report in Prothom ALo, Nov 15, 2023Jatiya Party’s grassroots leaders have expressed their reluctance to participate in the upcoming election under the current government, instead indicating an interest in collaborating with the BNP. Several sources present at the emergency central executive committee meeting of the party revealed this development, which took place at the Diploma Engineers Institute auditorium. According to sources, a total of 59 leaders addressed the meeting. All but one leader voiced support…
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By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 09, 2023Management of the provincial police and civil service falls under the explicit authority that the Constitution of Nepal grants to provincial governments. As per Schedule 6 of the statute, the provinces can have their own police force and civil servants. The first five years of the provincial governments passed by without the police and civil services being set up. As the federal government continues to be…
By Bibi Amina Hakimi in TOLOnews Online, Nov 06, 2023 at 8:52 PMSher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the meeting on the “Future Economic Development of Afghanistan” warned Islamabad to treat Afghan immigrants appropriately and not to force Afghans to react against their actions. Stanikzai said that the reaction of Afghans has been recorded in history and now Afghanistan has a strong defense force and plenty of weapons. Stanikzai also criticized…
report in Dawn, Nov 5th, 2023NAWABSHAH: Pakistan Peoples PartyParliamentarians president and co-chairman of the party Asif Ali Zardari has said that when he had surrendered his certain presidential powers to the parliament through the 18th constitutional amendment, ‘they’ did not appear to be happy with it. He did not specifically name the unhappy elements but the general impression was that it may be the security establishment. “There were no gestures of happiness when ‘they’ congratulated…
By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai, Head of TOLOnews, online, Nov 3, 2023 at 8:40 PMActing Defense Minister, Mawlawi Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid, criticized the treatment of Pakistan’s caretaker government towards the Afghan refugees, saying that the decision to expel Afghans had been taken unilaterally and that Pakistan should consider the consequences of such actions. In an audio clip, Mujahid called on the regime in Pakistan to not “be cruel to the Afghans, not seize their personal…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 01, 2023 at 8:16 PMThe second deputy of the Prime Minister, Mullah Abdul Salam Hanafi, who visited Torkham crossing to assess the situation of Afghan immigrants deporting from Pakistan, said that the deportation of Afghan immigrants from Pakistan is against all international norms and principles. Hanafi said that the current Afghan government is fully ready to address the challenges of the Afghan refugees coming from Pakistan. “Forced deportation of immigrants…
By Mumtaz Alvi in The News, October 31, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Core Committee Monday aired serious reservations about the state’s ‘ongoing planned attempts to pollute the election environment by creating uneven playing field ahead of the elections, using coercive tactics against PTI leaders and workers’. The forum also referred to ‘delaying the issuance’ of PTI’s electoral symbol ‘bat’ unnecessarily. In its meeting, the core committee urged that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) should…
edit in Daily Times, Oct 23, 2023After the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, concerns are growing over the increasing activities of terrorists in areas bordering Afghanistan. It’s a cause for alarm not only for Pakistan but for the entire international community. The interim Afghan government shares responsibility for this situation, as it has allowed banned groups like Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and various other terrorist organizations to thrive within its borders. Pakistan’s security forces stand vigilant…
By Azaz Syed in The News, October 19, 2023ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan wanted the military’s help to foil the no-confidence bid against him, said Azam Khan, Imran’s former principal secretary. Imran, on March 27 last year, had brandished a piece of paper during a public rally and portrayed it as a copy of a cipher in his speech, alleging that the US wanted him out of power. Azam made the revelation to the…
report in Daily Times, Oct 14, 2023Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti Friday warned illegal immigrants in Pakistan to leave the country by the November 1 deportation deadline or the state would show “no compromise” in taking action against them. The interim government had earlier this month ordered all illegal immigrants, including 1.73 million Afghan nationals, to leave the country or face expulsion after revealing that 14 of 24 suicide bombings in the country this year…