Governance Activist Leslie Chikuse has advised the ruling Patriotic Front leadership to wait for the Constitutional Court to determine whether President Edgar Lungu is eligible to contest the 2021 presidential election. Mr. Chikuse has told Q-news that continuing with the debate on the candidature of President Lungu before the court has determined the matter will not help the country move ...

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from holding public office following an investigation into corruption allegations. The ruling comes after a probe into his family’s wealth following the 2015 Panama Papers dump linking Mr Sharif’s children to offshore companies. Mr Sharif has consistently denied any wrongdoing in the case. The verdict was handed down unanimously by a ...

Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) Secretary General Cosmas Mukuka has urged union leaders to take up the responsibility of explaining to their members what the invocation of Article 31 means and entails. Mr. Mukuka has told Q-News that the responsibility of educating the public and workers on Article 31 should not be left to government and the media alone, ...

Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) president Charles Milupi has called on farmers to reject the K60 maize price announced by the Food Reserve Agency (FRA). Mr Milupi says the price is too low considering the high cost of production. He says farmers will not realise any profit from price being offered by the FRA taking into consideration the high ...