Malaysia – Datuk Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali, Member of Parliament for Kuala Nerus, has resigned from the Islamist party PAS, effective on March 14. At 2.30pm in Parliament, Khairuddin, who was recently removed in the position of PAS Syura Ulama Council secretary, handed in his letter of resignation to PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan. He said that he would …

PETALING JAYA – Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad announced that he wants a new “independent” Malay-based party in the next general election. Speaking at a press conference at Yayasan AlBukhary, Mahathir said that the newly form party has yet to decide on the name will be neither be part of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) or opposition Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. …