by Hasnaat Malik in The Express Tribune, Oct 27, 2023ISLAMABAD: Soon after the retirement of chief justice Umar Ata Bandial, the Supreme Court is showing its muscles by giving decisions in the ongoing month that may affect the interests of the ‘powerful circles’. A five-judge bench led by Justice Ijazul Ahsan has given an unprecedented ruling by declaring a 56-year-old law to try civilians in military courts as unconstitutional. The bench also held that the…
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By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Sept 28, 2023Chairman of the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on National Security, Rear Admiral (retd.) Sarath Weerasekera has told Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena that the US should not deny a visa to an MP nominated by the Sri Lankan Parliament to join an official delegation unless he/she posed a threat to US interests. In a letter dated 25 Sept., 2023, the former Public Security Minister has informed Speaker Abeywardena the…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, May 19, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has made it clear there will be no compromise on national interests—Nepal’s unity, integrity and sovereignty—during his upcoming state visit to India. Responding to questions by CPN-UML lawmaker Raghuji Pant and Nepali Congress lawmaker Dilendra Badu during the question-answer session in the House of Representatives, Dahal said he wanted to reassure Parliament that there would be no compromise on issues related to the…