By Amjad Safi in The News, December 14, 2023PESHAWAR: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Wednesday demanded an inquiry into the negotiations with militants and bringing them back to the country without taking parliament and people into confidence. Addressing the members of Peshawar High Court Bar Association (PHCBA) here, Bilawal said such elements should be exposed before the nation and held accountable for betraying the martyrs. PPP provincial president Syed Mohammad Shah Bacha,…
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Report in The Daily Star, Dec 01, 2023The upcoming national election is unlikely to be “participatory” and it is impossible to ensure public confidence in such an election, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) said yesterday. TIB organised a press conference on “Political Commitments for Democracy, Good Governance and Integrity: TIB’s Recommendations” at its Dhanmondi office yesterday, according to a press release. TIB placed 76 recommendations for fostering democracy, institutionalising democratic values and practices, establishing an effective…
by Dimuthu Attanayake in SCMP, Nov 20, 2023For years, several China-linked projects in Sri Lanka have come under fire for being “white elephants” that have failed to contribute significantly to its economy, but a free-trade agreement between both countries, policy revamp and more involvement by joint ventures could turn the tide, analysts say. Among the underperforming projects are the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA), built with US$191 million financing from the Exim Bank of China;…
Report in Dawn, October 30th, 2023CHARSADDA: Qaumi Watan Party chief Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has said instead of taking decisions ‘behind the closed doors’ in Islamabad regarding Afghan refugees’ deportation’ the government should have taken Pakhtun leaders into confidence to seek a viable solution to the lingering issue. Speaking at ‘Meet the Press’ programme of Mohammadzai Union of Journalists here on Sunday, he also expressed his anger over the atrocities inflicted on innocent Palestinians. He…
report in Global Times, Sept 25, 2023Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda attended the Nepal-China Business Summit held on Sunday in Beijing, where he witnessed enhanced China-Nepal economic and trade relations as a number of companies from the two countries expressed confidence in bilateral cooperation. On the sidelines of the summit, business participants from the two countries told the Global Times that China and Nepal have many common interests and large scope for cooperation,…
By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, March 21, 2023On Monday, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal got a vote of confidence for the second time in 70 days, this time with a different set of coalition partners. With the change in the major constituents of the coalition–the Nepali Congress, the largest party in parliament, replacing the second largest CPN-UML–the government is all set to move ahead in a new direction. “Today, the prime minister…
By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, March 21,2023The Madhesh-based Janata Samajbadi Party, Loktantrik Samajbadi Party and Janamat Party gave a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal during his floor test on Monday. Under the new power equation, the door has opened for government expansion. Although all three Madhesh-based parties are now part of the new alliance led by the Nepali Congress and the CPN (Maoist Centre), the Madheshi parties are divided.…
By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, March 21, 2023On Monday, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal got a vote of confidence for the second time in 70 days, this time with a different set of coalition partners. With the change in the major constituents of the coalition–the Nepali Congress, the largest party in parliament, replacing the second largest CPN-UML–the government is all set to move ahead in a new direction. “Today, the prime minister…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 18, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is set to seek a vote of confidence in the House on Monday and plans to expand his Cabinet by the week’s end. A meeting of the 10 political parties supporting the government on Saturday decided to give Dahal their vote of confidence. The meeting also decided to back a bill to amend the Enforced Disappeared Persons and Truth and Reconciliation…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 18, 2023With the elections of the President and the Vice President, the prime minister is now geared up to give a full shape to his Cabinet where two-thirds of the seats have been vacant since the CPN-UML, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party pulled out of the government last month. The prime minister is currently holding 16 of the total 21 ministerial portfolios. Prior to…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, .January 14th, 2023 Three days after Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal won a vote of confidence in Parliament with an overwhelming majority and three weeks after his appointment as prime minister, Dahal is still struggling to expand his Cabinet by bringing all the coalition partners on board. The abrupt U-turn of the largest party in Parliament, the Nepali Congress, to give Dahal the vote of trust, according…