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PDM in fear of defeat?

by Muhammad Azhar Siddique in The Nation, Jan 17, 2023Following the ouster of its Chief, Im ran Khan as the Prime Minister of Pakistan through a no-confidencevote, Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) has been facing delaying tactics regarding the acceptance of resignations of its members of the National Assembly (NA) as its political opponents are fearful of an unprecedented defeat if the country goes for early elections amidst aggravating national crises. In the wake of…

Crackdown on HDT

Editorial in Dawn, January 16th, 2023IT is unfortunate that rather than engaging with Balochistan’s Haq Do Tehreek politically, the state is cracking down on its leadership. The movement has for over a year been highlighting what it says is an injustice with Makran, with Maulana Hidayatur Rehman serving as the HDT’s face. The maulana and his movement were catapulted to the national stage in 2021 when he led a massive protest in Gwadar over various…

Horijon community people denied basic respect in Lalmonirhat

report in The Daily Star, Jan 12, 2023It came to the notice of the National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh that in Lalmonirhat Horijon community people are being denied basic human respect. The commission has issued a letter to the district commissioner for a report on this issue.https://www.thedailystar.net/star-multimedia/news-multimedia/news/horijon-community-people-denied-basic-respect-lalmonirhat-3217446

Will pre-election politics remain peaceful or become violent?

by Kamal Ahmed in The Daily Star, Jan 5, 2023The writer is an independent journalist.As we enter 2023, there remains palpable anxiety and nervousness about the national political landscape. It is expected that the 12th parliamentary election will be held at the end of this year or early next year, thereby making everything in politics revolve around the issue of the national election. In a way, the ruling Awami League has already kicked off its…

After losing national party status, Unified Socialist bats for unity among country’s leftist forces

by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, January 4, 2023The CPN (Unified Socialist), which was formed in 2021 by a dissident faction of the CPN-UML, failed to cross the three percent vote threshold under the proportional representation system in the November 20 elections. As a result, it lost the national party status. And now 16 months after splitting from the UML, the Unified Socialist is talking about unifying Nepal’s left parties. The party’s politburo meeting,…

NSC vows to counter terrorism with ‘full force’: by Baqir Sajjad Syed in Dawn, Dec 31st, 2022

ISLAMABAD: The National Security Committee (NSC) has vowed to respond to the resurgent terrorist threat with “full force” and safeguard the national interest but deferred crucial decisions for dealing with the situation until Monday. “The meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) will continue on Monday … in which further decisions will be taken in the light of the proposals,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement after a meeting on Friday, the…

12 parties forge new alliance, BNP-led 20-party combine ‘dissolved’

report in The Daily Star, Dec 23, 2022Twelve political parties of the BNP-led 20-party combine have formed a new alliance to conduct a movement alongside the BNP and realise the 10-point demand that include national polls under a caretaker government. Mostafa Jamal Haidar, chairman of a faction of Jatiya Party (Kazi Zafar), made the declaration during a press briefing at the Jatiya Press Club yesterday. The announcement comes after the silent dissolution of the 20-party…

Guna and Ladiya among 9 Lankans arrested from TN over smuggling to revive LTTE

report in Daily Mirror, Dec 20, 2022The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested nine Sri Lankans from the special camp for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees at Tamil Nadu’s (TN) Tiruchirappalli over their alleged involvement in drugs and arms smuggling to revive the LTTE. The agency said that two of the arrested men were in regular touch with a Pakistan-based drug runner, Haji Salim, who often travelled between Dubai, Pakistan and Iran. These men and Salim…