By Umar Cheema in The News, Dec 7, 2023ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani was among thousands of Afghan citizens who had Pakistani passports until recently. The News has learnt from interior ministry officials that these passports were issued from different cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Sindh. Haqqani was issued a Pakistani passport for five years which he used to travel abroad, particularly to Qatar for negotiations with the United States for the signing…
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By Nazir Shinwari in ToloNews, Oct 2, 2023A joint statement of the meeting of the heads of states from Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) with the Federal Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, said that the participants stressed the importance of an inclusive and representative government in Afghanistan with the active participation of all ethnic, religious and political groups, and the respect for and protection of basic human rights and fundamental freedoms of all…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, Sept 6th, 2023WASHINGTON: The US State Department has said it was up to the consular officials at the Pakistan Embassy to issue or reject a visa request by a US citizen, and it did not relate to them. The issue was raised after recent media reports claimed the Pakistan Embassy had denied visas to US citizens of Pakistani origin because of their links to PTI. The reports added that some…
By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Aug 14, 2023Sri Lanka’s sovereignty and national security are in jeopardy as an Indian company will gain access to citizens’ personal data through a project to print digital national identity cards, JVP-led NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake says. Making a special statement in Parliament, Dissanayake said on Friday (11) that the tender for the printing of digital NICs had not yet been given but the arrangements had been made…
Editorial in The Nation, July 8, 2023On Thursday, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of parliament took notice of the leakage of citizens’ data by the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), directing the interior ministry to investigate the matter. Even though data security issues have been around for a while, the matter has gained further attention with the information of military officials being leaked, highlighting how serious the threat is and how it continues to…
By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Feb11, 2023Sri Lanka needs a new Constitution that protects the rights of all citizens, and implementing 13A or 13+ is not a solution to the problems faced by the people, National People’s Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, addressing Parliament, has said. A referendum should be held, on the new Constitution to be made, so that the people would be able to decide its fate, Dissanayake said. “We propose…