the people & the govt of #LKA. I remain committed to my voters, my party & the people of #Hambanthota," Namal Rajapaksa said in a tweet.

I have informed the sec. to the President of my resignation from all portfolios with immediate effect, in hope that it may assist HE & PMs decision to establish stability for the people & the govt of #LKA. I remain committed to my voters, my party & the people of #Hambanthota.

— Namal Rajapaksa (@RajapaksaNamal) April 3, 2022

Sri Lanka Economic Crisis: Sri Lanka`s entire Cabinet Ministers apart from Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided to resign amid rising public anger against the government over the economic crisis in the country. They have all signed a general letter, consenting to resign paving the way for a new cabinet to be formed, the English language newspaper Daily Mirror reported.

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Russia-Ukraine War: During the 2022 Grammys, Ukraine`s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a pre-recorded speech amid the ongoing Russian military operation in his country. The video, which served as an introduction to John Legend`s live performance of `Free` as part of a special tribute to Ukraine, had been filmed 48 hours prior to the event in a bunker in Kyiv. READ HERE

Pakistan Crisis: Pakistan President Arif Alvi has said that Imran Khan will continue as Prime Minister till the appointment of a caretaker PM under Article 224 A of Pakistan Constitution.

"Mr. Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi, shall continue as Prime Minister till the appointment of caretaker Prime Minister under Article 224 A (4) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan," Alvi said in a tweet.

Pakistan Crisis: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) condemned the rejection of the resolution for vote of no-confidence against Imran Khan, during the session of the National Assembly on Sunday.

"PFUJ and HRCP have condemned the act of, Dy Speaker of National Assembly for rejecting the resolution for vote of no confidence against the prime minister during the session of the National Assembly," PFUJ and HRCP said in a joint statement.

Pakistan Crisis: The Pakistan government on Sunday notified that Imran Khan is no longer the Prime Minister of the country. 

“Consequent upon the dissolution of Pakistan Assembly by the President of Pakistan in terms of Article 58(1) read with Article 48(1) of the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan vide Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, dated 3rd April 2022, Mr Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ceased to hold the office of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, with immediate effect,” the government statement read.