by Syed Irfan Raza in Dawn, November 23rd, 2023ISLAMABAD: PTI lawyer Sher Afzal Khan Marwat on Wednesday emerged as a key leader of the former ruling party after he was appointed as a senior vice president, with immediate effect. The party’s official account on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) shared the notification for Mr Marwat’s appointment, which was signed by PTI Secretary General Omar Ayub. Previously, stalwarts such as Asad Umar and Chaudhry Sarwar…
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by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Daily Morning, Aug 4, 2023Although several parties have criticised the lifting of the ban imposed on five Islamic organisations following the Easter Sunday terror attacks of 2019, the Government is not ready to reconsider its decision as of now, The Daily Morning learns. The ban on the United Thowheeth Jama’ath (UTJ), the Ceylon Thowheeth Jama’ath (CTJ), the Sri Lanka Thowheeth Jama’ath (SLTJ), the All Ceylon Thowheeth Jama’ath (ACTJ), and the…
By Vishwamithra – in The Colombo Telegraph online, June 23, 2023The current frail sociopolitical culture cannot withstand a near or total collapse of our national economic life. It is increasingly becoming clear that a system change is not possible, at least in the immediate future. Decades of rot caused by sheer mismanagement of state affairs supplemented by errant corruption running through the entire civil society have shown us that a society that is being held…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, June 10, 2023Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reiterated its call for the immediate and unconditioned release of Afghanistan-born French journalist Mortaza Behboudi, who has been detained in Kabul since January 7 without any public announcement of charges against him, RSF said. “Five months of arbitrary detention and failure to respect criminal justice procedures… The Taliban authorities have produced no evidence to explain why they continue to hold Mortaza Behboudi,…
report in The Island, Apr 27, 2023Two of the seven Senior DIGs suddenly transferred by police headquarters have refused to abide by the directive, demanding the immediate intervention of the National Police Commission (NPC). Retired IGP Chandra Fernando heads the NPC. The senior officers transferred with effect from 25 April, included Lalith Pathinayake, Ajith Rohana, S.C. Medawatte and W.K. Jayalath on what police headquarters called, service requirements. Senior DIG of the Southern Province Ajith Rohana,…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post,Dec 27, 2022A day after Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal became prime minister with the backing of the CPN-UML and several other parties, Nepali Congress leaders blamed their party president and immediate past prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba of making a strategic blunder by failing to save the ruling alliance and pushing the party to an uncertain future. Dahal broke ties with the Congress-led alliance and joined the…