by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, Sept 13th, 2023WASHINGTON: The militant Islamic State group (IS) has become a more enduring threat than Al Qaeda after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, Gen Kenneth Frank McKenzie, former head of the US Central Command, said in television interviews last week. Gen Erik Kurilla, the current Centcom chief, had voiced similar apprehensions in a recent interview, saying that the IS could carry out an “external operation” against the United States…
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Report in Dawn, August 21st, 2023TOBA TEK SINGH: Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad Vicar General Fr Abid Tanveer says that hundreds of Catholic Christians of Jaranwala waited in Christian Colony for caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi but he visited an area of a small community and ignored the Christian Colony. He said the biggest church of Jaranwala, Catholic Church, located in Christian Colony, was burnt and demolished in the riots and 200 houses were damaged in…
By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, April 28, 2023More than a month after a change in the ruling coalition ahead of the presidential elections, the CPN-UML has lost power in two provinces, resulting in the appointment of new chief ministers on Thursday. Nepali Congress provincial assembly leader Surendra Raj Pandey has been appointed the new chief minister of Gandaki Province while another Congress assembly leader Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary was appointed the chief minister…
report in Daily FT, Apr 22, 2023The Chief Prelates of all three Buddhist sects have written to President Ranil Wickremesinghe on the proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill and have urged him to remove certain concerning provisions from it before passing it in Parliament. The Prelates noted that a strong opposition has arisen in the society against provisions that will violate the right to expression and peaceful dissent which are key components of a country’s democracy. They also…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, April 22, 2023After the failure of the Constitutional Council in nominating a candidate for chief justice, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Friday had a meeting with CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli to discuss nominations and endorsement of the bills in parliament. Dahal’s attempt was to woo Oli, who is the leader of the main opposition, to ensure that the next meeting of the council would be fruitful while also…
By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, April 17, 2023It has been more than a week since the CPN-UML pulled out of the Madhesh provincial government. Three coalition partners—Nepali Congress, CPN (Unified Socialist) and Loktantrik Samajbadi Party—are yet to join the government led by Chief Minister Saroj Kumar Yadav of Janata Samajbadi Party that includes ministers from the CPN (Maoist Centre) and Janamat Party. The exit of CPN-UML, the second-largest party in the federal parliament,…