report in The Express Tribune, August 23, 2023LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed on Tuesday its deep concerns over the lack of transparency surrounding the detention of women associated with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) since May 9, riots. In a press release, the HRC said that more than three months had passed since the PTI supporters were arrested but it was still not clear how many women were currently in jail. It…
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report in Dawn, August 19th, 2023HYDERABAD: Representatives of the Commission for Inter-Faith Harmony have urged Chief Justice of Pakistan, Chief of Army Staff and other government functionaries to form a commission to probe the tragic Jaranwala incident. Fathers Danial Fayaz, Jamil Albert, Shahzad Khokhar, James Castloino and others said at a press conference at local press club on Friday that if perpetrators of such crimes had been punished in the past, the Jaranwala incident would…
Report in Pakistan Today,August 19, 2023ISLAMABAD: The senators of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) spoke against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to carry out new delimitations, saying that it was “unconstitutional” as the electoral body is bound to hold elections within 90 days. A day earlier, the poll organising authority announced the schedule of new delimitations to be carried out as per the new census approved by the Council of Common…
report in TOLOnews, Aug 12, 2023 at 10:22 AMThe commission to assess the Problems of Booksellers said that at least 30 percent of booksellers have stopped their business due to lack of a good market. Abdul Wodod Mukhtarzada, a member of the commission, told TOLOnews that the booksellers are also complaining about high taxes which are difficult to pay as their business has dropped. “We used to sell more than 500 books and we had…
report in Prothom Alo,Aug 11, 2023Ruling Awami League’s associate organisation Jubo League has submitted a a memorandum to election commission demanding a ban on politics of BNP. Jubo League general secretary Md Mainul Hossain Khan handed over the memorandum to EC secretary Md Jahangir Alam on Thursday afternoon. The organisation also sent memoranda to home ministry, foreign ministry and law ministry. After submitting the memorandum, Jubo League secretary Mainul Hossain Khan told journalists BNP wants…
by Mohiuddin Alamgir in The Daily Star, Aug 11, 2023The Election Commission yesterday officially declared two “little-known” and “suddenly established” parties — Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) and Bangladesh Supreme Party (BSP) — as registered political parties with the commission. The EC unanimously decided to register the parties. BNM’s symbol will be an “anchor”, while BSP will have “ektara” as its symbol, read an EC statement. This registration took place just ahead of the next polls,…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 5, 2023As a parliamentary panel prepares to finalise a bill to amend the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act, the insurgency victims, human rights activists and civil society members staged a sit-in in the Capital on Friday to pressure the committee to correct flawed provisions in the bill. Carrying placards with various slogans, they demanded the sub-committee of the Law and Justice Committee of the House of…
Report in Dawn, July 25th, 2023PESHAWAR: Unidentified gunmen killed an official of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Service Commission in the limits of the Shahpur police station here on Monday morning, officials said. They said Arshad Khan, a resident of Charsadda district, who was serving as the commission’s director examination, was travelling to his office along with his driver when he came under attack. Aftab Khan, an official at the Shahpur police station, said Ismail Khan,…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, July 24, 2023CWC General Secretary and Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development Minister Jeevan Thondaman yesterday (23) said that he intended to consult lawmakers representing the hill country regarding Indian grant of Sri Lanka Rs 3 bn exclusively for the Indian origin Tamil community here. The new entrant to parliamentary politics said that their proposals would be submitted to New Delhi through the High Commission here. Minister Thondaman said…
by Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews, May 30,2023 at 10:02 PMA framework created by the Commission for the Return and Communications with Former Afghan Officials and Political Figures has been finalized, a spokesman for the commission said. According to the spokesman, obeying the government is one of the main stipulations in the framework. The framework is comprised of 15 principles—including property, legal, and commuting issues. “In the initial time, the number of returnees was high. I…