by Amna Ali in The Express Tribune, Dec 30, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday decided to challenge the decision of the Peshawar High Court, which suspended the declaration of PTI’s internal polls as “unconstitutional” and the revocation of the party’s ‘cricket bat’ electoral symbol. Sources indicate that the ECP plans to file an intra-court appeal in the PHC challenging the decision of its single-judge bench. In the event of no relief,…
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Report in The News, December 30, 2023ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) has wrapped up case of arrested Baloch protesters. The administration released 34 Baloch demonstrators under the order of the court. Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb heard the case on Friday. Counsel Atta Ullah Kundi said, “I am grateful to the administration that it released all arrested Balochs by upholding their words. Only courts are ray of hope in the prevailing situation in the country.” Justice…
Report in Dawn, December 30th, 2023PESHAWAR: The interior ministry has warned that there are serious threats to the life of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Awami National Party provincial president Aimal Wali Khan. In a letter to the chief secretaries and inspector general of police of all provinces and circulated by the ANP, the interior ministry said it had received reports from reliable sources revealing serious threats to the life of Mr Fazl…
Report in Dawn, December 30th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: Suspected militants torched a government higher secondary school for girls in Kotka Mambati Barakzai area of Bannu on Thursday night. A police official said the school was located in Miryan tehsil. He added the attackers set the science lab and equipment dumped there on fire. The official said the laboratory and staffroom along with furniture and other objects were destroyed. He added the militants also took away the…
by Syed Ali Shah in The Express Tribune, Dec 30, 2023December 29, 2023At least three people sustained injuries in a hand grenade attack that occurred on Friday in the Gwadar district of Balochistan, according to police sources. The incident unfolded when unidentified miscreants threw a hand grenade at a garage situated on Syed Hashmi Road in the port city. Swift response from law enforcement and rescue teams saw the injured promptly transported to the Indus…
report in The Island, Dec 30, 2023In comparison with other countries, Sri Lanka had received fewer benefits from the Belt and Road Initiative, with investments amounting to 14 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), the Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) affiliated Asia Progress Forum (APF) said. The investments made by this Initiative in Laos and Cambodia are 140 percent and 60 percent, respectively of their GDPs, the APF said. “This makes it clear…
Report in The Daily Star, Dec 30, 2023BNP Standing Committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan today said time is still there for the Awami League-led government to hold talks with political parties to get out of the political crisis. He also urged the ruling party to do politics understanding the character and psychological traits of the people of Bangladesh. He made the remarks while addressing the inaugural function of the biannual council of a faction of…
By Rastriya Samachar Samiti in Nepalnews, Dec 29, 2023The Supreme Court has ordered to revoke the government decision to give a public holiday on ‘people’s war day’ which is observed on Fagun 1. The decision to invalidate this public holiday was prompted by a writ petition filed by advocate Gyanendra Raj Aran, challenging the Council of Ministers’ decision to declare Fagun 1 as a public holiday. The division bench, consisting of Anand Mohan Bhattarai and…
Report in TOLOnews Online Dec 29, 2023 at 8:57 PMEmomali Rahmon, the president of Tajikistan, recently said at a conference that he has established 75 security checkpoints on the border with Afghanistan in the past year. Emomali Rahmon said: “In one year, 75 high-quality border security checkpoints were built on the border of Tajikistan and Afghanistan.” At the same time, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan has said that Islamabad will…
By Naweed Samadi in TOLOnews Online Dec 29, 2023 at 8:54 PMKazakhstan ambassador to Afghanistan Alim Khan Yasin Galdiev in a meeting with the acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, said that his country has taken the Islamic Emirate off the list of groups whose activities are banned in this country. The deputy spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal, quoted Alim Khan Yasin Galdiev as saying that Kazakhstan wants to expand its…