report in Colombo Gazette, Oct 8, 2023The Government is keen to go ahead with a systematic development plan for the Trincomalee Port prepared by a Singaporean company, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today. President Ranil Wickremesinghe unveiled an ambitious 10-year initiative aimed at boosting agriculture and tourism in the Eastern Province, with a particular focus on the development of Trincomalee. He highlighted plans to harness the untapped potential of the Mahaweli A and B zones in…
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Report in The News, October 09, 2023LAHORE: Tehreek-e-Istiqlal President Rehmat Khan Wardag has supported the government’s policy of sending illegal Afghans back to their country, saying peace and order in Pakistan can be restored only when illegal aliens living here are sent to their respective countries. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Tehreek-e-Istaqlal Central President said that the incompetent rulers in 1978 did not contain the Afghans, who had left their country and taken refuge…
By Fidel Rahmati- October 8, 2023Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, the Pakistani Jamiat Ulema Council leader, has criticized the Pakistani government’s policy towards Afghan refugees. He called on international human rights organizations to investigate the situation of refugees in Pakistan. The leader of the Pakistani Ulema Council stated in a press conference that the police in this country are attacking Afghan refugees “like wolves.” He further added, “Is this human rights? I urge human rights organizations to come…
By Naweed Samadi in ToloNews, Oct 6, 2023 at 9:46 AMThe acting Minister of Defense, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid, speaking at the 14th graduation ceremony of the police academy in Kabul, condemned the latest decision of Pakistan’s caretaker government to expel Afghan refugees by October 31, calling it an “unjust” decision. Mujahid said that the decision will harm bilateral relations between Kabul and Islamabad. The acting minister urged the Pakistani people and clerics to stop…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 7, 2023As Nepal’s protracted transitional justice process grinds on, the victims of the Maoist insurgency have urged the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to press the government to amend the Transitional Justice Act to ensure a victim-centric resolution. A group of conflict victims’ representatives submitted their written concerns on Friday to Guterres through the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office in Kathmandu. They made the appeal to the…
report in TOLOnews, Oct 3, 2023 at 9:40 AMAfghan refugees in Pakistan and Iran complained of mistreatment by the host countries. The Afghan refugees in Pakistan said that the Pakistani government has arrested them despite their having a legal document. “Since the past several days, the Afghan refugees in Asfahan are being cruelly tortured and harassed,” said Ahmad, an Afghan refugee in Iran. “So far, no agency or the UN has shown any reaction to…
report in Khaama Press online, Sept 29, 2023During the Moscow Format meeting, the Special Representative of Russia for Afghanistan, quoting his country’s Foreign Minister, stated that without the involvement of ethnic groups in the government, peace in Afghanistan is not possible. In another part of his remarks, Mr. Kabulov noted that the Taliban has been ineffective in countering terrorist groups, notably ISIS. Mr. Kabulov expressed concern about the Taliban’s performance against ISIS in the region.…
by Khaleeq Kiani in Dawn, Sept 29th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is seeking around $11bn in bilateral support from China and Saudi Arabia as the caretakers push for expanding the tax net effectively to retail, agricultural and real estate sectors while continuing a crackdown on illegal currency movements to fill external and domestic resource gaps so that the IMF programme remains on track to ensure economic stability until an elected government takes power. This was part of…
by Selim Zahid in Prothom Alo, Sept 28, 2023The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) wants to reach a conclusion regarding the upcoming general election by putting pressure on the government before the declaration of the election schedule. For this, the opposition wants to hold series of programmes in October to force the government to accept their demand before the declaration of the election schedule in the first week of November. However, the party is yet to…