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Girls Over 6th Grade Concerned About Their Educational Future:

Report in TOLOnews Online, Dec 08, 2023 at 8:43 PMAt the end of the 1402 solar school year, a number of sixth grade girls have expressed concern about not being able to go to school next year. They asked the caretaker government not to prevent girls from going to school in the next academic year. More than two years have passed, and there is still no news about the reopening of school for girls above…

TI voices concern over govt’s anti-Afghan comment

report in The News, Nov 19, 2023LAHORE : Tanzeem-e-Islami (TI) Ameer Shujauddin Shaikh has voiced concerns over the statement of Caretaker Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar calling the Afghan government illegitimate. Addressing a meeting on Saturday, he said it is inappropriate and undiplomatic for a caretaker prime minister to declare Kabul an illegitimate regime. He said the PM should keep in mind that an international conspiracy is being hatched to divide Muslim states waging proxy war…

Zardari scoffs at alliances marshalled against PPP

REPORT IN THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE, NOV 15, 2023KARACHI: Former president Asif Ali Zardari has shrugged off concerns about emerging alliances aimed at challenging his party’s dominance in the upcoming Feb 8 general elections. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Zardari said he was confident that PPP would secure victories across the nation in the upcoming polls while disregarding the electoral alliances marshalled against the party to put a dent in its electoral prospects. The PPP…

UN voices concern over arrest spree in Bangladesh

Report in The Daily Star, Nov 08, 2023The UN yesterday expressed concern over the large number of people arrested in Bangladesh recently. Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general, said this at a press briefing in response to a reporter saying that BNP did not participate in the Election Commission’s dialogue even though the party was demanding fair elections. “Well, I can’t speak to why, I mean, I don’t have the details. I can’t speak…

Attacks after poll schedule worry PTI

by Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, November 5th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday expressed concern over terrorist attacks on security forces days after the announcement of the general election date. The party issued the statement hours after nine terrorists were killed as security forces foiled a terrorist attack on the Mianwali Training Air Base of Pakistan Air Force. A day ago, 17 soldiers and five civilians were martyred in militant attacks in Gwadar, Dera…

PMLN concerned over poor law and order:

Report in The News, October 19, 2023BARA: The office-bearers of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) on Wednesday expressed concern over the worsening law and order in Bara and asked the police to stop harassing the people. Speaking at a press conference, PMLN provincial vice-president Zahir Shah Afridi, alleged that a police party from the Pishtakhara Police Station led by a DSP arrested Mohammad Khan along with his friends in a raid on Ring Road Peshawar…

From DSA to CSA: Key areas of concern stay

report in The Daily Star, Aug 10, 2023Not only was the Digital Security Act not repealed, the proposed changes in the law were not in line with the recommendations made by Bangladesh civil society groups and the United Nations. Also, no stakeholders were invited to review the draft changes before it was approved in the cabinet on Monday, and Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain has said the draft will not be revealed to the public…

China voices ‘concern’ over Taliban policies on women rights

AFP REPORT in Dawn, April 15th, 2023BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said his country is “concerned” about the impact of recent policies introduced by Afghani­stan’s Taliban government on the rights of women, state media reported on Friday. Qin’s comments at a regional summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, come after a decision by the conservative Taliban authorities to bar women from working for the United Nations sparked international outrage. “China and other friendly neighbours of Afghanistan…

Poor yields, prices cause concern among onion farmers

by Ahmed Humayun Kabir Topu in The Daily Star, mar 28, 2023Onion farmers in Pabna, the biggest producing district in Bangladesh, are not happy with the current market price for their crop while yields have also been unsatisfactory due to poor weather conditions. With harvests now in full swing, the production of local varieties of onion has fallen by 30 to 40 per cent while yields of hybrid varieties are lower as well, according to…

West: US Engaging With Kabul Despite ‘Grave Concern’ With Policies

By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews’, Mar 3, 2023 at 11:00 PMThe US special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West, said Washington has not seen significant steps towards normalization with the Islamic Emirate. In a special interview with TOLOnews, West stated that the current Afghan government lacks a permanent representative at the UN and official ties with international financial institutions. “We have not seen significant steps towards normalization with the Taliban, They do not have a…