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‘Vindicated’ Nawaz Sharif vows to steer Pakistan out of crisis

By Murtaza Ali Shah in The News, Oct 21, 2023DUBAI: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif Saturday said that he is returning to the country “vindicated”, expressing confidence in his party to steer Pakistan out of crises. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo was speaking to journalists at the Dubai airport before boarding a special flight to the country, ending four-year self-imposed exile. Nawaz Sharif, who was ousted in a 1999 coup, is returning to Pakistan…

Ex-ally becomes foe in spat over poll date

report in The Express Tribune, Oct 15, 2023ISLAMABAD: Amid reports of political wheeling and dealing to force more delay in holding the general elections, the PPP on Saturday reiterated its call for an immediate announcement of the polls schedule, asserting it was the sole means to steer the country out of the myriad of crises. PPP’s Faisal Karim Kundi’s statement in the wake of a recent meeting between JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and PML-N…

PM Dahal tours on as Nepalis tackle crises

by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 30, 2023Completing his half-month-long visit to China and New York, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is returning home on Saturday from Chengdu. This is probably the first time that a Nepali prime minister has been out of the country for two weeks, amid several crises including doctors’ protests and teachers’ agitation, price rises ahead of big festivals, a struggling economy and poor governance. Also, the regular House…

Iranian diplomat accuses US of continuously fomenting instability in Afghanistan

By Fidel Rahmati in the Khaama Press online, August 10, 2023A senior Iranian diplomat has accused the United States is deliberately fostering instability in Afghanistan to create crises for neighbouring countries. In an interview with Iran’s state news agency IRNA on Wednesday, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran’s special representative for Afghanistan, asserted that after the complete withdrawal of US forces. Since the withdrawal of the foreign forces in 2021, the United States has supported what he…

President calls for implementation of 13A

By Saman Indrajith in The Islad, Aug 10, 2023 President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday called for the implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution to resolve the country’s crises. Making a special statement to Parliament, the President said that there were various issues pertaining to the implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. “We have to resolve these issues to move forward as a country,” he said. Thanking everyone who had attended an all-…

World Economic Forum report: B’desh faces five major risks in the next two years

report in Prothom Alo , 13 Jan 2023,Bangladesh faces five major risks in the next two years with sustained inflation, debt crises and severe commodity price shocks being the top three challenges for its economy, said a report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Besides, human-made environmental damage and geopolitical contestation of resources are the rest two risks the nation might face in the short term, according to WEF’s The Global Risks Report 2023,…