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Suspected al Qaeda affiliate acquitted

report in The Express Tribune, July 16, 2023LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench, headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi, has set aside the trial court’s conviction and acquitted a suspected affiliate of the terrorist organisation al-Qaeda, according to its detailed verdict issued on Saturday. The court observed that a person offering their mobile phone for scrutiny could implicate them for any offence so this would amount to self-incrimination, which was prohibited under the Constitution.…

India stealing a march on China on rail connectivity with Nepal?

by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 19, 2023 As a Chinese technical team started a feasibility study for the proposed Kerung-Kathmandu cross-border railway, India has almost completed a detailed feasibility study for the Raxaul-Kathmandu Railway project, officials at the Department of Railways said. The two projects highlight the geopolitical rivalry between the two neighbouring giants who are competing for influence in Nepal. In late December, a six-member Chinese team representing the China…