BEIJING: China’s parliament on Sunday abolished the presidential term limits through an amendment in the constitution, allowing President Xi Jinping to pursue the vision of transforming the nation into an economic superpower. “It is a key measure to improve the state leadership system,” Shen Chunyao, chairman of the Commission for …

ISLAMABAD: An armed group on Sunday stopped Pakistani trucks from heading to Afghan capital Kabul after officials cleared the consignment to proceed to its destination, officials aware of the development said. Earlier the Afghan security officials had stopped four trucks, carrying cement, shortly after the convoy crossed Ghulam Khan border …

Lahore: As a handful of Balochistan lawmakers whose electoral mandates remain questionable at best emerged as key brokers for Senate chairman’s election over the weekend, the provincial capital on Sunday hosted a historic jalsa of the most inspiring grassroots movement to have emerged in the country over the last two …