By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 09, 2023Management of the provincial police and civil service falls under the explicit authority that the Constitution of Nepal grants to provincial governments. As per Schedule 6 of the statute, the provinces can have their own police force and civil servants. The first five years of the provincial governments passed by without the police and civil services being set up. As the federal government continues to be…
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report in Pakistan Today, Sept 27, 2023ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar affirmed on Tuesday that the military will continue to play a significant role in the country’s politics unless civil institutions bolster their organisational capabilities. This persistent imbalance prompts military interventions in the daily affairs of the government, Kakar stated during an interview with TRT World. Kakar attributed this lopsided civil-military relationship to the long-standing deficiencies in civilian institutions over the past four…
report in The Daily Star, July 14, 2023US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya has wanted to know from the civil society leaders about the protection of human rights defenders and trade union leaders. She also wanted to know about the security and protection of the ethnic minorities in the Chattogram Hill Tracts. The issues were discussed during a meeting of Uzra Zeya with five civil society and trade union…
By Anup Ojha in The Kathmandu Post, June 22, 2023A dispute between the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) and the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) over a piece of land has escalated to a new level. The dispute started after CAAN barred the KMC from developing a park for children and elderly on a piece of land at Sinamangal. Later, the municipal police led by its chief Raju Nath Pandey reached the area and removed…
report in The Dhaka Tribune, Mar 11, 2023A report by US-based independent watchdog group Freedom House, Bangladesh saw an improvement in the situation of political rights and civil liberties in 2022, compared to the previous year. According to the 2023 edition of the report Bangladesh stood under the category of “partly free” with an overall score of 40 out of 100 under the section “Global Freedom Score”. The report, titled “Freedom in the World 2023:…