By Munawer Azeem | Atika Rehman in Dawn, December 21st, 2023ISLAMABAD/LONDON: As a long march led by Baloch women against enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings, reached the outskirts of the federal capital on Wednesday, Islamabad police blocked entry points of the city along with major arteries to prevent the protesters from reaching the National Press Club. Initially, police blocked Jinnah Avenue and other routes leading to the press club. Later on, they also blocked Srinagar…
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by Syed Irfan Raza in Dawn, December 14th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The caretaker federal cabinet on Wednesday extended a deadline for the repatriation of Afghan nationals who have been residing in the country without proper documentation, but waiting to relocate to Western countries under their respective resettlement plan. Other significant decisions made by the caretaker cabinet included the formulation of the National Space Policy, establishment of the National Cybercrime Investigation Agency (NCIA), and a telecom tribunal to…
By Binod Ghimire in Kathmandu Post, Dec 01, 2023The Rastriya Swatantra Party has finally shown some clarity on its view of Nepal’s provincial setup, a vital cog in the new republic’s federal machinery. A joint meeting of the party’s central committee and parliamentary party on Wednesday endorsed party chief Rabi Lamichhane’s political paper, which has proposed alternatives to the provincial mechanism. The political paper says the current provincial setup will take the country nowhere. Provinces,…
by Umer Burney in Dawn, Nov 28, 2023Citing “serious security risks”, Adiala jail authorities failed to present PTI Chairman Imran Khan before the special court at Islamabad’s Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) on Tuesday as per the orders of the same court’s judge. Last week, Special Court Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain, who is hearing the cipher case, had issued directives that the PTI chief and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi be presented at the FJC.…
report in The News, Nov 22, 2023ISLAMABAD: In order to make the security of foreign embassies in the federal capital Islamabad fool-proof, CDA has started the construction of a new strong security wall on all four sides of the Diplomatic Enclave. This wall is ten feet high and the length is ten kilometers. So far, six and a half kilometers of the wall have been constructed. The total cost of the project is Rs950 million…
By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 31, 2023The writer covers parliamentary affairs and human rights for The Kathmandu Post.Amid Supreme Court’s reluctance in deciding six petitions related to jurisdiction row between the federal and provincial governments, a new petition has been lodged by the Bagmati Province arguing that the centre has overstepped its authority in transport management. As per the decision of the provincial Cabinet, Laxman Lamsal, provincial minister for labour, employment and…
by Khaleeq Kiani in Dawn, Sept 25th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Highlighting ‘incomplete devolution’ and institutional weaknesses as key development and governance challenges and pinning little hopes on technocratic government, the World Bank has advised Pakistan to create a ‘National Council of Ministers’ — comprising key federal and provincial representatives — to fill the vacuum for simultaneous and coordinated strengthening of poorly performing federal and provincial institutions, policies and accountability systems. “While technocratic interventions are unlikely to transform…
by Mateen Haider in The Nation, Sept 5, 2023ISLAMABAD – President Arif Alvi who was expected to announce the date for the general elections deferred the announcement on Monday after meeting with federal law minister Ahmed Irfan Aslam. During the meeting, President Arif Alvi emphasised the need for upholding supremacy of the Constitution, saying that decisions should be taken in accordance with spirit of the Constitution. Caretaker Minister for Law and Justice Ahmed Irfan Aslam…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, Sept 5th, 2023ISLAMABAD: After finding the Election Commission unsympathetic to his request for an election date, President Arif Alvi emphasised the need to holding elections in 90 days, during a meeting with caretaker Federal Minister for Law and Justice Ahmed Irfan Aslam on Monday. President Alvi praised the caretaker prime minister’s resolve to act upon the apex court’s judgement on the matter. A statement issued by the President’s secretariat said…
by Tika R Pradhan in the Kathmandu Post, July 9, 2023It’s been eight years since the promulgation of Nepal’s new constitution, but the implementation of federalism remains on the backburner due to a lack of political will at the federal and provincial levels. Politicians leading the provincial governments continue to complain to their seniors in the federal government about the lack of devolution of constitutionally-guaranteed power. It took the federal government years to pass the…
report in The Himalayan Times, June 26, 2023Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal Chairman Upendra Yadav has said federalism is flawed itself.”Even though the federal structure has been implemented, it is flawed and the constitution should be amended to execute it correctly,” he said.Stating that there is no other option but to amend the constitution to realise federalism, he said the form of government has been distorted. Stating that no government could be stable when it is a…