Following are the top foreign stories at 2030 hours

     FGN15: US-CHINA-PAK-LD SANCTIONS
     *US sanctions 3 Chinese firms and one from Belarus for providing ballistic missile components to Pakistan
     Washington: The US has slapped sanctions on three Chinese companies and one from Belarus for supplying missile-applicable items for Pakistan's ballistic missile programmes, including its long-range missile programme, the State Department has announced.
    
     FGN30 UK-INDIAN SOLDIERS
UK’s India Gate to commemorate role of Indian soldiers from World Wars
     London: A local council in the seaside resort of Brighton in south-east England has approved plans for an annual multi-faith event to commemorate the role of Indian soldiers in the two World Wars at the town’s India Gate memorial from this October.
    
     FGN34 PAK-IMRAN-BUSHRA
Pak court orders check-up of Imran Khan, wife Bushra
     Islamabad: A Pakistan court has accepted requests for a medical examination of the incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi and also directed an endoscopy for the former first lady at a private hospital within two days.
    
     FGN32 PAK-BY-ELECTION-ARMY
Pakistan govt to deploy army to maintain peace during key by-elections on Sunday
     Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday decided to deploy army troops to maintain peace during key by-elections that are to be held in the country on Sunday to fill the seats vacated by various candidates or where elections were postponed due to the death of candidates.
    
     FGN25: LANKA-CHURCH PROBE
     *Sri Lanka church reiterates Easter Sunday probe doubts
     Colombo: The Catholic church here on Saturday reiterated its dissatisfaction over the nature of the investigations conducted by the Sri Lankan government in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 270 people, including Indians.*
    
     FGN16: PAK-SAUDI-SHARIF
     *Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif set to visit Saudi to advance investment talks
     Islamabad: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to visit Saudi Arabia soon, his second trip this month to the friendly Gulf kingdom, to advance investment talks as his cash-strapped government has presented lucrative returns on Saudi investment.*
        
     FGN13: PAK-IMF-BAILOUT
     *Cash-strapped Pakistan makes formal request to IMF for another bailout
     Washington/Islamabad: Pakistan has made a formal request to IMF for seeking the next bailout package in the range of USD 6 to USD 8 billion with the possibility of augmentation through climate financing, a media report said on Saturday.*

     FGN9: IMF-WB-INDIA
     *Role played by India during G-20 presidency appreciated at IMF and WB meeting: Seth
     Washington: During the annual Spring meetings of the IMF and the World Bank there was a widespread appreciation of the role played by India during its G-20 presidency in building consensus on a range of key global issues, a top Indian official has said.**

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