By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Nov 24, 2023Dissident SLPP MP Dullas Alahapperuma told Parliament yesterday that 27,000 soldiers had deserted during the past two years.Participating in the third reading debate on Budget 2024 under the defence ministry expenditure heads, the MP said that the enmasse desertion by service personnel should be taken seriously by the defence authorities. “There seems to be a serious problem here and it warrants immediate attention because there could be dangerous…
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Illegal migrants unwilling to return identified: officials
By globalpoliticsnews on November 19, 2023
by Umer Farooq in Dawn, Nov 19th, 2023PESHAWAR: With hundreds of undocumented Afghan migrants leaving Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for their country on Saturday, the provincial authorities have identified the “illegal aliens”, who are staying put despite the expiry of the Oct 31 deadline for voluntary repatriation. Officials told Dawn here that the government had conducted another survey to find the foreign nationals continuing to live in the province without documentation. They said that 19 out of…
US move to stop deportation of 25,000 Afghan workers:
By globalpoliticsnews on November 6, 2023
By Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, November 6th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The United States embassy has issued letters to over 25,000 Afghan nationals under the process of relocation to and resettlement in America and shared their names with authorities in Pakistan, diplomatic and other sources told Dawn. However, these Afghan nationals face an uncertain future as Pakistan has raised objections over the list, according to a senior Interior Ministry official. At present, these Afghan nationals are living…
Rooppur plant becomes nuclear facility today
By globalpoliticsnews on October 5, 2023
by Ahmed Humayun Kabir Topu in The Daily Star, Oct 5, 2023With the handing over of radioactive fuel to Bangladesh authorities today, the country will be the 33rd nuclear fuel user in the world. The Rooppur power plant will also become a nuclear facility. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to attend the handover ceremony in Rooppur of Pabna via video link, says a press release issued by the Ministry…
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By globalpoliticsnews on August 27, 2023
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has provided an in-depth account of its ruling regarding an appeal filed by the Punjab caretaker government against a prior LHC directive that prohibited authorities from arresting former Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi in undisclosed cases. On August 21, a division bench of the LHC, presided over by Justice Muhammad Waheed Khan, dismissed the Punjab government’s intra-court appeal. The authorities had submitted the appeal in response to a single-judge…
Bangladesh seeks to drop 4 more Indian LoC-funded projects
By globalpoliticsnews on August 20, 2023
by Jahangir Shah in Prothom Alo, Aug 20, 2023Bangladesh has apparently lost its interest in undertaking projects under the Indian Line of Credits (LOC). It has already withdrawn eight projects from the Indian cluster loan during the last three years, while the authorities proposed withdrawal of four more projects. The situation is largely attributed to a range of factors, including strict loan terms, high demands of contractors, and hassle of taking approval at every point,…
Patients suffer as MRI Scanner lies defunct at Anuradhapura Hospital
By globalpoliticsnews on June 13, 2023
by Sheain Fernandopulle in Daily Mirror online, June 12, 2023 at 08:00 pmThe MRI scan machine at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital is non-functional, forcing the hospital authorities to send patients to other hospitals. Speaking to Daily Mirror, Hospital Director D.M.S. Samareweera stated, “We are in the process of bringing the machine back into operation as final repairs are ongoing.” “Repairs have been underway for the last two months and we are now at the final…
Authorities Respond to UN’s Decision to Suspend Activities in Afghanistan
By globalpoliticsnews on April 13, 2023
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, April 12, 2023The de facto government on Wednesday responded to the United Nations’ decision to suspend activities in Afghanistan due to the ban on female aid workers, saying they did not want to create obstacles for the UN; instead wanted to “make it clear that this is an internal issue of Afghanistan.” On Wednesday, a statement issued by the Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid on the recent announcement…
Public Universities: Racked by ragging
By globalpoliticsnews on April 9, 2023
report in The Daily Star, Apr 9, 2023In the absence of a policy to act as a deterrent, ragging goes on unchecked at some public universities, as the authorities concerned seem indifferent to the need for curbing the menace. “Ragging” is a term used for the so-called “initiation ritual” practised at higher educational institutions. It involves psychological and physical torture — abuse, humiliation and harassment — of freshers or juniors by senior students, and takes…
Six Daesh Affiliates Killed in Herat City
By globalpoliticsnews on March 5, 2023
By Nasir Ahmad Salehi in TOLOnews, Mar 4, 2023 at 8:26 PMSix people affiliated with Daesh group, including a woman, were killed during a security forces’ operation on a hideout in Herat’s PD14, Herat security authorities said. The operation occurred last night, and one of those killed was a foreign national, according to Herat’s security command. “The security command forces went to the area, after a quick fight between them, six of the Daesh members…
Bombs, grenades seized in Bajaur raid
By globalpoliticsnews on February 1, 2023
report in Dawn, February 1st, 2023BAJAUR: The authorities claimed on Tuesday to have recovered two improvised explosive devices (IEDs), seven rocket-propelled grenades and fuses in Mamond tehsil near the Pak-Afghan border here. The recovery was made during an intelligence-based operation conducted jointly by a team of police and Bajaur Scouts, according to a statement issued from the district police officer’s office in Khar. It said the IEDs and grenades were hidden there by some miscreants…