by Mahesh KC in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 28, 2023A 12-year-old boy from Banke Pipalgaura in ward 14 of Athbiskot Municipality lost his mother in the November 3 earthquake. His world hasn’t been the same again. The boy, who lives under a tarpaulin tent with his father and two older brothers, can be mostly seen lost in thought. His father, Naru Malla, has been trying to pull his son back from his thoughts and get…
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by Mahesh KC in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 5, 2023West Rukum: Aite Pun does not have warm clothes to protect him from the harsh cold. His family members are huddled inside the tarpaulin tent they have been calling home since the November 3 earthquake destroyed their house at ward 1 of Sanibheri Rural Municipality in West Rukum. “It started raining this morning. The temperature has dropped considerably. We don’t have warm clothes or bedding. We…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Dec 03, 2023 at 9:47 PMThe Islamic Emirate said that more than 450,000 Afghan migrants have been deported from Pakistan since November 1. Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, told TOLOnews that the deportation of Afghan immigrants is still ongoing and they are trying to address the challenges of the immigrants. “In general, we can say that more than 450,000 immigrants have returned to Afghanistan so far, and the…
by Syed Irfan Raza | Kalbe Ali in Dawn, November 22nd, 2023• Fazl says will move forward with PML-N; Sana says talking to JUI-F on KP alliance• Bilawal flays PML-N, PTI as ‘elite-centric’, vows to implement NFC Award ISLAMABAD: As the political arena heats up in the lead-up to elections, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman after a meeting with PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday announced that both parties have reached a seat adjustment…
ISLAMABAD: After months of dilly-dallying on the issue of polls, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) agreed to hold general elections in the country on Feb 8 next year — a date “set in stone”. The announcement by the ECP came after a meeting between President Arif Alvi and Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, who visited the presidency with the ECP members, on the orders of the Supreme Court, which had taken up pleas…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, October 28, 2023United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres is paying an official visit to Nepal from October 29 to November 1, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. The visit had earlier been planned for the second week of October, but was rescheduled due to the outbreak of conflict between Israel and Hamas militants on October 7. This will be Secretary General Guterres’ first visit to Nepal since taking…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, October 19th, 2023QUETTA: Balochistan Interim Minister for Information Jan Achakzai has made it clear that not only illegal Afghan residents but also Iranian and other foreign individuals who are staying unlawfully without proper documents in the country will be repatriated to their respective nations within the provided time frame, before November 1. During a press conference held on Wednesday, he stated, “This is the final decision regarding the deportation of…
By Myra Imran in The News, Oct 19, 2023ISLAMABAD: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called on the government to withdraw immediately its decision of expelling undocumented foreigners by November 1. During a consultation session, HRCP chairperson Hina Jilani said a one-size-fits-all solution cannot be applied to all refugees and asylum seekers without considering their specific needs. Even in the deliberate absence of a policy on refugees, Pakistan is still bound by international customary…
By Noman Hossain in The Khaama Press Online, October 11, 2023Around 1.7 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan face a mass exodus as Islamabad has given them an ultimatum to leave the country by November 1. On October 3, Pakistan’s Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said in a press conference that the government had “given them [Afghan refugees] a November 1 deadline” to leave voluntarily or face “forcible expulsion” after that date. Bugti claimed that some…
report in Prothom Alo, Sept 18, 2023Election commissioner Md Anisur Rahman said the schedule of the next general election would be announced in November and the election will take place in the first week of January in 2024. The EC hopes the election will be participated by every party, the commissioner said at Kishoreganj circuit house today. “Participation of all parties doesn’t hinge on us. It depends on the decision of parties and their political…