by Parbat Portel in The Kathmandu Post,Dec 16, 2023Two months ago, Ranju Bishwakarma’s daily routine was abruptly interrupted when Sita Dahal, a milkmaid, informed her that she would no longer sell milk to Ranju. It had been only two days since Ranju had started buying cow milk from Sita. Sita told Ranju that ever since she started selling milk to her, her cow fell ill and so did her family members. Ranju, a Dalit woman…
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report in Daily Times, Dec 15, 2023Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif Thursday hoped the people would back his party when elections take place next year after he secured major victories from courts. “I am hopeful that you [the people] will announce your judgments on February 8, [2024] and end the punishments meted out to you,” Nawaz said in a recorded message to the nation, aired live on television channels. Nawaz has time and…
report in Daily Times, Dec 15, 2023Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif Thursday hoped the people would back his party when elections take place next year after he secured major victories from courts. “I am hopeful that you [the people] will announce your judgments on February 8, [2024] and end the punishments meted out to you,” Nawaz said in a recorded message to the nation, aired live on television channels. Nawaz has time and…
By Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 05, 2023A fresh legal battle between Nepali regulators and the owner of Ncell, the private sector telecom giant, could ensue following the Malaysian company Axiata’s decision to exit Nepal, allegedly without informing the Nepal Telecommunications Authority, officials and experts said. On December 1, Axiata announced that it had entered into an unconditional sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Spectrlite UK Limited (“Purchaser”) for the sale of…
report in The Express Tribune, Dec 4th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: The PTI has managed to complete the process of its intra-party elections, but in its haste, it has failed to meet several legal requirements of the polls. According to legal experts, Akbar S Babar, a PTI founding member who later developed differences with former party chief Imran Khan, has been given the best opportunity to challenge the polls because of the several flaws in the process. As…
By Zebunnisa Burki in The News, November 29, 2023KARACHI: PTI senior leader and lawyer Barrister Ali Zafar has said that in a meeting with Imran Khan one person has been agreed on as someone who can contest the PTI’s intra-party polls in Imran’s place. The name of the person will be announced as soon as all legal compulsions are finalized, and the party could hold the intra-party election on Saturday or Sunday. Speaking to host…
Report in Dawn, November 10th, 2023LAHORE: PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif will contest in general elections as the party expects his legal troubles to go away within two months. Talking to reporters on Thursday, PML-N Punjab President Rana Sanaullah said Mr Sharif would not wait for by-polls to contest the elections and expressed hope that cases against him would be decided before the Feb 8 elections. There had been speculations among the party ranks that if…
by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Daily Morning, Sept 25, 2023The Catholic Church yesterday (24) stated that they do not intend to initiate fresh legal action based on the allegations made by the British-based broadcaster Channel 4 regarding the Easter Sunday terror attacks of 2019 in a recent documentary. However, the Church stated that they are resolute in their pursuit of a fresh and transparent investigation into the terror attacks which claimed the lives of 269…
report in The News, September 01, 2023ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has initiated consultation with legal experts on the response of Ministry of Law and Justice given to the advice sought by President House regarding the ECP rejoinder to President’s letter. According to sources, President Dr Arif Alvi holds legal consultation with his legal adviser in a one-to-one meeting. Sources indicated that the Presidency’s response on legal opinion of the Ministry of Law and Justice…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 25, 2023The government on May 9 registered a bill to amend some Nepal Acts in the House of Representatives. The bill seeks to revise 80 Acts—around a third of the country’s total. With the single bill, the government is preparing to amend the Acts related to criminal office, forest use, environment protection, university education—and what not. In case of minor revisions, there is a practice of amending…