by Shamima Rita in Dhaka Tribune, Dec 18, 2023Sunday was the last day for the withdrawal of nominations for the 12th general election. Many candidates withdrew their nominations on the day, including those from the ruling Awami League, Jatiya Party, Trinamool BNP and Zaker Party as well as independents. As many as 347 contenders had withdrawn of their own accord from contention in the next general election, the Election Commission said. Now the total number…
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by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, December 12th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday called for a thorough investigation into the release of terrorists from prisons during the PTI rule, regretting that such a decision was taken without taking the parliament and the nation into loop. Sitting beside caretaker Interior Minister Sarfaraz Bugti during a press conference, the PPP chairman expressed these views while talking to reporters after visiting ‘The Wall of…
By Yohan Perera in Daily Mirror, Dec 11, 2023Colombo, Dec 11 (Daily Mirror) – The government faced headwinds in Parliament yesterday in its attempt to boost revenue by enacting a piece of legislation to reduce the VAT-exempted list from 138 categories of items to 97, a move that will have a two percent inflationary effect. The House was convened yesterday for a special session despite it being a Sunday, given the urgency to pass the…
report in The Island, Dec 9, 2023The government is planning to set up an independent Commission of Truth, Unity and Reconciliation through an Act of Parliament, the President’s Media Division has said. The concept paper for the draft legislation is being drafted in consultation with stakeholders and will soon be accessible for additional comments emphasising an inclusive approach to strengthen national unity through truth, transitional justice, reconciliation, reparation and social cohesion, the PMD has said,…
by Kelum Bandara in Daily Mirror, Dec 6, 2023Colombo, Dec.6 – President Ranil Wickremesinghe is reported to be mulling prorogation of Parliament by the middle of January, next year. Once Parliament is prorogued, pending businesses before the House will lapse, and the new Parliament, once convened by the President, has to resume them afresh. The Speaker and the MPs will continue to function. The President can prorogue Parliament for a maximum period of two months.…
By Rashidul Hasan in The Daily Star, Nov 29, 2023The rift between GM Quader and Raushan Ershad, the two most known leaders of the Jatiya Party, has put the parliament’s main opposition in serious trouble. Leader of the opposition and JP chief patron Raushan Ershad and her son Rahgir Almahe Ershad MP yesterday said they would not participate in the January 7 election under the leadership of party Chairman GM Quader. The main reason behind…
by Ashik Abdullah Apu/Sajjad Hossain/Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary in The Daily Star, Nov 19, 2023Scenes at the Awami League and BNP offices could not be more contrasting. On the capital’s Bangabandhu Avenue, over 50 policemen were struggling to maintain order yesterday afternoon as droves of people arrived with leaders who were buying nomination forms to run for parliament on the AL ticket. By 2:30pm, several thousand cheerful supporters had gathered there. Around the same time, policemen…
By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Nov 9,2023The country was descending into anarchy with no IGP to head the Police Department, NFF leader Wimal Weerawansa told Parliament yesterday. “There is no legitimate IGP in this country today . We call on the government not to play with law and order,” MP Weerawansa said. Weerwansa said that the Constitutional Council had not approved a service extension for the incumbent IGP. “Without Constitutional Council approval an IGP…
by Anowar Hossain in Prothom ALo, Nov 7, 2023 Dhaka: Governing Bangladesh Awami League (AL) is determined to keep Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) from breaking free of its current predicament, especially as many of its leaders are in jail, and a significant number are in hiding. The policymakers of the ruling party maintain that they will not be swayed by criticism, and they are not inclined to yield to any foreign attempts, pressures, or requests.…
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, Nov 5th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Yet another bill, which was passed by both houses of parliament months ago, has gone missing, it has emerged. A calling attention notice submitted with the Senate Secretariat, bearing the signatures of PPP Senators Saleem Mandviwala and Taj Haider, a copy of which is available with Dawn, invites the attention of the federal minister for parliamentary affairs towards the non-approval of “The Protection of Family Life…
Report in The News, October 31, 2023LAHORE: As the general elections are being gossiped to be held in the last week of January next year, the announcement of election date is still a mystery with Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar Monday saying that the previous parliament had passed a law in which the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was mandated to announce an election date. On the other hand, the ECP head says polls will…