by Om Prakash Thakur in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 17, 2023.Farmers in Sarlahi staged a protest in Hariwan Municipality on Saturday afternoon, demanding the government provide them with a subsidy amount of sugarcane sold last year and fix the minimum support price for this year. Protesters rallied from Krishna Chowk to Indu Shankar Sugar Mills carrying sugarcane and converged in an assembly. The farmers demanded the government fix the minimum support price of sugarcane Rs750…
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by Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, Sept 27th, 2023LAHORE: With the PML-N seemingly undecided what its narrative would be in the upcoming elections, a close aide of PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif has claimed the party was not “demanding accountability of former army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and former ISI head Gen Faiz Hamid.” His statement coincided with reports from London that Mr Nawaz was having second thoughts to his stated position on his demand for…
by Syed Irfan Raza in Dawn, August 21st, 2023ISLAMABAD: Leaders from across the political spectrum — including the PTI’s opponents — reacted to President Arif Alvi’s claim of being undermined by his staff, with some demanding his resignation after he claimed he had not signed the two bills that were passed into law recently. Representatives of the country’s leading political parties said Mr Alvi had marred the sanctity of his office by putting an important…
report in Prothom Alo,Aug 11, 2023Ruling Awami League’s associate organisation Jubo League has submitted a a memorandum to election commission demanding a ban on politics of BNP. Jubo League general secretary Md Mainul Hossain Khan handed over the memorandum to EC secretary Md Jahangir Alam on Thursday afternoon. The organisation also sent memoranda to home ministry, foreign ministry and law ministry. After submitting the memorandum, Jubo League secretary Mainul Hossain Khan told journalists BNP wants…
By Najib Ahmad Najib in TOLOnews, June 12, 2023 at 1:13 PMFamilies of victims of night operations of foreign forces in Chak Maidan Wardak district are demanding justice from international courts and human rights organizations. They called the event a war crime and asked the international courts to punish the perpetrators for their actions. Shams Rahman, one of the relatives of the victims, said that as a result of the night operations of foreign forces…
report in The Island, Mar 16, 2023Many trade unions staged a one-day general strike yesterday, demanding that taxes, tariffs and interest rates be reduced. The organisers of the strike said they would intensify their trade union action unless the government heeded their demands. More than 40 trade unions, in several sectors, joined the strike, organised by the trade unions of professionals. Many other state and semi-state trade unions also supported the strike. The Trade Unions…