By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai in TOLOnews Online, Dec 11, 2023 at 7:36 PMKaren Decker, Chargé d’Affaires of the US Mission to Afghanistan, urged the “Taliban” to be guided by what the Afghan people want, saying that the international community must also “listen to what the Afghan people say.” In an interview with TOLOnews, on the sidelines of the Doha Forum, Decker said that Afghanistan is the only country in the world that “does not…
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By Asim Yasin in The News, December 07, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party Information Secretary Faisal Karim Kundi has said those who are afraid of people’s decision do not want elections. “In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, there is a Maulana Fazlur Rehman government and we don’t know what kind of favourable environment they want,” he said while commenting on JUIF Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s press conference in Islamabad on Tuesday. Kundi said the opponents were worried about the…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, December 4, 2023The Taliban administration in Afghanistan considers one of its achievements in the past two years to be a reduction in conflicts and the establishment of overall security. While this claim is not entirely unfounded when it comes to armed confrontations, the question remains whether the security of citizens is truly guaranteed with a decrease in hostilities between opposing groups. Are people now able to continue…
report in The News,November 23, 2023LAHORE: Former prime minister and PMLN President Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday met several former parliamentarians, including ex-senator Waqar Ahmed and PMLN KP President Ameer Muqam. Both congratulated him on his acquittal in the Ashiana Iqbal reference. The leaders discussed the overall situation and preparations for the general elections. Shehbaz said that under the leadership of Nawaz Sharif, the PMLN always lived up to the trust and expectations of the nation.…
Report in The Nation, Nov 23, 2023CHITRAL/ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Wednesday said that people’s rule would be established after winning the February 8 general election. He said leaders of opposition parties have disappointed people and masses of KP were looking now to PPP for resolutions of their problems. Addressing party convention here, he said that veteran leaders of opposition parties failed to address the masses’ problems during their tenures…
Report in Pakistan Today, Nov 20, 2023QUETTA/KECH: Three people travelling in a car were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted on roadside exploded in Hoshab area of Kech district in Balochistan on Sunday, officials said. Commissioner Mekran Division Saeed Ahmed Umrani confirmed that unidentified terrorists targeted a car using an improvised explosive device (IED) in Hoshab tehsil of district Kech, adding all three persons travelling in the car were killed on the spot.…
report in The News, Nov 13, 2023LAHORE: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed its concern over the growing sense of powerlessness among ordinary people amid economic deprivation and unemployment. The most serious victims of political engineering in the run-up to the general elections have been democracy, electoral politics and the rule of law. HRCP condemned the continuing curbs on freedom of expression, saying not only have journalists been summarily removed for expressing dissenting…
by Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, November 12th, 2023ISLAMABAD: While Iqbal Day was observed throughout the country during the current week, a survey conducted by a research company showed that nearly half of Pakistanis could not recognise the importance of November 9. Among those who were able to tell the significance of the day, women were in majority. The study was conducted in the first week of November by a research company named Ipsos in which…
By Sheain Fernandopulle in Daily Mirror, Nov 8, 2023COLOMBO- While saying that people must take to the streets against the mismanagement of the economy, TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran said people should be ready to rally together even in defiance of existing legal restrictions. The MP asserted that it is imperative for individuals to express their discontent through demonstrations. “It’s high time for people to demonstrate their agitation more than ever, as this government has brought…
By Asim Yasin in The News, Oct 28, 2023ISLAMABAD: Former federal minister Muhammad Ali Durrani is expected to present the proposals for turning national reconciliation into political cooperation in the next few days, aiming to benefit the people and the country in terms of economic recovery through national reconciliation. According to sources, former federal minister Muhammad Ali Durrani is working on helping the four major parties and all the other stakeholders out of present situation…
by Iftekhar Mahmud in Prothom Alo, Oct 16, 2023One in four people in the country are food insecure, and 46 per cent of the poor population is in this dire situation according to the data revealed in a survey report released this month by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). The report, titled ‘Bangladesh Food Security Monitoring Report: May-August,’ was released on 3 October. According to the report, the increase in natural calamities in…