PTI asks Alvi to initiate dialogue between parties, establishmentBy Ansar Abbasi in The News, October 17, 2023ISLAMABAD: Some PTI leaders have approached President Dr Arif Alvi to make an effort for a dialogue between political parties including the PTI and the establishment. The PTI sources say that President Alvi in principle agrees to the idea but it is not sure whether he would go for it or not. There is a lot of frustration within…
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by Zulqernain Tahir | Mansoor Malik in Dawn, Oct 15, 2023• Says ex-PM should think of contesting election only after serving out his jail term• PTI terms homecoming result of ‘a secret deal’• PML-N seeks permission for Minar-i-Pakistan rallyLAHORE: As less than a week is left in PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif’s return from a self-imposed four-year exile, senior PPP leaders have started questioning the ‘understanding’ they claim he has reached with the quarters concerned…
By Wajid Ali Syed in The News, Oct 01, 2023WASHINGTON: A group of Pakistan’s top private business executives concluded their two-day visit to the US during which they met with American trade and treasury officials as well as high-ups of various financial institutions. The eight-member delegation included Lucky Group’s CEO Mohammad Ali Tabba, TPL’s CEO Ali Jameel, HBL Chairman Sultan Ali Allana and HBL’s CEO Muhammad Aurangzeb, Engro Corp’s Samad Dawood, Atlas Honda’s CEO Saquib…
Arifur Rahman in Prothom ALo, Sept 25, 2023Rangpur: Rangpur is called the citadel of Jatiya Party (JaPa). It is home to the party’s founder HM Ershad, who had been in power for 9 years at a stretch. The JaPa candidate Mostafizar Rahman came victorious by a huge margin in the last mayoral election in Rangpur city corporation. Yet, many local leaders think JaPa’s heyday is over in the district. JaPa once had all MPs in…
AFP report in The Express tribune, Sept17, 2023KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have arrested at least 18 staff of an international NGO, including an American woman, accusing them of carrying out Christian missionary work, the country’s leaders said Saturday. The International Assistance Mission (IAM) confirmed its staffers were picked up from its office in Ghor province, central Afghanistan, and taken to the capital Kabul. Security and intelligence forces had been observing the group for some time,…
report in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 12, 2023The visiting delegation of the CPN-UML raised the map issue with the leaders of the Communist Party of China during a meeting in Beijing on Monday. A high-level UML delegation led by the party’s General Secretary Shankar Pokhrel met with several CPC leaders as part of the exchange programme between the two Communist parties. “China should support Nepal’s new map [unveiled in May 2020],” Rajesh Rai, who is…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 4, 2023 .The Rastriya Swatantra Party, which took many by surprise when it got established as the fourth largest in the House of Representatives elections within months of its formation, has encountered challenges in expanding its influence in Madhesh. Though the party has launched various activities in the province composed solely of Tarai districts, its leaders said they have realised that they have to put extra effort…
report in Daily Mirror online, Aug 30, 2023 at 06:36 pmWhile emphasizing the government’s resolute dedication to protecting religious shrines and historical sites, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said a committee comprising religious leaders from the respective provinces will be set up aiming at addressing religious matters in the North and East. “I must emphatically state that we remain resolute in preventing external entities from instigating disturbances. To foster harmony and prevent potential conflicts, we are actively…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 26m 2023When a Supreme Court order in March 2021 led to a split of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP), which was formed through a merger between two largest leftist parties, CPN-UML and the CPN (Maoist Centre), many Maoist leaders opted to remain with the UML. But after more than two years, most of them are frustrated with the way the UML leadership treated them. Most of…
by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Daily Morning, Aug 25, 2023The Asgiri Chapter of the Siam Sect stated that it would be best if President Ranil Wickremesinghe would discuss the full implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution with religious leaders including the Chief Prelates (Mahanayakas) of the main Buddhist sects. Wickremesinghe, who came to power following the resignation of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in July last year (2022), pledged that he would fully implement…