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GM Quader: Northern Bangladesh facing discrimination for many years

by Liakat Ali Badal in Dhaka Tribune 25 Dec 2023Jatiya Party (JaPa) Chairman and party candidate for Rangpur-3 GM Quader claimed on Sunday that northern Bangladesh, the Rangpur region in particular, has been facing discrimination and deprivation in both political and development fields for a long time. “The people of Rangpur have always faced discrimination in both politics and development as JaPa Party is the biggest political party of the northern region… the whole northern…

Turbat long marchers say facing transport curbs

by Imran Gabol in Dawn, Dec 20th, 2023LAHORE: Thousands of people joined the Baloch Yakjehti Council (BYC) marchers on Tuesday as they reached Taunsa Sharif on Tuesday, protesting against alleged extrajudicial killings. The marchers plan to spend the night in Taunsa Sharif and will decide whether to continue their long march to Islamabad on Wednesday. Previously, the protesters held a sit-in in DG Khan and blocked Globe Square, demanding transport for their onward journey. Their…

PPP vows to spring ‘Jiyala’ surprise on Feb 8

by Syed Ali Shah in The Express Tribune, Dec 1st, 2023QUETTA: The top-most leadership of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Thursday promised to spring ‘Jiyala’ surprise in the Feb 8 general elections, claiming that their rivals were nowhere near even understanding the problems facing the people. The PPP held a major power show in the Balochistan capital to commemorate the party’s 56th foundation day, where party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Co-chairman Asif Zardari and…

CPEC expansion plan in doldrums

by Shahbaz Rana in The Express Tribune, Sept 26th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: China has not agreed to further expand cooperation in areas of energy, water management, and climate change under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), underscoring the challenges that both the sides are facing in deepening the economic ties. Moreover, Islamabad gave up its opposition to setting up a new imported coal-fired power plant in Gwadar and also agreed to a number of Chinese demands to address…

Facing Unemployment, Young People Illegally Migrate

report in TOLOnews, June 11, 2023 at 12:38 PMYouth in Kabul told TOLOnews that at as the unemployment level in the country rises, young people must inevitably take the path of illegal immigration. Young people said it has become more difficult to cover the costs of living in the current situation and therefore they have to go to neighboring countries or farther away. Abubaker is a resident of Laghman and head of a 9-member family…

Qatar Hosts Meeting on Challenges Facing Education in Afghanistan:

By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikza in TOLOnews, Mar 20,2023 at 10:10 PMQatar hosted talks on the future of education in Afghanistan and the challenges and obstacles facing it, the Qatar foreign ministry said in a statement. The statement said that Assistant Foreign Minister Lolwah Al Khater, with the participation of the CEO of Education Above All Foundation, Fahad Al Sulaiti, represented Qatar in the talks held in Doha, where a delegation from the Afghan Ministry…