Report in The Island, Oct 16, 2023Sri Lanka wants China to share with other creditors the terms of its recent $4.2 billion bilateral debt deal, a step needed to help the country speed up the process of restoring its finances over a year after it defaulted. Sharing the information would ensure transparency and assure other bilateral creditors that they’re getting a comparable deal, news agencies have quoted Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, as sayng…
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by Iftekhar Mahmud in Prothom Alo, Oct 16, 2023One in four people in the country are food insecure, and 46 per cent of the poor population is in this dire situation according to the data revealed in a survey report released this month by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). The report, titled ‘Bangladesh Food Security Monitoring Report: May-August,’ was released on 3 October. According to the report, the increase in natural calamities in…
report in The News, Oct 14, 2023ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf said Friday there might be an understanding behind the return of Nawaz Sharif to the country. “Obviously, there must have been some understanding for the return of Nawaz Sharif to the country. Why he’s coming back now? Why he didn’t come back earlier,” he said in a response to a question by a journalist in an informal talk with a delegation of…
by Jamal Shahid in Dawn, Oct 14th, 2023ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body on Friday was informed that 215 individuals had been arrested under blasphemy charges with the highest number of arrests made in Sindh, which was 78. A significant session of the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights took place at the Parliament House, which was presided over by Senator Walid Iqbal. The committee addressed multiple pressing issues, including the blasphemous act in Jaranwala, which led…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 13, 2023The Special Representative of Russia for Afghanistan has once again emphasized the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan and stated that Moscow is concerned about the political structure in the country. Zamir Kabulov, in an interview with Anadolu Agency, said that Moscow has no complaints about the foreign policy of the Taliban. However, it disagrees with this group on its domestic policies. He emphasized…
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…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 13, 2023The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation of Afghanistan has announced that 26 Afghan citizens have been released from Pakistani prisons and returned to their country. The Ministry announced on Thursday on its social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that 26 Afghan citizens detained by Pakistani police have been released from custody in Pakistan. The Ministry has clarified that these 26 Afghan citizens, who…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 13, 2023The government’s refusal to allow BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to receive treatment abroad could lead to a new political crisis in the country, warned 23 eminent citizens in a joint statement yesterday. They also urged the government to consider the issue. Khaleda’s doctors recommended that she be sent abroad immediately for treatment. And according to the country’s top lawyers, there is no legal barrier to sending her abroad,…
By Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, October 12th, 2023ISLAMABAD: National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) Chairperson Nilofar Bakhtiar on Wednesday said that there should be a uniform minimum age for girls’ marriages across the country and practitioners of all religions should comply with it. “I suggest that the minimum age for girl marriage should be 18 in Pakistan but in Punjab and some other provinces minimum age is 16. The minimum age…in Christian and…
by Ibrahim Shinwari in Dawn, October 6th, 2023KHYBER: Amid the government’s ultimatum for all undocumented immigrants to leave Pakistan by the end of October, 30 Afghan families have returned to their country via the Torkham border crossing over the last couple of days. Though immigration officials termed it a ‘routine affair’, independent sources attributed the sudden rise in return of Afghan families to the government’s ultimatum. Sources close to the development said the number of…
by Amin Ahmed | Manzoor Ali in Dawn, October 8th, 2023ISLAMABAD / PESHAWAR: The international humanitarian community has called on Pakistan to continue extending protection to all vulnerable Afghans who have sought safety in the country, as they could be at imminent risk if forced to return to Afghanistan. This concern was also echoed by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, who said that refugees’ right to shelter, healthcare and legal counsel must be protected…