By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Dec 20, 2023Re-elected leader of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Mahinda Rajapaksa (MR) and its founder Basil Rajapaksa (BR) declared last week that the party would definitely win the next national election. The boastful prediction was made at the second convention of the party held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium on Dec 15, two days after the SLPP voted for President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s (RW) Budget for 2024, presented…
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By Arun Bikash Dey in The Daily Star, Nov 30, 2023Although BNP and its allies have boycotted the next parliamentary elections slated for January 7 next year, candidates nominated by Awami League in 16 constituencies of Chattogram will not go uncontested. This time, they are set to compete against their own party members who would vie for the polls independently. Several AL leaders from Chattogram, who did not get party tickets for the 12th parliamentary…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 27, 2023 at 9:25 PMAfghan nationals in India, including students, complained about the existing challenges as the embassy has remained closed following the announcement of a “permanent” closure of the Afghan embassy in New Delhi, effective on November 23. The Afghans based in India called on the Indian government and interim Afghan government to not politicize the issue of refugees. They said that lack of access to facilities such as…
report in ToloNews, Nov 24, 2023 at 10.01PMNajibullah Haqqani, the acting Minister of Communication and Information Technology, said that the leader of the Islamic Emirate in a cabinet meeting ordered all the ministries to deal with the challenges faced by the immigrants. Officials of the Islamic Emirate in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar said that from the October 23, more than 100,000 Afghans who were forcibly deported from Pakistan have returned to the country through…
By Zebunnisa Burki in The News, Oct 21, 2023KARACHI: Political commentators feel that the fragile economic situation; Nawaz Sharif’s ‘narrative’; how he deals with Imran Khan; and the Punjab voter’s alleged proclivity for voting for establishment parties are the immediate challenges that await Nawaz as he returns home today. For some analysts, though, Nawaz Sharif’s politics are well past their sell-by date already. The News talked to political commentators on what challenges Nawaz faces as…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, Oct 12, 2023ISLAMABAD: PTI chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court, challenging the trial court’s order for his upcoming indictment in the cipher case. He has also sought bail in two National Accountability Bureau (NAB) cases. The Special Court (Official Secrets Act) on Oct 9 distributed copies of the challan among the counsel for Mr Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi and decided to indict…
by Shahbaz Rana in The Express Tribune, Sept 26th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: China has not agreed to further expand cooperation in areas of energy, water management, and climate change under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), underscoring the challenges that both the sides are facing in deepening the economic ties. Moreover, Islamabad gave up its opposition to setting up a new imported coal-fired power plant in Gwadar and also agreed to a number of Chinese demands to address…
report in TOLOnews, Sept 5, 2023The activities of seven media outlets in Paktia have stopped due to economic challenges after the Islamic Emirate took over the country. According to the officials, these include four radio stations, two print media outlets, and one online media outlet. “The media operating in the province have many economic problems and there is no specific source to finance them,” said Sayed Omer Adil, head of a radio station in Paktia.…
report in TOLOnews, Sept 5, 2023The activities of seven media outlets in Paktia have stopped due to economic challenges after the Islamic Emirate took over the country. According to the officials, these include four radio stations, two print media outlets, and one online media outlet. “The media operating in the province have many economic problems and there is no specific source to finance them,” said Sayed Omer Adil, head of a radio station in Paktia.…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 4, 2023 .The Rastriya Swatantra Party, which took many by surprise when it got established as the fourth largest in the House of Representatives elections within months of its formation, has encountered challenges in expanding its influence in Madhesh. Though the party has launched various activities in the province composed solely of Tarai districts, its leaders said they have realised that they have to put extra effort…
report in The Island, Aug 18, 2023Wang Yi, Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, (and Foreign Minister) said, on Wednesday, that China would help Sri Lanka effectively address the challenges of financial debt. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, said so during a meeting with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on the sidelines of the…