by Imran Malik in The Nation, Jan 14, 2023The people of Pakistan have spo ken. And the government must pay heed. – The widespread, spontaneous, and vociferous protests by the people of the erstwhile FATA, in particular both Waziristans, Bajaur, Wana, Lakki Marwat, Bannu, D I Khan, Swat, etc against the re-emergence of terrorists in their areas must have taken Terrorism Central (myriad terrorist groups milling around in the wildlands of Afghanistan) and the Afghan…
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By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press online, Jan 13, 2023The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) plans to send a delegation to Afghanistan to discuss women’s rights to education and employment with the Taliban interim government. The decision was taken at an extraordinary meeting of the OIC in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, initiated by Türkiye – aimed at highlighting the concerns over the recent restrictions imposed by the Taliban government barring women from university education and employment…
report in Dawn, January 13th, 2023SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Protesters in South Waziristan Lower demanding restoration of peace announced to end the sit-in being held for seven days and celebrated an agreement signed by them and the government on Thursday. The residents had been staging a sit-in at the district headquarters Wana in favor of their demands. They were demanding restoration of peace, ending armed groups, reopening of Angor Adda border crossing with Afghanistan for business activities…
report in Dawn, January 13th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: Elders of Marwat and Bittani tribes on Thursday announced that they would help law-enforcement and security agencies maintain peace in the region and won’t allow terrorists to use their soil for carrying out their activities. The announcement was made in a jirga called by the district administration in line with the government’s policy to engage elders for peace efforts. A government team comprising deputy commissioner Fazal Akbar, district…
Report in The Kathmandu Post,Jan 13th, 2023The largest party in the House of Representatives, Nepali Congress, which is facing criticism for giving its confidence vote to the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government, is eying the key positions of President and Speaker. Normally in parliamentary democracy, the main opposition does not give the vote of confidence to the prime minister, but the Congress extended the trust vote to Dahal, which is now courting controversy. Though Congress leaders…
report in The Morning, Jan 12, 2023The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) has expressed deep regret yesterday (11) in protest against the decision taken by the Government of Canada to impose sanctions on former State officials including former Presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa over alleged gross and systematic human rights violations linked to the war. Accordingly, it was mentioned on the official Twitter account of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the subject Minister,…
report in ToloNews, Jan 11, 2023 at 10:26 PMMore than 16 months have passed since the Islamic Emirate was established in Afghanistan, but “an official cabinet” is yet to be announced and the government is still administered by acting ministers. The Islamic Emirate’s deputy spokesperson, Bilal Karimi, said that current operations in governmental institutions are proceeding normally and that efforts are also made to establish an official cabinet. “Whenever we see a shortage anywhere, efforts…
report in economynext, Jan 10, 2023 at 3:41 pmECONOMYNEXT – The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and the formerly rival centre-right United National Party (UNP), the party headed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, will join forces to contest the local government elections that may or may not take place in March this year. UNP general secretary Palitha Range Bandara told reporters following a discussion between the president and SLPP representatives Monday January 10 that the…
by Mohammad Al-Masum Molla in The Daily Star, Jan 11, 2023The BNP plans a spectacular turnout in today’s sit-in to send the government a message that there is no alternative to a caretaker administration for the next election. Like-minded parties will also organise simultaneous demonstrations in the 10 organisational divisions of the BNP. Their first simultaneous demonstration was held in the capital on December 30. Insiders said they are likely to demonstrate in districts across…
By Susannah George in The Washington Post, Jan 10, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. ESTISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Taliban hard-liners are consolidating their control over Afghanistan with the recent bans on women’s education and work, overriding the wishes of some Taliban officials in the capital, Kabul, and at the provincial level, according to government and aid officials. The Taliban’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, and his fellow ultraconservatives based in Afghanistan’s second city of Kandahar are cracking down…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 11, 2023The Department of Customs collected just Rs24.71 billion in revenue until January 9 in the month of Paush (mid-December 2022 to mid-January 2023) against the month’s target of Rs58 billion, suggesting a clear struggle of the government in meeting its revenue target. The situation of revenue collection appears to be worsening as the government feels the pressure to arrange resources to finance the growing administrative…