By Amjad Safi in The News, December 14, 2023PESHAWAR: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Wednesday demanded an inquiry into the negotiations with militants and bringing them back to the country without taking parliament and people into confidence. Addressing the members of Peshawar High Court Bar Association (PHCBA) here, Bilawal said such elements should be exposed before the nation and held accountable for betraying the martyrs. PPP provincial president Syed Mohammad Shah Bacha,…
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By Mirudhula Thambiah in The Morning, Feb 10, 2023The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) yesterday (9) stated in Parliament that they reject President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s throne speech cum Statement of Government Policy, delivered on Wednesday (8), stating that maximum devolution of power cannot take place within a unitary model. Speaking in Parliament yesterday, TNA’s Spokesman and Parliamentarian, President’s Counsel M.A. Sumanthiran noted: “He ends by saying that he will not allow for a separation of the…
By Rathindra Kuruwita in The Island, Jan 7, 2023The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), Uttara Lanka Sabawa (ULS), and Nidahas Sabawa, would join forces with another party represented in Parliament to form a coalition to contest the coming Local Council election, leaders of the parties said, addressing the media at the Elections Secretariat, yesterday. ULS member MP Wimal Weerawansa said that they would announce the name and the symbol of the new coalition on Monday.…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 17, 2022Of the 12 parties elected to the House of Representatives in the recently-concluded polls, as many as three made it to the lower house in their first attempt at parliamentary politics. The Rastriya Swatantra Party, the Janamat Party and the Nagarik Unmukti Party have not only entered Parliament in their first bid in major elections, they have also become kingmakers—with the potential to shape the power…