report in The Express Tribune, December 18th, 2023.LAHORE: The PML-N party has finalized a nine-point agenda that will serve as a reference in their campaign for the upcoming general elections scheduled for February 8, 2024, according to a party spokesperson in Lahore. The agenda includes key points such as reducing government and administrative expenses, boosting the country’s income, enhancing productivity, reforming the tax system, and implementing immediate measures to increase exports. Other aspects of the…
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By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir in The News,Sept 7, 2023ISLAMABAD: The ECP is holding meetings regularly and concentrating on completing the process of constituency delimitation in an error-free manner. As such, the commission will not be rushing to announce the schedule of the general elections, with sources saying that: “it is unlikely that polling day will be determined any time soon and even before the end of the month as the specific question isn’t on the…
by Anil Giri inThe Kathmandu Post, Sept 3, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will not be short of agenda during his upcoming China trip. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is busy preparing the agenda for the upcoming China visit of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, with inputs from various other ministries. According to one secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office, as many as 100 proposals have been gathered so far. They will be processed by…
By Gagani Weerakoon in Ceylon Today, Sept 2, 2023President Ranil Wickremesinghe, upon concluding his brief visit to the Eastern Province, had set aside Sunday to exclusively study Cabinet papers. Though he had a few private meetings, he had ensured that official commitments would not be a part of his agenda, in order to inspect the Cabinet papers and circulars. On Monday morning the weekly Cabinet meeting took place and one of the main topics doing…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 22, 2023With just one month to go for Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s scheduled visit to China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working to finalise the visit’s agenda in coordination with various government agencies. Dahal is scheduled to visit China straight from New York on September 22 after addressing the 78th session of the United Nations general assembly. The prime minister is scheduled to address the…
report in The Kathmandu Post, July 22, 2023 The ongoing Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting of the Nepali Congress that is being live-streamed to the audience for the first time in the party’s history lacks a structured and focussed debate. A joint meeting of the party’s office bearers and former office bearers on Sunday had set the agenda for the meeting, which is taking place after a gap of almost a year. The party’s statute…
By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai in TOLOnews, April 28, 2023 at 10:17 PMA document received by TOLOnews highlighted the agenda and objectives of the UN meeting on Afghanistan to be held in Doha. The document said: “The circumstances facing Afghanistan have become more troubling and complex. Multiple, overlapping political, humanitarian and development challenges, combined with decision-making by the Taliban authorities undercutting basic human rights, particularly for women and girls, have put the country on a…
By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, April 27, 2023Top leaders of the political parties represented in parliament had on Monday agreed to constitute a Parliamentary Hearing Committee, as well as a special committee to finalise the amendment bill on the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act. They also agreed on the panels’ composition in terms of the number of lawmakers from each party. Based on the agreement, the Parliament Secretariat on Tuesday…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 13, 2023On Saturday, three parties based in the Tarai—Mahantha Thakur-led Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, CK Raut’s Janamat Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party of Ranjita Shrestha—forged a working alliance vowing to press ahead with their common agenda. To start with, they have fielded their own candidate for the Vice President election. This pits Mamata Jha against the ruling coalition’s official candidate in which they are also the constituents…
by Ali Tauqeer Sheikh in Dawn, Jan 26, 2023The writer is an expert on climate change and development.………WEF’s Pakistan specific report is chilling. Developed by Mashal, it has listed the top 10 risks that pose the biggest threats to Pakistan in the next two years: i) digital power concentration and monopolies; ii) failure of cybersecurity measures (including loss of privacy, data fraud or theft, cyberespionage); iii) rapid and/or sustained inflation; iv) debt crises; v) state…
by Imran Danish in TOLOnews, Dec 21, 2022The US Department of State said that Washington is not prepared to improve its relationship “with the Taliban” until and unless they actually start to uphold the commitments, they have made to the Afghan people. Addressing a press conference, the US State Department spokesman Ned Price said human rights are at the top of the agenda of his country. “In every engagement we have with the Taliban, human…