By Muhammad Riaz Mayar in The News, Dec 26, 2023MARDAN: Tough contests are expected in Mardan district among Awami National Party (ANP), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F, Pakistan People’s Party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, and JI, in 3 national and 8 provincial constituencies. The total registered voters in Mardan district are 1,538,078, including 696,382 females and 841,696 males. The election commissioner has designated 1,055 polling stations, comprising 353 male, 319 female, and 383 combined. For the…
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By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 23, 2023The Election Commission is preparing to hold the National Assembly polls for one third of its lawmakers on January 25 next year. A team led by Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Thapaliya is meeting Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal with the proposal on Friday to recommend the election date. The term of 19 members of the upper house including its Chairperson Ganesh Timilsina expires on March 3.…
report in The News, Sept 21, 2023KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader and former interior minister Rana Sanaullah has described former army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and former ISI director general Gen Faiz Hameed as “culprits of the nation”, saying that they should be brought to justice for causing political and economic instability in the country. In response to a question while talking on a private TV channel’s programme on Wednesday, Sanaullah said: “These people…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Sept 16, 2023Chairman of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security, Rear Admiral (retd.) Sarath Weerasekera, MP, yesterday (15) asked whether a comprehensive international investigation into accountability issues here could be conducted unless India, too, was subjected to the same. The former Public Security Minister was responding to the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) declaration that India and Sri Lanka Core Group at the ongoing 54 session of the UN…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, June 13, 2023National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina discussed various facets of Nepal-China relations on Monday with Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China. Timilsina, who is on an official visit to China, met Zhao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. During the meeting, chair Timilsina said Nepal and China have had cordial and very close relations for centuries, adding…
report in The Island, June 2, 2023The government will reveal the National Reorganisation Plan during the final quarter of this year, which gives the public the chance to witness the advancement of plan implementation and practices via digital media, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday making a special statement. The government would also establish a Presidential Delivery Bureau (PDB) comprising of high-ranking officials from both the public and private sectors to coordinate the implementation of government…
report in Dhaka Tribune, June 2, 2023There was no announcement regarding any amnesty for bringing laundered money from abroad during the reading out of the proposed national budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year on Thursday. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal unveiled a Tk7,61,785 crore proposed budget in parliament. The government last year decided to offer Bangladeshis a scope for legalizing their unreported assets outside the country without facing any questions. They would have to pay…
report in Prothom Alo, Apr 17, 2023Foreign minister Abdul Momen on Sunday said Dhaka has sought cooperation from Washington to ensure participation of all political parties in the upcoming national election. It is not possible for the government and the election commission to conduct a fair election single-handedly. Political parties and people must have sincerity and commitment, and the government has sought cooperation from the USA to that end, he said. The foreign minister made…
The rape of a young woman at gunpoint at the Fatima Jinnah Park in F-9, Islamabad, shook the nation. Public backlash forced the government to re-evaluate its approach towards security and has brought the police force under fire for failing to protect citizens—particularly women. Fortunately, the case has made its way to the National Assembly which has stressed the need for justice and demanded a comprehensive review of the security situation of Islamabad but what…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Feb 5, 2023The ruling CPN (Maoist Centre) has decided to coordinate with ‘like-minded’ parties for the presidential election if major parties decline its proposal of finding a candidate based on national consensus. According to some leaders, this decision was taken by the party’s Standing Committee meeting that concluded on Saturday. With this decision, the Maoist Centre seems to be inching closer to Nepali Congress while distancing itself…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Feb 1, 2023Visiting United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland has urged Nepali officials to protect national sovereignty while dealing with neighbours, particularly on economic partnerships. Addressing a press conference in Kathmandu before wrapping up her two-day Nepal trip on Monday, Nuland, the first foreign dignitary to visit the country after the formation of the Pushpa Kamal Dahal government, said Nepal could pursue economic…