By Rathindra Kuruwita in The Island, Sept 7, 2023Former President and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) leader Maithripala Sirisena, yesterday (06), said that threats to political leaders often came from their closest allies. Sirisena said so at the SLFP HQ in response to a question from a journalist on the decision to expel Dayasiri Jayasekera from the SLFP. Asked why he had removed one of his closest allies from the SLFP, Sirisena said, “These things…
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report in Dawn, February 25th, 2023NORTH WAZIRISTAN: A tribal elder was killed and his son injured when the vehicle they were travelling in came under attack here on Friday, the police said. Malik Remal Wazir along with a son was travelling in a vehicle when unidentified assailants opened fire on it, leaving the elder dead on the spot and seriously injuring his son, officials said, adding the assailants escaped. The officials said deceased’s son was…