Report in Dhaka Tribune, May 2, 2017 ‘Natun Somoy’ Executive Editor Ahmed Razu has been accused of running fabricated news reports The executive editor of the online newspaper “Natun Somoy” has been arrested after the Walton Group accused him of tarnishing the company’s image by deliberately running fabricated reports. Ahmed Razu was arrested from his Segunbagicha office on Sunday night, police’s Ramna zone Deputy Commissioner Maruf Hasan Sardar told the Dhaka Tribune on Monday. Razu…
Posts published in May 2017
PTI report in The Times of India online, May 2,2017 WASHINGTON: Afghanistan’s relationship with India is “unacceptable” to Pakistan, which is using proxies like the Haqqani network and Taliban against its neighbours, eminent experts have told US lawmakers. During a Congressional hearing, Seth Jones, Director of International Security and Defence Policy Centre at the Rand Corporation said that Pakistan has resorted to proxy organisations to further its foreign policy goals. “Pakistan has resorted to proxy…
by KHALID HASNAIN in Dawn, May 2nd, 2017 LAHORE: The compensation paid or being offered by the government to the hoteliers in return for acquiring their land, cost of built-up/covered areas and other business losses for 4,500MW Diamer-Bhasha hydro-power project has created unrest among them and those engaged in related businesses in Chilas as they consider the amount inadequate. The situation may further delay the land acquisition for the project as the hotel owners are…
Report in The Nation, May 2nd, 2017 Gwadar – The chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Senator Sirajul Haq said on Monday that JI backed China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project with the condition that no indigenous population of Balochistan in Gwadar would be deprived of their land under the pretext of development. At a ceremony held at Gwadar Fish Harbour on International Labour’s Day, Sirajul Haq said Baloch people were anticipating that flawed policies of rulers could…
by ANWAR IQBAL in Dawn, May 1st, 2017 WASHINGTON: The United States should condition its military aid to Pakistan to force Islamabad to rethink its alleged support to the Afghan insurgency, says a report released by the International Crisis Group (ICG) on Sunday. The transnational think tank, which provides policy inputs to the World Bank, the United Nations and the European Union, emphasises the need for the international community to get more actively involved in…
In response to the Interior Ministry imposing a strict requirement that foreign tourists obtain a No Objection Certificate (NOC) before visiting Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), the Chief Minister of the region, Hafizur Rehman has approached ministry to protest a move that would “seriously damage” the province. Other individuals and organisations have shared his concern, and it is easy to see why; 70% of the people of GB depend on tourism as their source of income in the…
By Afshan Subohi in Dawn, May 1st, 2017 Enthused officials jetting in and out of CPEC-related meetings were too focused on details to care much for the bigger picture.Despite the frantic activity, Islamabad had yet to determine the expected cost and benefit, expressed in monetary terms, of the mega project. The relevant officers, however, claimed they have a fair idea of the CPEC’s impact on the job market. Based on the profile of workforce engaged…
The Daily Star report, May 1, 2017 Khulna: A Khulna court yesterday sent an officer-in-charge of Patiya Police Station of Chittagong, who was closed to the police lines, to jail after he surrendered to it in a case filed for torturing his wife mentally and physically. Rafayut Ullah Choudhury, was closed after his wife Nasrin Akhter Ruma filed the case on January 18. On March 7, the court issued an arrest warrant against him. Ruma…
Dhaka Tribune report, April 30, 2017 Pahari Chhatra Parishad (PCP) has claimed that its Panchhari upazila unit President Jewel Chakma was picked up by some army personnel Saturday night. Panchhari police station Officer-in-Charge Abdul Jabbar acknowledged Jewel’s detention, and said that the army were conducting drives in different areas with him. The OC added that Jewel had two extortion cases filed against him with the police station. The detention came amid protests over the death…
AP report on Dawn.com, May 1, 2017 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s security forces said on Sunday they had arrested 46 people for their suspected link to a terrorist cell responsible for a stunning attack outside Masjid-i-Nabwi, in Madina, last year. Interior Ministry spokesman Maj Gen Mansour al Turki said the group was also behind a suicide bombing near the US consulate in Jeddah. Both attacks took place in July during the final days of Ramazan. The…