by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, Dec 15, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday issued the much-awaited election schedule for the general elections to be held on Feb 8, 2024, after the Supreme Court suspended an order of the subordinate judiciary, which had led to pausing the training of the returning officers responsible for monitoring electoral activities and casting a shadow over timely elections. A cloud of potential delay loomed large…
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report in The News, Dec 4, 2023ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Ghulam Ali has said it is difficult to carry out political activities in parts of KP and Balochistan due to security reasons. In an interview to a private news channel on Saturday, Ghulam Ali said there was no doubt that the situation in some areas such as Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, Lakki Marwat and Bannu was not good and a similar situation persisted in Balochistan.…
report in Daily Mirror online, Nov 25, 2023 at 07:31 amCOLOMBO – The appointment of the tenth member to the Constitutional Council (CC) has been hampered over differences within the opposition, eventually leading to its activities being hamstrung, Daily Mirror learns. According to the Constitution, the current vacancy which has existed for more than one year should be reserved for a member of the third-largest party in Parliament, not represented either by the Prime Minister…
Academics express mixed reactionsby Shamima Rita in Dhaka Tribune, Nov 24, 2023In the midst of political turbulence and unrest in the country, the educational landscape finds itself in a challenging predicament. Due to the violent hartals and blockades, academic activities at many institutions, especially the annual examinations, have been severely disrupted. Against this backdrop, students from 15 schools in Dhaka formed separate human chains on the streets on November 21, simultaneously demanding a safe environment…
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa today revealed that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president Shammi Silva had sent a letter to the International Cricket Council (ICC) alleging that the Sports Ministry had made undue interferences in its activities and claimed that this had paved the way for the ICC ban on Sri Lanka Cricket. The Opposition Leader told Parliament that the communique which contained five serious allegations with an additional point had been sent to ICC Chairman…
by Arafat Rahaman in The Daily Star, Aug 28, 2023Academic activities at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University in Gopalganj are being severely hampered due to a shortage of basic infrastructure and teachers. Established in 2011, the BSMRSTU currently has only 284 teachers for a total of 10,845 students enrolled across 34 departments. The university with its student-to-teacher ratio of 38:1 falls short of meeting the University Grants Commission’s recommended ratio of 16:1…
Report in Dawn, August 17th, 2023PESHAWAR: The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday said there was a complete ban on activities of political parties in Afghanistan. “Political parties’ activities have been completely stopped in the country because neither do these parties have any standing in Sharia, any place in Sharia nor are any national interests attached to these parties or the nation liked them,” Interim Minister for Justice, Shaikh Maulavi Abdul Hakeem Sharae said while presenting annual…
report in Dawn, March 8th, 2023PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police have established the Counter Terrorist Financing Unit (CTFU) to “reduce and investigate” the growing cases of extortion to finance terrorist activities. “Extortion is taking place at a huge scale. This was a low priority area. There was confusion on who would deal with it in the first place,” KP Inspector General of Police Akhtar Hayat Khan told Dawn about the initiative. A standing order issued…