By Aftab Ahmed & Asim Yasin in The News, Nov 15, 2023MITHI: As Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif headed to Balochistan, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Tuesday advised the three-time prime minister to keep his focus on Lahore and address the problems his party faced in the Punjab instead. “I would suggest Mian Sahib to stay in Lahore and focus on its problems,” said the PPP chairman during a…
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By Jamila Husain in Daily Mirror, Nov 15, 2023With a Presidential election scheduled for next year, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said he had still not made a decision if he would re contest the presidency as his focus presently was to terminate Sri Lanka from bankruptcy. Responding to a question by the Daily Mirror at a meeting with the Editors at the Presidential Secretariat last evening, Wickremesinghe did not confirm nor deny his plans of a…
.by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, July 21, 2023A debate is going on in Parliament, mainstream media and social media as to whether the Nepal Army should be downsized, right-sized, the status quo maintained, or if the size should be increased. The debate was first triggered by two members of Parliament, Bimala Rai Poudyal of the CPN-UML in the National Assembly and Swarnim Wagle of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, in the House of Representatives,…
by Mohammad Al-Masum Molla in The Daily Star, May 28, 2023The BNP now plans to focus on one point: resignation of the Awami League government. It will drop its current 10-point demand then, party leaders say. After the weeklong anti-government programme concludes today, the BNP will work on launching the one-point movement, they said, adding that the weeklong programme is in fact a preparation for the one-point movement. The US visa policy has encouraged the…
by Anowar Hossain in Prothom Alo, May 19, 2023Awami League wants to ensure victory of its candidates in upcoming elections to five city corporations and simultaneously keep control of the streets in the face of agitation of the opposition parties. AL would continue its counter movement if BNP creates any anti-government agitation. However, the ruling party would focus more on city corporation elections if BNP does not take to the streets in this time. The…