by Kamran Yusuf in The Express Tribune, Dec 31, 2023ISLAMABAD: At the start of the year, which coincidentally happened to be two months after the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced the end of a ceasefire with the Pakistani government, Peshawar’s Red Zone was rocked by a suicide blast that killed hundreds. Although the TTP initially claimed responsibility for the heinous attack and later retracted the statement, the incident set the tone for Pakistan’s relations with…
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By Naveed Hussain in T-magazine, Express Tribune, Dec 31, 2023The recent dramatic uptick in terrorist violence has again shone the spotlight on the safe havens of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terror group in Afghanistan. “Average TTP attacks per month increased from 14.5 in 2020 to 45.8 in 2022 and expanded in geographical scope, reflecting increased operability and improved weaponry acquired when the Afghan government collapsed in August 2021,” according to the Global Conflict Tracker. Official…
Report in Dawn, December 30th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: Suspected militants torched a government higher secondary school for girls in Kotka Mambati Barakzai area of Bannu on Thursday night. A police official said the school was located in Miryan tehsil. He added the attackers set the science lab and equipment dumped there on fire. The official said the laboratory and staffroom along with furniture and other objects were destroyed. He added the militants also took away the…
Report in The Daily Star, Dec 30, 2023BNP Standing Committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan today said time is still there for the Awami League-led government to hold talks with political parties to get out of the political crisis. He also urged the ruling party to do politics understanding the character and psychological traits of the people of Bangladesh. He made the remarks while addressing the inaugural function of the biannual council of a faction of…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, December 29, 2023The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan says that it continues to engage in communications and negotiations with officials of the Taliban government regarding border and security issues. Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, the spokesperson for the ministry, stated on Thursday in a press conference that Islamabad wants Afghanistan to be a hub of trade and energy connectivity in the region. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson added…
report in Prothom Alo, Dec 29, 2023Foreign ministry spokesperson Seheli Sebrin has said if India raises an objection to China’s proposed Teesta project, then the government will deal with the issue from a geopolitical perspective. She made the remark at the regular briefing of the ministry today, Sunday. Chinese ambassador Yao Wen on 21 December said, “We’ve already received proposals for some development projects relating to the Teesta river from Bangladesh. We are waiting till…
by Malik Asad | Kalbe Ali in Dawn, December 29th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Hours after a local court ordered release of 34 Baloch protesters from the police custody, Baloch Yekjehti Committee (BYC) leader Dr Mahrang Baloch gave a seven-day deadline to the government to commence a meaningful dialogue and resolve the issue of missing persons. Speaking at a news conference after attending a seminar titled ‘Resilience and resistance; unveiling the long march against Baloch genocide” at the…
By Rafiq Mangat in The News, December 28, 2023ISLAMABAD: An election will be held in early 2024, at which the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) expects a victory for the coalition, led by the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN), under former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, “with help from the military, despite widespread discontent with the government’s austerity measures”. The EIU says in its assessment the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party will lose. “Domestic protests will intensify,…
report in Prothom Alo, Dec 28, 2023The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has started its three-day public campaign and distribution of leaflets calling people to boycott the ‘dummy’ elections and build a public opinion in favour of their non-cooperation movement demanding the resignation of the incumbent government in the second phase of its ongoing movement. According to concerned sources, the party is likely to declare the same type of programmes at the end of this 3-day…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 28, 2023At a time when Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has publicly vowed to reshuffle his Cabinet, the Nepali Congress, the largest party in the government, is reviewing the performance of its ministers. The primary agenda of the party’s central working committee meeting that convenes on Thursday is to review and assess the performance of nine ministers who are currently serving in the Dahal government, said party leaders. The…
by Behram Baloch in Dawn, December 27th, 2023GWADAR: A large motorcycle rally took place in Gwadar on Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of the government crackdown against workers and leaders of Haq Do Tehreek (HDT). Led by HDT chairman Maulana Hidayatur Rehman Baloch and other leaders, hundreds of motorcyclists and participants from various areas of Makran division reached Gwadar town and joined the rally. The event began at Javed Complex and concluded at Lala…