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AL’s election preparations: Initiatives to bring BNP leaders in election individually, not the party

by Anowar Hossain in Prothom Alo, Nov 8, 2023Dhaka: Governing Bangladesh Awami League has intensified its initiatives to encourage a certain section of the leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to break away from the party and contest in the upcoming 12th parliamentary elections individually. They have already targeted 60-70 leaders of the party and started communicating with them in different ways. The concerned sources of the ruling party said they hope some 40-50 leaders…

MQM-P worker among three shot dead in ‘targeted attacks’:

By Imtiaz li in Dawn, October 23th, 2023KARACHI: A worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and two others were gunned down in suspected targeted attacks in different parts of the city on Sunday, police said. They said that Niaz Husain, 45, was gunned down by armed motorcyclists near Aman Chowk in Khairabad within the remit of the Manghopir police station on Sunday evening. An area police officer, Saeed Wahab, said that the victim was a…

Human Rights violations-different standards for different nations

Edit in Daily Mirror, Oct 28, 2023In March 2021 The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution giving UN Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet a mandate to collect and preserve information and evidence of war crimes committed during Sri Lanka’s nearly 30-year-long civil war, which ended in 2009.The Washington Post reported the Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Eelam (LTTE), held more than 300,000 civilians ‘hostage’ to enforce a ‘strategic human buffer between themselves and the…

MQM-P worker among three shot dead in ‘targeted attacks’:

By Imtiaz Ali in Dawn, October 23th, 2023KARACHI: A worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and two others were gunned down in suspected targeted attacks in different parts of the city on Sunday, police said. They said that Niaz Husain, 45, was gunned down by armed motorcyclists near Aman Chowk in Khairabad within the remit of the Manghopir police station on Sunday evening. An area police officer, Saeed Wahab, said that the victim was a…

All registered parties can take part in general elections: caretaker PM

by Umer Farooq in Dawn, October 14th, 2023PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Friday said that different political parties have different opinions rega­r­ding the general election, but the caretaker government will hold polls as soon as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announces the schedule. “Every political party registered with the ECP is entitled to file [nomination papers] for its candidate,” the caretaker PM said, while talking to media person about the caretaker government’s…

Levies official, two others shot dead in Mastung, Kalat

by Abdul Wahid Shahwani in Dawn, September 4th, 2023KHUZDAR: A member of Levies Force and two other people were shot dead in two different firing incidents in Mastung and Kalat districts on Sunday. Officials said that some unknown assailants barged into the house of a Levies official in the Johan area of Mangochar town of Kalat district and opened fire, killing him on the spot and injuring his wife. Members of the Levies Force rushed…

Bangladesh has one judge for 95,000 people

by Emran Hossain Sheikh in Dhaka Tribune, Aug 31, 2023The number of pending cases in Bangladesh has doubled in the last 15 years due to the crisis of judges. Currently, as many as 4.2 million cases are pending in the country’s different courts. There is only one judge for every 94,444 people in Bangladesh. On the other hand, neighbouring India has one judge for every 47,619 people and Pakistan for every 50,000 people. The information…

CTD arrests eight ‘militants’

report in Dawn, August 27th, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested eight suspected militants linked with banned outfits during operations in different areas of the province. According to the spokesman, the CTD conducted 74 intelligence-based operations in different districts of the province to effectively deal with any untoward incident of terrorism, in which 74 suspected people were interrogated and eight alleged militants were arrested with weapons, explosives and other…

Separatist groups behind escalating violence in Rohingya camps

by Abdur Rahman in Dhaka Tribune, Aug 26,2023Friday marks six years since Rohingyas sought shelter in Bangladesh, and they are still stranded amid the complexities of geopolitics. Over the past six years, a total of 186 killings have occurred in the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh, which can be linked to the criminal activities of different separatist groups. Of the 186 deaths, 85 took place between August 25, 2022 and August 24 this year. In comparison,…

Coalition split on revising common programme:

By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, March 21, 2023On Monday, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal got a vote of confidence for the second time in 70 days, this time with a different set of coalition partners. With the change in the major constituents of the coalition–the Nepali Congress, the largest party in parliament, replacing the second largest CPN-UML–the government is all set to move ahead in a new direction. “Today, the prime minister…

Afghanistan: Chinese Investors Keen on Investing in Different Sectors

By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press online, June 14, 2023Recently, several Chinese investors have traveled to Maidan Wardak to assess potential business opportunities in the central Afghan provinces, official sources said. During the visit, Chinese investors met with the governor of Maidan Wardak province Qari Bakhtyar Mouaz and stated they are interested to build production plants of kitchen utensils, wire nets, and diapers, according to reports. The report added, these foreign investors would like to…