by Amjad Mahmood in Dawn, October 23rd, 2023LAHORE: In a bid to bring the political temperature down and focus on securing relief for Nawaz Sharif in graft cases, the PML-N has decided to re-establish “close coordination” with its allies in the former coalition government. This decision was made during a meeting at Jati Umra on Sunday, also attended by legal experts in addition to the Sharif family members. Sources told Dawn that Nawaz Sharif would…
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By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 28, 2023The writer covers parliamentary affairs and human rights for The Kathmandu Post.Differences are growing among the ruling parties in the Koshi province even before the government completes a month of its formation. On October 14, Kedar Karki, a provincial assembly member from the dissident faction of the Nepali Congress, became the chief minister of the Koshi Province with the main opposition CPN-UML’s backing. He took the…
By Ansar Abbasi in The News, Oct 19, 2023ISLAMABAD: Doors, which the PTI is knocking for talks, are tightly closed as yet and no decision has been taken at the government level to engage the party or initiate a dialogue process. Official sources said the impression given by the PTI following Information Minister Murtaza Solangi’s meeting with Shafqat Mehmood was totally misplaced as the caretaker government had not taken any decision to initiate such dialogue.…
Report in Prothom Alo, Oct 16, 2023The decision on election-time government will be taken after the announcement of the polls-schedule, said governing Bangladesh Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday. He was addressing a press briefing at the secretariat. Asked, Obaidul Quader, also road transport and bridges minister, said there could be an election-time government. The way it was during the previous elections, that is the polls-time government, he insisted. Quader also stated that…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Oct 16, 2023 ,The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) held separate meetings on Sunday with three parties, including the Left Democratic Alliance, to finalize its program for its one-point movement demanding the resignation of the government. In these meetings, Tarique Rahman, acting chairman of the party, on a video call from London, spoke to the leaders of the parties and talked about the movement. The other parties that participated in the meeting…
report in Dawn, October 15th, 2023MANSEHRA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Parliamentarians’ chairman Pervez Khattak on Saturday insisted his party would form the next government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Speaking at a public gathering in Pattan, the district headquarters of Lower Kohistan, he claimed he helped Imran Khan establish his party’s government in KP twice. Former chief minister Mahmood Khan and PTI-P Hazara division president Salah Mohammad Khan also spoke. Mr Khattak claimed when he was the chief minister…
by Political Editor in The Sunday Times, Oct 15, 2023Is the talk about abolishing the executive presidency, gaining momentum, a trial balloon floated by an influential section of the government? So, it seems to be the likely answer. The apparent rationale behind the move is to obviate the need for a presidential poll. It is proposed to be carried out through a national referendum. That is to pave the way for a general election and…
Reuters report, Oct 14, 2023 at 05.37 PM ISTKABUL: The Taliban will attend China’s Belt and Road Forum next week, a spokesman said on Saturday, underscoring Beijing’s growing official ties with the administration, despite its lack of formal recognition by any government. Taliban officials and ministers have at times travelled to regional meetings, mostly those focussed on Afghanistan, but the Belt and Road Forum is among the highest-profile multilateral summits it has been invited to…
AFP Report in The News, October 14, 2023KABUL: At least seven people were killed and 15 more wounded when an Islamic State suicide bomber attacked a minority Shiite mosque in northern Afghanistan on Friday, the Taliban government said. The number of bomb blasts and suicide attacks has reduced dramatically since the Taliban ended their insurgency after seizing power in August 2021, ousting the US-backed government. However, a number of armed groups — including the regional…
by Kalbe Ali in Dawn, Oct 13th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of IT and Telecommunication (MoITT) on Thursday notified the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Rules 2023 to counter cyber threats against government data. In a message on X (formerly Twitter), IT Minister Dr Umar Saif emphasised the need to protect Pakistan’s cyberspace against cyberattacks. “Today we have taken the first step in establishing a National CERT for Pakistan, our national CERT and subsequent sectoral CERTs…
By Mitra Majeedy in TOLOnews Online, Oct 09, 2023 at 7:56 PMMullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, deputy prime minister for economic affairs, at an inaugural event for the start of an air corridor, emphasized the need for interaction between the current government and neighboring countries and said that the Islamic Emirate wants a positive interaction with neighboring countries. He added that he does not consider disrespect for Afghan refugees in Pakistan acceptable.“They disrespect the migrants, this…