by Dr Noman Ahmed in The News on Sunday (TNS), May 21, 2017 The author is Chairperson of Department of Architecture and Planning at NED University, Karachi. The attacks on the convoy of Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri in Mastung and labourers in Gwadar district on May 12 and 13 respectively show that all is not well in Balochistan. These tragic incidents almost coincided with the participation of the prime minister and chief ministers in ‘Belt…
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By Ghulam Abbas in Pakistan Today, May 20, 2017 While things are not clear about the possible taxes, duties (Import tax/ duty, Toll tax, Port clearance charges etc) to be charged by Pakistan on export/import by China under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the government of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) is going to charge an ‘environmental tax’ on every container passing through its territory. Talking to Pakistan Today, Chief Minister GB Hafeezur Rehman said that Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative…
The writer is a columnist based in Islamabad. In order to understand CPEC, we must first understand China. China’s labour force stands at around 800 million and the number one national issue in China is employment. China is all about ‘state capitalism’ and the Communist Party of China (CPC). The number one issue for the CPC is employment because unemployment means social instability and the last thing the CPC wants is another Tiananmen Square (in…
By Zofeen T Ebrahim in The Third Pole, May 18, 2017 A stray dog snoozes under a red boat lying next to a rickety teashop at Sur Bandar’s quay, where a few dozen small boats are bobbing in the Arabian Sea. The water is clear and a school of fish is swimming near the shore. It is Friday, and instead of going to sea, the fisherfolk have headed to the nearby mosque at midday. The…
by Abu Hayat Mahmud in Dhaka Tribune, May 21, 2017 Grassroots leaders of the ruling Awami League complained to the party chief Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP men had infiltrated into the party and lashed out at their fellows and local lawmakers on the issue, in a meeting at Gonobhaban yesterday. The Awami League’s top brass including General Secretary Obaidul Quader attended the meeting with President Sheikh Hasina in the chair. The…
Report in bdnews24.com, May 21, 2017 Law enforcers have confirmed that there are at least five suspected terrorists, including three to four who fled the raid on Sylhet’s Atia Mahal, now cornered inside a hideout in Narsingdi. “There are five to six inside. We will now ask them to surrender,” Mufti Mahmud Khan, media director for Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), told bdnews24.com He later told the media about the militants from Atia Mahal. “They tried…
by Asaduzzaman Ripon in Dhaka Tribune, May 21, 2017 Five suspected militants, who were hiding inside a den in Narsingdi’s Gabtoli area, have surrendered to the law enforcers. They came out of the under-construction two-storey building Sunday morning. Confirming the matter, RAB spokesperson Commander Mufti Mahmud Khan said: “Details regarding the matter cannot be disclosed now. We are looking into the matter.” Earlier, he said they were able to establish contacts with the suspected militants…