Qasim Ibrahim

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  "Apologise To PM Modi": Maldives Opposition Leader To President Muizzu

  The Maldives Jumhooree Party (JP) leader Qasim Ibrahim called on Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu to formally apologize to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the people of India.

• Pro-India leader Mohamed Nasheed loses Maldives polls

  Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed lost run-off elections held in the Indian Ocean nation on Saturday, despite being the front-runner going into the polls, results showed.

• Make-or-break Maldives polls on Saturday

  Maldives will vote on Saturday in a run-off between ex-President Mohamed Nasheed and Abdulla Yameen Gayoom. In the first round re-vote, Mr Nasheed had - like in the now annulled September seventh vote - emerged a hands-down winner. He didn't however get the constitutionally mandated magic number of 50 per cent + 1 vote.

• Mohamed Nasheed tops Maldives poll but faces run-off

  The Maldives will vote in a second round presidential poll run-off but there is uncertainty on whether it will be held as agreed on Sunday.

• Police force postponement of Maldives vote

  Police in the Maldives forced the postponement of Saturday's presidential polls, declaring the vote illegal and blocking ballot papers from leaving the offices of the independent Elections Commission.

• Maldives presidential vote must go ahead, says frontrunner Mohamed Nasheed

  Former president Mohamed Nasheed demanded the Maldives' presidential polls take place as scheduled on Saturday despite a warning by organisers that it could be halted by a dispute over the electoral roll.

• Attackers burn TV station in Maldives that backs ousted president Mohamed Nasheed

  Unidentified attackers set fire to the main pro-opposition television network in the Maldives today ahead of a crucial court ruling on whether suspended presidential elections should go ahead, officials said.