Saturday, 11 May 2013 09:14
India's opposition has demanded the resignation of Congress Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, raising the stakes after forcing the exit of two cabinet ministers over corruption scandals.
Central/S. Asia

Nawaz Sharif, winner of the Pakistani elections, is holding talks to form a new government, with fixing the economy and tackling the armed insurgency likely to be his two biggest challenges.

India's opposition has demanded the resignation of Congress Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, raising the stakes after forcing the exit of two cabinet ministers over corruption scandals.

Votes are being counted in Pakistan after historic elections that will see the handover of power from one civilian government to another.

India's railway minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal, has resigned, according to two Indian television channels - though a government spokesperson said the resignation could not be confirmed.

A survivor has been found in the rubble of a garment factory, 17 days after it collapsed, killing more than 1,000 people.

Campaigning has ended for Pakistan's general elections, with Nawaz Sharif, the former prime minister, and Imran Khan, the cricketer turned politician, addressing rallies on the last day.

Just two days before general elections in Pakistan, a man who is a national hero for transforming Pakistan into a nuclear power.

A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal has convicted and sentenced assistant secretary-general of the Jamaat-e-Islami party to death for war crimes, raising fears of clashes between the police and supporters of the Islamist leader.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that he would allow the US to keep nine bases after its troops pullout in 2014 if that is in the best interest of his country.

A Pakistani prisoner jailed in India has died after he was attacked by another inmate in an apparent revenge attack for the death of an Indian prisoner in a Pakistani jail.

The son of former Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has reportedly been kidnapped during a campaign rally in his hometown of Multan, sources have said.
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