report in The Nation, Dec 30, 2023ISLAMABAD The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday decided to move the Peshawar High Court against its decision on PTI’s election symbol ‘bat’. The electoral watchdog will approach the division bench of the Peshawar High Court against the single bench ruling. It was decided at an important meeting of ECP held here following the PHC ruling. It is to be mentioned here that the PHC on Tuesday last…
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by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 24, 2023On Saturday, Nepali Congress general secretary Bishwa Prakash Sharma urged Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to talk directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the recruitment of Nepali youths in the Russian army. Sharma’s calls come at a time when as many as seven Nepali nationals have so far been confirmed killed while fighting Ukrainians on Russia’s behalf, while hundreds of Nepalis have joined the…
By Aftab Ahmed & Imtiaz Hussain in The News, Dec 18, 2023HYDERABAD/ SUKKUR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) secretary general Sindh chapter Rashid Mahmood Soomro said he has applied to the party ticket to contest the election against PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, adding the final decision will be taken by the party. Addressing a press conference on Sunday in Sukkur, the JUI-F leader said as to how the PPP will run its election campaign in…
By Naweed Samadi in TOLOnews, Dec 16, 2023 at 10:37 PMNAI, a group that supports open media in Afghanistan, reported that since the beginning of 2023 they have recorded 120 cases of violence, arrest, mistreatment and killing of journalists in the country. The head of NAI, Zarif Karimi, said that this statistic shows an increase in violence against journalists in recent years, based on the number of employees. “In the year 2023 we recorded more…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 14, 2023It had been a long time since Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa and senior leader of the party Shekhar Koirala shared a podium. Thapa won the election of the party’s general secretary from the Koirala camp, but Koirala himself lost the contest for party presidency to Sher Bahadur Deuba at the 14th general convention in December 2021. According to party insiders, initially, it was thought…
Report in The Daily Star, Dec 08, 2023Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Mantytskiy yesterday said they are against any “illegal actions” – sanctions or others – taken by America or other western countries against a country. “We are against any illegal actions … We will be against any sanctions or steps here,” he said at an event titled “Talks with Ambassadors”, organised by the Swadhinata Sangbadik Forum at the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka, reports…
By Awais Yousafzai in The News, DEc 7, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will hear the appeal of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif Thursday (today) against the seven-year jail sentence in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills reference. The court will also hold a hearing on NAB’s appeal to increase Nawaz Sharif’s sentence in the Al-Azizia reference. A division bench, consisting of Chief Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb, will conduct the hearing.…
report in The Express Tribune, November 28th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: The Federal Ministry of Interior has cautioned both illegal and legal Afghan migrants to refrain from supporting or funding any candidate for political or electoral activities in Pakistan. It has warned that a violation of this order will lead to deportation of that individual regardless of their legal status.A statement issued by the ministry on Monday said it is illegal for an Afghan national to support or…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, November 25th, 2023QUETTA: Trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan via the Chaman border crossing remained suspended for the fourth consecutive day on Friday, as the participants of a sit-in being held against the strict visa regime continued to block the highway leading to Kandahar. Thousands of traders, workers of different political parties and members of civil society have been staging the sit-in on the Quetta-Chaman highway for over a month against…
by Muhakmuddin in The Express Tribune, November 23rd, 2023.CHITRAL: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday repeated his call on the “traditional old guard politicians” to step back, emphasising that the country’s youth deserved a chance to shape their future without anyone else’s political baggage. Addressing a public rally in Chitral, Bilawal dialled up his rhetoric against his party’s former partners in the previous coalition government, accusing the Shehbaz Sharif-led dispensation of…
report in Prothom Alo, Nov 21, 2023The United States has condemned recent violence against garment workers in Bangladesh protesting over the minimum wage and criminalisation of legitimate worker and trade union activities. “We are also concerned about the ongoing repression of workers and trade unions. Our principle, as we have stated before, is that government must ensure that workers are able to exercise their rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining without fear of…