by Anowar Hossain in Prothom Alo, Dec 7, 2023Dhaka: The governing Awami League has successfully brought together moderate, small, Islamic, and other parties, including the Jatiya Party (JaPa), to participate in the forthcoming 12th parliamentary elections that have been boycotted by the de facto opposition party, BNP. However, instead of competing against the Awami League, these parties are interested in collaborating and sharing seats with the ruling party. Many of these political parties have even…
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report in Daily Times, Oct 14, 2023Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti Friday warned illegal immigrants in Pakistan to leave the country by the November 1 deportation deadline or the state would show “no compromise” in taking action against them. The interim government had earlier this month ordered all illegal immigrants, including 1.73 million Afghan nationals, to leave the country or face expulsion after revealing that 14 of 24 suicide bombings in the country this year…
report in Prothom Alo, Oct 10, 2023During separate talks with the visiting US pre-election assessment team, the two major political parties Awami League and BNP displayed their conflicting and uncompromising stands. Neither of the parties is willing to make any sort of adjustment or compromise in their respective positions. The leaders of opposition BNP explained the reasoning behind their one-point demand for the resignation of the Awami League government and elections under a non-partisan government.…
by Rana Yasif in The Express Tribune, Aug 27, 2023LAHORE: The Christian community moved the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday against being pressurised by police officials to reach a compromise in the Jaranwala rampage case, requesting for a judicial inquiry committee to be formed to fairly investigate the incident. In a petition filed through advocate Shahbaz Fazal Saroya, petitioner Peter Charles, chairman of Grace Bible Fellowship Church Pakistan, also informed the court of the…
report in Prothom Alo, July 17, 2023Gono Odhikar Parishad has not got registration from the election commission as the party did not compromise with ruling Awami League, alleged its president Nurul Haque Nur on Sunday. Nurul Haque made the allegation after the EC on Sunday announced that it has decided to recognise two more political parties – Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) and Bangladesh Supreme Party (BSP) – with formal registration ahead of the forthcoming parliamentary…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, July 15, 2023Since the ordinance that criminalised the practice of loan sharking lost its validity on July 5, the District Administration Office, Dhanusa is struggling to bring alleged loan sharks to compromise and settle disputes with their victims. Last week, the government was unable to table a bill in the lower house to replace the ordinance, which was introduced in early May, owing to parliamentary obstruction by…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, May 19, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has made it clear there will be no compromise on national interests—Nepal’s unity, integrity and sovereignty—during his upcoming state visit to India. Responding to questions by CPN-UML lawmaker Raghuji Pant and Nepali Congress lawmaker Dilendra Badu during the question-answer session in the House of Representatives, Dahal said he wanted to reassure Parliament that there would be no compromise on issues related to the…