By Umar Cheema in The News, Dec 7, 2023ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani was among thousands of Afghan citizens who had Pakistani passports until recently. The News has learnt from interior ministry officials that these passports were issued from different cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Sindh. Haqqani was issued a Pakistani passport for five years which he used to travel abroad, particularly to Qatar for negotiations with the United States for the signing…
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By Syed Irfan Raza in Dawn November 17, 2023ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has said he would administer the oath to PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif if elected prime minister for the fourth time in the upcoming elections. In an interview with VOA Urdu, President Alvi said he would “comply with the constitutional requirements” of administering the oath to the elected prime minister. In April 2022, President Alvi excused to administer the oath to Mr Nawaz’s…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, October 1st, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday filed a challan (charge sheet) in the Special Court established under the Official Secrets Act, declaring former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi principal accused in the cipher case. The other suspects in the case, including former principal secretary Azam Khan and former federal minister Asad Umar, have been placed in column 2 of the challan,…
By Banafsha Binesh in TooNews, July 22, 2023 at 6:57 AMThe acting Minister of Defense, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid said he considers the US an obstacle to the recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. In an interview with Al Arabiya TV, Yaqoob Mujahid said that the Islamic Emirate has met the requirements for recognition but that some countries aren’t willing to recognize it because of pressure from the United States. The acting defense minister…
By Farooq Aqdas in The News, April 16, 2023ISLAMABAD: Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi is expected to visit Islamabad in the first week of next month, local media reported. Sources said that Islamabad and Kabul are currently in contact with each other to finalise the date for the visit of the Taliban chief diplomat. Muttaqi will lead an Afghan delegation and is also expected to meet Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Border…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, March 4,The Supreme Court on Friday ordered its administration to register two writ petitions against CPN (Maoist Centre) chair and prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal for claiming responsibility of 5,000 insurgency-era deaths three years ago. Hearing a case filed by two advocates against the decision of the Supreme Court administration to reject their petitions, a division bench of justices Ishwor Prasad Khatiwada and Hari Prasad Phuyal ordered the court administration…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 19, 2023Rastriya Swatantra Party bargaining for, and clinching positions such as deputy prime minister and state minister, has courted criticisms from intelligentsia and experts. In the Cabinet led by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Rastriya Swatantra Party got four ministerial berths including a state minister and a deputy prime minister. Experts termed both positions as liabilities to the state as they lack a unique role and clearly…
report in Prothom Alo, Jan 5, 2023Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen speaks to newspersons after a view-exchange meeting on community clinic at the civil surgeon office in Sylhet on 4 January 2023.Prothom AloForeign minister AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said foreigners have a very limited concept about Bangladesh and when they advise us, sometimes these seem to be so foolish. Bangladesh is a one of the countries where people sacrificed their blood for democracy, human…