By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, December 10, 2023A meeting about the situation of Afghan girls and women is planned at the United Nations Security Council on Monday, December 11th. The meeting will take place behind closed doors. During this session, the United Nations Security Council is expected to review the proposals presented in the report by Feridun Sinirlioglu, the Independent Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Mr. Sinirlioglu’s report…
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report in The Sunday Times, Nov 26, 2023—President claims it comes under the executive branch but opposition say, it is part of the legislature —*Sumanthiran says his party has right to appoint member to CC and questions President’s commitment to solve the Tamil national issuePresident Ranil Wickremesinghe has triggered a political debate with his declaration in Parliament that the “Constitutional Council is part of the executive” and not the legislature as widely believed. The statement,…
report in Khaama Press online, Nov 24, 2023The situation in the region and Afghanistan was discussed in a joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers, and the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. Furthermore, on Thursday, the heads of state of the Collective Security Treaty Organization gathered in Minsk to discuss current international and regional security issues. According to the TASS news agency, in a meeting held in…
By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 22, 2023The writer covers parliamentary affairs and human rights for The Kathmandu Post.The Judicial Council has finally nominated justices for six of the seven long-vacant positions at the Supreme Court. A meeting of the council led by Chief Justice Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha on Tuesday picked four candidates from among high court career judges and two practising lawyers. The council has ditched the hierarchical norm in nominating high…
report in Dawn, Oct 1st, 2023SWABI: A member of Awami National Party (ANP) provincial council was shot dead by two unidentified motorcyclists here on Saturday. Javed Khan, 55, was the eldest son of Sher Hassan, a retired police officer and a member of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s Caravan. DSP Jawad Khan said that preliminary investigation made clear that the ANP leader was shot at from a very close range by the assailants. They moved close…
By Sohail Khan in The News, Sept 17, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday challenged the objections of the Supreme Court Registrar on its petition for declaring the Council of Common Interests (CCI) decision of August 5 about census as illegal and void ab initio. PTI Secretary General Umar Ayub filed an appeal in the apex court under Order V Rule 3 of the Supreme Court Rules 1980 against the September 14 order of the…
report in Khaama Press online, Sept 5, 2023The World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) and 63 human rights groups have jointly appealed to the UN Human Rights Council, urging the establishment of an independent investigation mechanism for Afghanistan. The recent letter highlights a disturbing trend over the past two years, characterized by a surge in reprisal killings, torture, arbitrary detentions, and enforced disappearances. This distressing situation encompasses human rights defenders, journalists, and artists and extends to…
By Fatema Adeeb in ToloNwewsm Aug 25m 2023 at 6.47 pm,The UN Security Council said in a statement that it will convene a briefing on the Secretary-General’s 17th biannual strategic-level report on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Daesh. According to the statement, the Daesh groups in Iraq and Afghanistan have been assessed by member states as the most serious terrorist threat in Afghanistan and the region. “The report…
By Fatima Adib in TOLOnews, July 24, 2023 at 8:28 PMIslamic Emirate’s Qatar-based Political Office once again asked the United Nations Security Council to lift the travel ban on current government officials. Suhail Shaheen said to TOLOnews that the interaction of the Islamic Emirate with the international community is a necessity, and the United Nations should lift the travel ban on the current government officials for better interaction. “Solving some issues in a peaceful way…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, July 04, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has been preparing to welcome Janamat Party in his government through a reshuffle of the current Council of Ministers. On Sunday, the prime minister met with Janamat chair CK Raut and urged him to join the government, sources said. Dahal is ready to allocate one ministry to the Janamat Party, said Janamat Party General Secretary Chandan Singh. “But we have some…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews Online, April 28, 2023 at 10:57 PMThe 37th meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan at the CSTO Ministerial Council was held on Thursday, the organization said. The statement said: “There was a detailed exchange of views on the situation in Afghanistan. The participants noted the persistence of unfavorable trends in the security situation, including the growth of terrorist and drug threats emanating from the territory of this country. It…