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New, more powerful task force formed to probe ‘passports for Afghans’ scandal:

By Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, October 26th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior formed a nine-member joint task force on Wednesday to investigate the issuance of over 12,000 passports to Afghan immigrants. The joint director general of the Intelligence Bureau is the convener of the task force, which also includes Grade-20 officers of Military Intelligence, Inter-Services Intelligence and Federal Investigation Agency, a notification seen by Dawn showed. Other members include the director general of the…

New political party led by ex-BNP leader in the offing

by Gazi Firoz in Prothom Alo, Oct 15, 2023Chattogram: A new political party from Chhattogram named ‘Pragatishil Ganatantrik Forum’ is going to be formed soon. Chattogram south unit BNP’s former leader and former vice president of Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (CUCSU) Nazim Uddin will be the chairman of the party. Azim Uddin, CUCSU’s former general secretary elected from Samajtantrik Chhatra Front, is going to be the secretary general of the party. Nazim Uddin claimed…

Jirga being formed for footballers’ release

report in Dawn, Sept 14th, 2023QUETTA: Security forces have failed to trace the whereabouts of young players, despite passage of one week since the launch of an operation to find the kidnapped footballers in the Kachhi canal area of Sui tehsil. While officials in Dera Bugti said search operation was still on amid hopes that young football players would be recovered, the local administration decided to constitute a tribal jirga comprising elders of different Bugti…

Proposed UNP-led alliance: Top N-E parties to play ‘major role’

by Sahan Tennekoon in The Daily Morning, July 25, 2023The United National Party (UNP) said that the supporters of several major parties in the North and the East are to play a major role in the massive UNP-led alliance which is to be formed under the leadership of incumbent President and Party Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe for the future Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, The Daily Morning learnt. Sources also claimed that ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna…

Maoists intensify negotiations to form a ‘socialist front’

by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 14, 2023Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Centre) chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Saturday said that a ‘socialist front’ would soon be formed, one that will lay a strong foundation for the unification of the country’s communist forces. The motive of the socialist front, according to Maoist leaders, is to develop a common understanding among the socialist forces and take the delayed peace process to a logical…