report in Dawn, December 11th, 2023HYDERABAD: Leaders of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Sunday hinted at launching “court arrest” movement in Sindh if murderers of slain journalist, Jan Mohammad Mahar were not brought to justice. They criticised the Sindh government for its failure in laying hands on the culprits on the ground that they were hiding in the katcha area which remained inaccessible for the law enforcers. They were speaking at a Sindh…
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By Mohammad Al-Masum Molla in The Daily Star, Nov 28, 2023Struggling to bring its oust-government movement to a climax, the BNP now plans to resist the January 7 parliamentary election. In order to press home its demands for polls under a non-partisan administration, the party has been enforcing hartals and blockades since October 29, the day after its rally was foiled following clashes and violence. Meanwhile, the Election Commission has announced the polls schedule, and…
By Mohammad Al-Masum Molla in The Daily Star, Nov 25, 2023With the deadline for submitting nomination papers to the Election Commission only a week away, the BNP now faces two challenges: preventing defection from the party and drawing up fresh programmes to keep the anti-government movement going. Leaders of the party believe the government will crack down even harder on the opposition to foil the movement. The ruling Awami League is also trying to persuade…
report in The News, Nov 6, 2023If the Pakhtun community in Karachi is targeted for any reason, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) will stand by them. MQM-P Convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said this on Saturday as he addressed a public meeting of the party in the Saeedabad area of Baldia Town. He said that only the two classes of oppressor and oppressed existed in the country today and the MQM-P stood against the former…
by Mohammad Al-Masum Molla in The Daily Star, Nov 4, 2023Despite the arrests of its top leaders, the BNP is determined to continue its movement until the demand for election under a non-partisan interim government is met, say several party leaders. The party, however, plans to bring changes to its strategy because a tough programme like blockade may lose effectiveness if enforced for a long time. Besides, the BNP also risks losing “public sympathy”, which…
By Mohammad Al-Masum Molla in The Daily Star, Oct 30, 2023After enforcing its first nationwide hartal in eight years, BNP yesterday called a three-day rail, road, and waterways blockade across the country from Tuesday to Thursday. The opposition party will enforce the blockade to protest the killings of its activists in police action and the arrests of party leaders and supporters, including Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, over the last two days. BNP Senior…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 17, 2023BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said their party has no time to look back as they are going to initiate the final phase of their movement soon to topple the Awami League government. Speaking at a rally of youth, he also called upon the BNP rank and file to make all-out preparations to make their movement a success by putting all their efforts and strength…
Report in Pakistan Today, Oct 12, 2023Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif met with the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Amir and Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman at the former’s residence on Tuesday. The meeting took place amid reported differences between the former coalition partners over date of next general elections in the country. Yesterday, Fazl lashed out at the PPP and PML-N, saying that the two parties had…
report in Prothom Alo, Sept 12, 2023Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hold several rallies and five road marches in this month as the party then plans to culminate the final movement in October. Sources said the BNP leadership considers September as the final stage of mass campaign ahead of the party’s final movement to topple the government. As part of this, the party will hold a rally in Dhaka on Friday and youth road marches…
Report in Pakistan Today, Sept 5, 2023LAHORE: The Pakistan Lawyers Action Committee (PLAC) on Monday issued a stern warning during a press conference at the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday, indicating their intention to convene an All Pakistan Lawyer’s Convention to launch a nationwide movement. The primary objective of the movement is to demand the complete restoration of and compliance with the Constitution, emphasising that bills not signed or deemed to have been signed…
by Krishana Prasain in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 31, 2023Beijing has agreed to allow passenger movement between China and Nepal through the Tatopani border point from Friday. Nepali and Chinese officials met in Lhasa, Tibet on Tuesday and decided to remove the travel restrictions that had been in place since 2015 when an earthquake destroyed the infrastructure at the border. Cargo movement resumed last May. Tatopani lies some 115 km northeast of Kathmandu on the…