by Naeem Asghar in The Express Tribune, Dec 24, 2023ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government on Saturday opened dialogue with Baloch protestors demanding an end to enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings prevalent in their province in order to resolve grievances, expressing willingness to continue the talks. The government committee, formed by caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar, engaged in talks with the Baloch protesters in Islamabad where they have announced a three-day ultimatum for the release of…
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By Asim Yasin in The News, November 28, 2023ISLAMABAD: The political and electoral dialogue committee of the Pakistan People’s party has decided to make contacts with all the political figures of the national and provincial levels and assigned important tasks to the committee members to schedule meetings with national and provincial personalities for possibilities of electoral seat adjustment. The meeting of the dialogue committee of the PPP was held with the chair of Secretary General…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 27, 2023 at 10:09 PMMore than 150 high profile people including opposition figures of the Islamic Emirate, analysts and envoys of many countries and international organizations attended the 11th Herat Security Dialogue, where they exchanged views on the situation of Afghanistan. The participants discussed the political and security situation of Afghanistan as well as the status of women and provision of humanitarian assistance to the country. Some of the participants…
Report in Prothom Alo, Nov 16, 2023Chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal unveils the election schedule at a televised speech on 15 November 2023.Screengrab BTV videoNoting significant differences among political leaderships, chief election commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal asserted that it is not impossible to avoid mutual mistrust and settle differences through a dialogue. In his speech for the nation on Wednesday, he humbly requested all the political parties to find out a solution as…
report in Prothom Alo, Nov 6, 2023Terming the Bangladesh Nationalist Party as a ‘party of terrorists’, governing Bangladesh Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said no dialogue can be held with that party. “The phase of dialogue has ended. Once we told them to scrape the conditions for dialogue but that time has ended,” he said. Obaidul Quader made these remarks while replying to queries from journalists at the Awami League’s central office on…
Report in The Daily Star, Nov 02, 2023The Election Commission has written to the BNP and other registered political parties, inviting them to take part in talks that will be held on November 4, said sources. The commission will inform the parties about its election preparations and also listen to their recommendations, according to EC officials. However, EC Secretary Jahangir Alam yesterday refused to make any comment when a reporter asked him whether the EC…
By Ansar Abbasi in The News, Oct 19, 2023ISLAMABAD: Doors, which the PTI is knocking for talks, are tightly closed as yet and no decision has been taken at the government level to engage the party or initiate a dialogue process. Official sources said the impression given by the PTI following Information Minister Murtaza Solangi’s meeting with Shafqat Mehmood was totally misplaced as the caretaker government had not taken any decision to initiate such dialogue.…
By Ansar Abbasi in The News, Oct 18, 2023ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti has said that in his view, there is no room for any dialogue with the attackers and planners of May 9. Talking to The News, he said like the caretaker government, President Dr Arif Alvi also has a limited role, as the latter has completed his tenure. The interior minister was contacted for his comment on PTI’s request to President Arif Alvi…
By Ansar Abbasi in The News, Oct 18, 2023ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti has said that in his view, there is no room for any dialogue with the attackers and planners of May 9. Talking to The News, he said like the caretaker government, President Dr Arif Alvi also has a limited role, as the latter has completed his tenure. The interior minister was contacted for his comment on PTI’s request to President Arif Alvi…
by Nasir Iqbal in Dawn, September 8th, 2023• SCBA demands release of political prisoners, opposes civilians’ trials under army act• Advocates civilian supremacy, asks army to stick to constitutional role; demands treason case against ECP officials• Seeks end to perks enjoyed by state officials at public’s expense, dialogue on economy ISLAMABAD: A convention organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association on Thursday called upon the bar associations to observe a countrywide strike on Sept 9…
By Shamsurrahman Khpalwak in ToloNews, Sept 7, 2023 at 8:34 PMThe Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said that one of Islamic Emirate soldiers was killed and two others were injured as a result of yesterday’s clashes at the Torkham crossing between the Pakistani military and the Islamic Emirate forces. Mujahid did not address the cause of the clashes, but he emphasized that tensions should be solved through dialogue. “We ask the Pakistani side to be…