by Imran Mukhtar in The Nation, Dec 3, 2023ISLAMABAD – Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Saturday replaced incarcerated ex-premier Imran Khan as the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in a crucial but controversial intra-party polls whose fate will be decided by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and higher courts. Barrister Gohar was elected PTI chairman unopposed in the contest held in Peshawar on the directions of the electoral watchdog. The entire panel of new…
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By Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 14, 2023The Millennium Challenge Account Nepal (MCA-Nepal) has cancelled all the bids it received for the construction of a 315-km 400kV transmission line, marking a major setback in implementing the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact. It was compelled to take the decision after all the bidders quoted prices higher than the estimated cost of the project. MCA-Nepal, a special purpose vehicle set up for implementing the…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 13, 2023The Awami League will make an all-out effort to bring voters to the polling centres to ensure a healthy turnout in the upcoming national polls, as it believes an election with high turnout will be acceptable to the international community. AL sources said the party believes it has 35-40 percent voters in its bank but it has to ensure these voters show up. In addition, it is planning…
by Rejaul Karim Byron , Mohiuddin Alamgir in The Daily Star, Apr 13, 2023The poverty rate in Bangladesh has dropped significantly but income inequality is at an all-time high, according to the latest version of the Household Income and Expenditure survey — in a puzzling development that raises questions about the nature of economic growth seen in recent times. “If we take the HIES 2022 data highlights at their face value, there is both good…