by Mubashir Hassan in The Nation, Dec 9, 2023LAHORE – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif Friday renewed his demand for accountability of former military generals and judges for ruining the country by ousting his government in 2017. Addressing the party’s parliamentary board which is finalising the tickets for the February 8 general elections, Sharif said: “We do not want to come into power to roam around in luxury cars…
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By Mariana Baabar in The News, December 08, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Thursday reaffirmed that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui remained the government’s utmost priority and her lawyer’s recent statements pointing to her alleged sexual abuse had been taken very seriously. “The prime minister of Pakistan has directed that this matter may be taken up by the Government of Pakistan with the US authorities to investigate the matter and to address it, as these are certainly very serious statements.…
By Kelum Bandara in Daily Mirror, Dec 7, 2023Colombo – With another inhuman case of ragging reported from Sri Jayewardenepura University, Higher Education Minister Suren Raghavan said many cases of harassment of juniors by their seniors within the universities go unreported but the government will leave no stone unturned in its attempt to eradicate the menace. Making his remarks in Parliament the other day, the Minister said the heads and facial hair of 15 students…
by Omer Farooq Khan in The Times of India, Dec 4, 2023 at 12.42 PM ISTISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Taliban have established a shadow rule in parts of the volatile northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, directing local officials and contractors to “consult and cooperate” with the outfit’s clandestine administrative apparatus. Such is the situation that KP governor Ghulam Ali expressed concern over the region’s security in a TV interview on Saturday, saying it was “unfavourable for political…
By Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 05, 2023A fresh legal battle between Nepali regulators and the owner of Ncell, the private sector telecom giant, could ensue following the Malaysian company Axiata’s decision to exit Nepal, allegedly without informing the Nepal Telecommunications Authority, officials and experts said. On December 1, Axiata announced that it had entered into an unconditional sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Spectrlite UK Limited (“Purchaser”) for the sale of…
by Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, Dec 1st, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has sent a clear message to the Afghan Taliban government that any future attacks having links to the neighbouring country would evoke a strong response, sources familiar with the development have said. Sources said the warning was conveyed through diplomatic channels after the recent attack in Bannu carried out by an Afghan national. This was the 16th suicide attack carried out by a national…
By Tariq Naqash in Dawn, November 28th, 2023MUZAFFARABAD: Two members of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) cabinet, elected from the Pakistan-based Kashmiri refugees’ constituencies, shocked government officials and staff of a local hotel here on Monday as they scuffled with each other on some alleged business dealing. The incident occurred in the porte cochère of the hotel where earlier a Youth Summit was held under the aegis of AJK sports, youth and culture department,…
by Kamran Yousuf in The Express Tribune, November 28th, 2023.ISLAMABAD:The Afghan Taliban government has asked Pakistan to suggest alternative ways to tackle the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as Kabul has flatly refused to use force against the terrorist outfit.Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been running high for months over the TTP issue. At the heart of the stalemate is the reluctance by the Afghan Taliban to rein in the TTP. Despite simmering tensions, the…
report in TOLOnews, Nov 26, 2023Local officials of Herat said that the Iranian government has started the process of deporting those Afghan immigrants who have passports and visas. According to them, the Iranian police tore the passports and visas of some Afghan immigrants and violently expelled them from this country. Abdullah Qayoumi, the head of immigration affairs at Islam Qala port in Herat, said that a large number of legal immigrants deported from Iran enter…
by Tanjil Hasan in The Daily Star, Nov 25, 2023At least 300 factories continue to make these deadly fishing traps in Munshiganj due to lax monitoring and lenient punishmentAlthough a ban enforced by the government is in place for gill nets, locally known as current nets, to save fish species including hilsa from overfishing, the production and use of the nets have been continuing unabated. Experts said the absence of a sustained effort from different…
By Rathindra Kuruwita in The Island, Nov 24, 2023The mastermind behind the procurement of a stock of substandard intravenous human immunoglobulin (IVIG) and misappropriating a huge amount of public funds had to be revealed, the secretary of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA), Dr. Haritha Aluthge told The Island. “There is a broad public discussion on how this transpired, what the government has done, and the status of the investigation, especially following the recent arrests.…