By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 08, 2023In his first meeting with journalists after being appointed the chief justice in the last week of August, Bishwombhar Prasad Shrestha had claimed that the vacant positions of judges in the Supreme Court and other courts would soon be filled. He had said it was painful to see around half of the Supreme Court benches empty despite a huge workload at the court. However, close to…
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report on The Nation online, Oct 2, 2023 at 10:58 AMPakistan Customs has foiled a bid to smuggle Iranian diesel, worth Rs40.4 million in Gwadar, Balochistan. Customs Intelligence during an action in Gwadar, seized two oil tankers filled with 80,000 Iranian diesel worth Rs40.4 million. DG Customs Faiz Ahmed said the two tankers filled with Iranian diesel were being smuggled to parts of Balochistan when the action was taken. Receipts of a private fuel station…
By Rick Noack in The Washington Post, June 28, 2023SHINDAND, Afghanistan — In the U.S.-built district hospital of Shindand in western Afghanistan, the surge in patients took doctors by surprise. As their wards filled up in recent months, they repurposed staff space to make room for more patients and resorted to prescribing single doses of drugs that should be taken in three doses. Some patients with severe conditions have been turned away because of a…