by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, December 20, 2023 .The election for the National Assembly scheduled for January 25 will be another litmus test for Nepali Congress chief Sher Bahadur Deuba. As promised earlier, Deuba is almost prepared to field party leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula, who aspires to enter the upper house from the Koshi Province. Twenty of the National Assembly’s total 59 seats fall vacant on March 3. One of the vacancies will…
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By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir in The News, October 30, 2023ISLAMABAD: The election in the country could be held in the third week of January, a week earlier than indicated by the Election Commission of Pakistan more than a month ago. The schedule for polls will be announced in the first week of December and elections may be held in January. Sources in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) told The News here Sunday that no…
report in Daily Times, Sepr 21, 2023A provision of sedition has been added to the challans of all the suspects, including PTI chairman and deposed premier Imran Khan, believed to be involved in the May 9 mayhem earlier this year. SSP Investigation Lahore Dr Anoosh Masood Chaudhry said Section 120-B (punishment for criminal conspiracy) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) had been imposed in all the cases including the primary one of the May 9…
by Munawer Azeem in Dawn, August 29th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Shortly after her release on bail, Islamabad police re-arrested lawyer and human rights activist Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir from outside Adiala Jail on Monday in connection with a case registered a day earlier on terrorism charges. Ms Mazari-Hazir was granted bail by an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Monday alongside former South Waziristan MNA Ali Wazir against surety bonds of Rs30,000 each. Earlier, a judicial magistrate had granted…
report in The Daily Star, July 25, 2023With the arrest of the ameer of militant outfit Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya yesterday and arrest of its many top leaders and operatives earlier, the group has lost much of its strength, said officials of Rab and CTTC. The law enforcers had previously identified the group as a serious security threat due to its combat training, operational tactics, and activities. Members of the elite force arrested ameer…
Report in The Island, July 22, 2023 President Ranil Wickremesinghe was adept at causing rifts in political parties, TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran said in a television interview on Friday.The MP also said that the Tamil political parties had met the President earlier this week. “During the meeting, I told the President that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had promised India three times that he would fully implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. President Rajapaksa said…
By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, June 17, 2023Earlier, the Koshi province was facing two problems—one related to its nomenclature and the other being the UML-led government falling into minority. And now, there is one more. The Koshi provincial government on Thursday unveiled a Rs36.24 billion budget for the fiscal year 2023-2024 through an ordinance. Opposition parties that had earlier warned the chief minister against governing through ordinances, say they will not support the…
by Rajeev Syal, Home affairs editor, in The Guardian, Apr 1, 2023An Afghan who worked with the British Council and is applying to come to the UK has been told to retrieve documents from the Taliban or risk rejection, despite assurances earlier this month that such demands would end. The Ministry of Defence apologised on 18 March after an investigation found that applicants to the Afghan relocations and assistance policy (Arap) scheme were required to…
report in The News, Jan 31, 2023RAWALPINDI: Security forces and intelligence agencies killed a terrorist in Kurram district, who had martyred two intelligence officers in Khanewa earlier this month. Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Counter-Terrorism Director Naveed Sadiq and Inspector Nasir Abbas of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) had been martyred when they were sitting in a roadside hotel in Khanewal on January 3. According to the ISPR, the intelligence agencies after hectic efforts and using latest technology…