by Syed Irfan Raza | Kalbe Ali in Dawn, November 22nd, 2023• Fazl says will move forward with PML-N; Sana says talking to JUI-F on KP alliance• Bilawal flays PML-N, PTI as ‘elite-centric’, vows to implement NFC Award ISLAMABAD: As the political arena heats up in the lead-up to elections, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman after a meeting with PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday announced that both parties have reached a seat adjustment…
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by Shahbaz Rana in The Express Tribune, Nov 22, 2023ISLAMABAD: The European Union (EU) has expressed concerns about cases of forced disappearance and torture as well as restrictions on media freedom in Pakistan. Terming them a violation of international treaties, it has urged Islamabad to implement laws for the protection of economic, social, and political rights. A joint monitoring report released on Tuesday on Pakistan’s Generalised Scheme of Preference, known as GSP-Plus, also raised questions…
By Amir Wasim in Dawn, November 17th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Rejecting international criticism on the government’s decision to expel “illegal” immigrants from the country, Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said on Thursday that Pakistan did not need to provide any explanation on the issue as it was “our sovereign right to implement our immigration laws”. “Our decision to repatriate people who are in violation of our immigration laws, is a decision irrespective of any nationality.…
report in The Sunday Times, Aug 27, 2023…….. For opposition political parties represented in Parliament, the preoccupation appears to be preparing for a parliamentary election. Though there is no formal indication from President Ranil Wickremesinghe, their leaders do not want to take any chances. That it would take months rather than weeks is clear from President Wickremesinghe’s decision to implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. …… The latest round of talks came between the…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Aug 12, 2023Rebel SLPP MP Prof. Channa Jayasumana yesterday (11) said that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa should make his position clear on his successor Ranil Wickremesinghe’s move to fully implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. Reiterating his strong opposition to President Wickremesinghe’s controversial plan, the Anuradhapura District MP stressed that Gotabaya Rajapaksa couldn’t keep silent as the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government embarked on a strategy inimical to national interests. Prof.…
by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Daily Morning, July 21, 2023Claiming that President Ranil Wickremesinghe is enjoying power based on the mandate given by the people to former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) stated that the former has no moral right to implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which was not implemented by all his predecessors from J.R. Jayewardene to Rajapaksa. During a meeting with Parliamentarians representing the Tamil community…
by Tika R Pradhan in the Kathmandu Post, July 9, 2023It’s been eight years since the promulgation of Nepal’s new constitution, but the implementation of federalism remains on the backburner due to a lack of political will at the federal and provincial levels. Politicians leading the provincial governments continue to complain to their seniors in the federal government about the lack of devolution of constitutionally-guaranteed power. It took the federal government years to pass the…
by Mirudhula Thambiah in The Morning, Jan 23, 2023 Sumanthiran says reduction in Police units, release of lands in the North also discussedDuring a meeting held last Friday (20) between President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) representatives, discussions were held regarding the drafting of a law on the National Land Commission to implement the existing provisions in the Constitution relevant to land powers. Speaking to The Daily Morning, TNA Spokesman and MP President’s…