Report in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 25, 2023Almost six months after Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s visit to India, the status of progress and follow-up to the agreements reached during the four-day official trip are dismal, said lawmakers and foreign policy experts. During a roundtable discussion on Friday organised by the Centre for Social Inclusion and Federalism (CESIF), Raj Kishor Yadav, the chairman of the parliamentary International Relations and Tourism Committee, said the visit was…
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By Mohiuddin Alamgir in The Daily Star, Nov 06, 2023The Election Commission may hold the national election any day between January 6 and 9 with many experts pointing out that the atmosphere is not yet conducive to free and fair polls. The EC is considering several possible dates, but there is a strong possibility that the 12th national election will be held in the first week of January, an official said, adding that the final…
By Malik Asad | Nasir Iqbal in Dawn, October 12th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The latest judgement providing a right to appeal, but eliminating the retrospective effect of the law, in cases decided under Article 184(3) has divided the legal community, which hotly debated the ramifications of this decision for PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif, on Wednesday. Lawyer Mohammad Ikram Chaudhry told Dawn that in decisions in which a review has not been filed, an application could be…
report in The Daily Star, May 23, 2023Ensuring access to maternal services from skilled healthcare professionals is urgent since around 20,000 women still suffer from fistula in the country, according to experts. Obstetric fistula is a hole between the birth canal and bladder and/or rectum, caused by prolonged, obstructed labour without access to timely, and high-quality medical treatment. Another type of fistula termed an Iatrogenic fistula, is caused by a surgical error, most often during…
by Dimuthu Attanayake & Agencies in SCMP, Mar 9, 2023The long-awaited IMF financing will not “drastically change the trajectory of things” for Sri Lankans struggling with rising costs of living, but it could provide a much-needed confidence boost that the country’s economic recovery is on the right track, experts have said. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to give final approval later this month for its US$2.9 billion, four-year bailout package after Sri Lanka…