by Behram Baloch in Dawn, December 27th, 2023GWADAR: A large motorcycle rally took place in Gwadar on Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of the government crackdown against workers and leaders of Haq Do Tehreek (HDT). Led by HDT chairman Maulana Hidayatur Rehman Baloch and other leaders, hundreds of motorcyclists and participants from various areas of Makran division reached Gwadar town and joined the rally. The event began at Javed Complex and concluded at Lala…
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Report in Dawn, December 27th, 2023ISLAMABAD: As Baloch protesters remain encamped outside the National Press Club to press authorities for the acceptance of their demands, some unidentified armed men on Monday night barged into the camp – right under the nose of the police – and took away the sound system used by the demonstrators. Despite denial of any involvement or knowledge of the incident by the relevant authorities, including the Islamabad police and the…
By Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee in The Daily Star, Dec 06, 2023The decision on Awami League’s seat-sharing with the 14-party alliance partners seems to be stalled over the demands from Bangladesh Workers Party and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD). According to sources, the AL wants to share two seats with each of the parties, but Workers Party and the JSD seek to have the same number of seats they were given in the 2018 national election. Currently,…
by Amna Ali in The Express Tribune, Dec 5, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) requested on Monday the federal government for the deployment of Pakistan Army and the civil armed forces personnel at polling stations during the upcoming general elections on February 8. The request, made through a letter addressed to Federal Interior Secretary Aftab Akbar Durrani, invoked Article 220 of the Constitution, emphasising the duty of all executive authorities to support the…
by Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, November 29th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: The head of the Afghan diplomatic mission in Pakistan was summoned on Tuesday by the Foreign Office (FO) and conveyed four demands including extradition of Hafiz Gul Bahadur, whose group carried out the recent terrorist attack in Bannu. Two civilians lost their lives while 10 others, including three security forces personnel, were injured in a suicide attack in Bannu’s Bakka Khel area, the Inter-Services Public…
report in Nepalnews.com, Nov 16, 2023Helpless cow protection campaign has demanded the establishment of Kanji House, a shelter for animals, in every local level to expand the Kathmandu Valley as a helpless cattle free zone. The campaign has been doing legal advocacy to end the trend of leaving cattle stranded in the streets. Expressing pleasure over the construction of a Kanji House in Dakshankali by the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, the campaign chair Uttam Pudasaini urged…
By Ikram Junaidi | Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, November 9th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday presented a 24-point Charter of Demands (CoD) to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) asking the watchdog to ensure free, fair and transparent general elections and provide level playing field to it so that the party can freely run its campaign in the run-up to the Feb 8 polls. The PTI’s legal team comprising Barrister Ali Zafar,…
By Saleem Shahid in Dawn, October 26th, 2023QUETTA: Negotiations between the Balochistan government and the participants of a sit-in at Chaman remained fruitless on Wednesday as the All Parties Traders Alliance refused to call off the protest unless its demands were accepted. The demands include restoration of the permission to cross the Pak-Afghan border on production of the national identity card only. The government had announced earlier this month that no one would be allowed…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 7, 2023Bangladesh authorities must immediately and impartially investigate the attack on journalist Mosharraf Shah and hold the perpetrators accountable, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Friday. CPJ said this in an article published on its website. Referring to a statement by “Bangladeshi Journalists in International Media” and the journalist, CPJ said Mosharraf, a reporter of the daily Prothom Alo, was severely beaten by 15 to 20 men…
report in The Express Tribune, Sept 28, 2023ISLAMABAD: Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Chairman Dr Qibla Ayaz reiterated on Wednesday the CII’s demand for the establishment of special courts to expeditiously hear cases related to crimes like the Jaranwala incident and punish the perpetrators. Addressing a press conference after the 234th special session of the CII, titled ‘Interfaith Harmony: State and Society’s Responsibilities’, he urged the public not to take the law into their own…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, Sept 19th, 2023WASHINGTON: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) held a large rally outside the White House on Sunday evening where they once again blamed the Biden administration for involvement in ‘regime change’ in Pakistan. So far, it was PTI’s largest rally outside the White House since their government was toppled in April last year. People had come from all over the East Coast, including Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. Even…