By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, December 25, 2023Sources confirmed to Khaama Press that Parisa Azada, a member of one of the Afghan women’s protest movements, has been released from the Taliban administration prison after 40 days and has returned to her family. According to the source, Parisa, who had been arrested on November 14, was released from prison on Tuesday, December 25. Local media outlets have also confirmed the news of her…
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by Krishna Prasad Gautam/ Hariharsingh Rathaur in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 25, 2023Fifty-two-year-old Nar Bahadur Mahar moved his family of seven from the tarpaulin tents they had been living in since the November 3 earthquake to a hut he had built using corn stalks as protection from the cold. He was hoping to make better arrangements with the grant he was to receive from the government to build a temporary shelter before the December cold…
by Basant Pratap Singh in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 14, 2023.On October 22, a 40-year-old woman from ward 4 of Kedarsyun Rural Municipality in Bajhang, fell off a cliff while cutting grass and suffered critical injuries. She was rushed to Dhangadhi town of Kailali for lack of a good hospital in Bajhang. But the doctors in Dhangadhi advised her family to take her to a well-facilitated hospital. However, her family thought it better to take…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, December 3, 2023Based on the new facilities, the U.S. Department of State has announced that Afghan citizens residing in the United States who hold Green Cards and Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) and temporary residency can now apply for residency for their family members in Afghanistan. On Saturday, December 2nd, the U.S. Department of State stated that the U.S. government has introduced these new “Family Joining Visas” for…
report in The Express Tribune, Dec 1st, 2023An audio clip, purportedly featuring Bushra Bibi, the wife of Imran Khan, chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and his lawyer, Latif Khosa, is circulating on social media, indicating differences within the former prime minister’s family amidst his incarceration. In the audio clip, Bushra and Khosa can be heard discussing their grievances against Khan’s sisters. The former first lady recalls a recent incident when Khan’s sisters raised concerns about…
report in The News, Nov 6, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: Two members of a family were killed and three others sustained injuries in a landmine blast in the Kotka Noor Khan area here on Sunday, police officials said. They said that Niaz Gul, along with his wife and three sons, identified as Saeed Khan, 17, Yasim, 9 and Yarman, 5, was working in his field when a sudden explosion occurred. Saeed Khan and Yarman died on the…
Bureau Report in Dawn, October 21st, 2023PESHAWAR: Two former provincial ministers were reportedly arrested and several others managed to escape as police launched a fresh crackdown on the leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday. PTI workers and family members claimed that police arrested former minister for higher education Kamran Bangash while raids were conducted on the houses of former ministers and lawmakers in Peshawar. In Bajaur tribal district, police arrested former provincial…
ByAihtesham Khan/Mahnoor Tahir/Ahsan Jehangir Khan in The Express Tribune, Oct 16, 2023PESHAWAR/ ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE: In a country where half the populace consists of women, the issues pertaining to women are often swept under the rug or classified as a family matter, which has resulted in women not only feeling unsafe in the country but also distrusting its criminal justice system. For instance, despite the rise of social media and various feminist and human rights movements…
report in The News,October 15, 2023QUETTA/MULTAN: Six labourers were martyred while asleep and two wounded after gunmen targeted them in an overnight attack in Turbat, officials said. According to police, unidentified gunmen targeted the labourers sleeping in an under-construction house. The deceased, who included four family members, among them two brothers, have been identified as Rizwan, Shehbaz, Waseem, Shafiq Ahmed, Mohammad Naeem and Sikander. Ghulam Mustafa and Tauheed were injured in the attack. Expressing condolences…
Hidden trials
Editorial in Dawn, Dec 16th, 2023THE special court hearing the high-profile cipher case has accepted a plea from the prosecution seeking in camera proceedings. Consequently, former premier Imran Khan and his foreign minister at the time, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, will now be tried behind closed doors. Of late, hearings were held in Adiala Jail where family members of the accused were able to attend. Now, while their presence may be allowed, they are forbidden from…