Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, April 6

SEOUL -- A South Korean court on Friday sentenced the impeached President Park Geun-hye to 24 years in jail and fined her 18 billion won (17 million U.S. dollars) over a series of corruption counts.

Park, who was removed out of office in March last year over an influence-peddling scandal involving her longtime friend Choi Soon-sil, was convicted of 16 corruption counts that include bribery, abuse of power and coercion.(S.Korea-President Park-Sentence)

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KABUL -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi arrived here on Friday and was warmly received at the Presidential Palace by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani.

The Afghan national television reported that during his day-long visit, Abbasi would meet Ghani and Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah to exchange views on matters of mutual interests, including enhancing bilateral relations between Kabul and Islamabad.

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NEW DELHI -- Both Houses of the Indian parliament were Friday adjourned sine die, officials said.

According to officials, no sooner the lower House of the parliament (Lok Sabha) met for the day, lawmakers from southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu raised slogans to disrupt the House.(India-Parliament)

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NEW DELHI -- Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli arrived in New Delhi on Friday for a three-day visit.

This is his first visit to India after he assumed office for the second time in February.(India-Nepal-Visit) Enditem