Provincial Politician

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  "Let The Winner Win": Pak Politician Gives Up Seat, Says Voting Was Rigged

  A senior Pakistani politician who won provincial elections in the commercial hub of Karachi last week has given up his seat saying the vote was rigged in his favour.

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  Widow Of Pakistani Politician Killed In Taliban Attack Wins His Seat

  The wife of a Pakistani politician killed in a Taliban suicide attack during campaigning won her husband's provincial seat in by-elections as the ruling party of new Prime Minister Imran Khan retained its slim majority in parliament.

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  'Run For PM Begins Now': Sikh Man First Non-White To Lead Party In Canada

  Jagmeet Singh, an Ontario provincial lawmaker and practicing Sikh, was elected on Sunday as leader of Canada's left-leaning New Democrats, becoming the first non-white politician to head a major Canadian political party.

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  Family Of Sikh Leader Killed In Pak Hold Protests, Demand Compensation

  Family members of a prominent Pakistani Sikh politician who was gunned down in April today staged a protest demanding that the promises made by the provincial government to the victim's kin be fulfilled.

• Japan's Crying Lawmaker Sparks Pay Cuts

  A provincial Japanese assembly, became globally famous when a lawmaker was filmed sobbing over his alleged misuse of public funds, cut politicians' allowances on Monday.

• Baghdad Official Taken by Gunmen: Iraqi Police

  Gunmen traveling in 10 black SUVs seized a senior Sunni politician who had previously been jailed on terrorism charges from his home in Baghdad on Saturday, police officers said.

• Japan Police Raid Apartment of 'Crying Politician'

  Japanese police on Friday raided the apartment of a provincial politician who became an Internet sensation after he was filmed crying like a toddler when confronted about his alleged misuse of public funds.

• Japan's Crying Lawmaker Quits Post

  A provincial Japanese politician, who was filmed crying like a toddler while trying to explain his profligate use of public funds, quit his post Friday as he was embroiled deeper in a corruption scandal.

• Middle-Aged Politician's Sobs Evoke Laughs in Japan

  A 47-year-old provincial politician was rapidly becoming an Internet phenomenon in Japan today after crying like a toddler as he tried to explain his profligate use of public funds.

• Mother, daughter held after Spain politician shot dead

  Spanish police arrested a mother and daughter suspected of shooting dead a ruling party politician in broad daylight Monday in an apparent act of personal vengeance.

• China court to decide on reducing Bo Xilai's life term in prison

  A Chinese court will hold a hearing on Friday to rule on an appeal by politician Bo Xilai against the guilty verdict and life imprisonment he was handed last month.

• Suicide attack kills Pakistani minister, seven others

  A senior Pakistani provincial minister was among eight people killed when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive laden vest at the politician's home in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa today, police said.

• Bomb near Pakistan politician's house wounds six: police

  A bomb exploded close to the home of a prominent provincial minister in restive northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, wounding six people including three children, police said.

• Afghan minister survives assassination attempt

  An Afghan government minister survived a bomb attack on his motorcade in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, the second assault on a high-profile politician in two days, but two of his bodyguards were wounded, provincial officials said.

• Canada's top Sikh politician warns of extremism

  A former Canadian cabinet minister and one-time provincial premier warned that Sikh extremism -- blamed for the 1985 Air India bombing - is rising in this country.