report in The Island, Dec 9, 2023The government is planning to set up an independent Commission of Truth, Unity and Reconciliation through an Act of Parliament, the President’s Media Division has said. The concept paper for the draft legislation is being drafted in consultation with stakeholders and will soon be accessible for additional comments emphasising an inclusive approach to strengthen national unity through truth, transitional justice, reconciliation, reparation and social cohesion, the PMD has said,…
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Report in Dawn, December 4th, 2023KARACHI: The Jahangir Tareen-led Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) on Sunday came up with serious reservations about the role of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and accused him of being ‘biased’ and supporting ‘just one party’. Former Sindh governor and senior IPP leader Imran Ismail described the role of the poll oversight body and its chief as ‘controversial’ not only in Sindh, but across the country and…
report in The Express Tribune, November 6th, 2023.PESHAWAR: Jamaat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq on Sunday said the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan should form a joint commission for the “dignified” return of Afghan refugees to their homeland and chalk out a strategy agreed upon by both sides for this purpose. “Pakistan has been hosting the Afghans for several years. Expelling them on an emergency basis will boost the morale of the common enemies of both the…
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, August 19th, 2023• Asserts fresh electoral rolls, delimitation are constitutional requirements, foregoing them would deprive voters of ‘true representation’• Says substantial changes have occurred in population of provinces, constituencies ISLAMABAD: Just a day after announcing a delimitation schedule that all but confirmed that polls would be delayed for longer than the stipulated 90-day period, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) defended its move, saying the exercise was a constitutional…
report in The Island, Jan 1, 2023Thursday’s meeting of Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa to appoint three civil society members for the Constitutional Council ended in a stalemate further delaying the appointments of independent commissions, parliamentary sources said. Speaker Abeywardena said that the meeting held at the Parliamentary complex ended without reaching any decision.He said that the Constitutional Council cannot function properly until all the members are…