Bloomberg Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan ally won a confidence vote as chief minister in the Punjab Assembly, the latest electoral win for the popular opposition leader demanding early general elections. Chaudhry Parvez Elahi secured 186 votes from lawmakers in the 371-member house, speaker Muhammad Sibtain Khan announced the result in a session that lasted more than an ...

  Bloomberg India has relocated some troops from areas surrounding a sinking Himalayan town that’s near a disputed border with China, Army Chief Manoj Pande said. Pande didn’t give details on how many soldiers would be moved away for safety but said over 20 military installations around the town of Joshimath in the northern state of Uttarakhand have sustained “medium ...

Bloomberg Traders piled into bets on another hawkish pivot from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) following a report that the central bank will review the side effects of its policy as soon as next week. The yen gained more than 1% and Japanese bond futures slid after the Yomiuri newspaper said the BOJ will consider adjusting bond purchases or other ...