report on The News online, Sept 29, 2023 ( early story)QUETTA/MASTUNG: A massive explosion Friday rocked Balochistan’s Mastung district leaving over 50 people injured. The district’s assistant commissioner said the blast was of a “massive nature” and took place near a mosque where people were gathering to mark Eid Miladun Nabi. The district’s station house officer (SHO) informed Geo News about the number of injured in the blast. https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1114546-50-injured-as-blast-rips-through-mastung
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report in Prothom Alo, Sept 26, 2023The ruling Awami League has given BNP a 36-day ultimatum for it to give up its ‘evil politics’. It said that if BNP doesn’t come to the ‘right path’ within this time, it will take the people along and crush BNP’s ‘hand of evil politics’. Awami League said this was a last warning to BNP. Awami League held separate rallies in Uttara and Jatrabari of the capital yesterday, Monday.…
by Kamrani Yousaf in The Express Tribune, Sept 13th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan continued to persist on Tuesday as both the sides failed to make any headway in their talks to reopen the key border crossing that remained shut since Sept 6. “The status quo persists. No progress so far in talks. In fact, both sides are no longer holding talks for now,” an official source familiar with the development told The Express…
by Syed Sheheryar Raza Zaidi in Dawn, August 29th, 2023The writer is a lawyer.AMONG the many existential crises Pakistan faces, the plight of its minorities and the downtrodden seems to be the least of the state’s worries. In all the perceived concern for Pakistan’s economic plight and the fundamentals of its Constitution, the people of Pakistan — that is, its constituents — have been left at the mercy of mobs, religious fanatics and feudal lords.…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 8, 2023After some parties including the main opposition CPN-UML and opposition Rastriya Prajatantra Party, the ruling CPN (Maoist Centre) has decided to launch a ‘three-month grassroots’ campaign to reach out to the people. Party leaders believe that the campaign will help revive the party in the upcoming polls as they will know the concerns of the people and act accordingly to convince them to vote for…
report in The Express Tribune, Aug 1, 2023ISLAMABAD: Lawmakers in the lower house of parliament vent their fury at Sunday’s suicide bombing at the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) workers convention in Bajaur, terming the death of dozens of people an intelligence failure. The National Assembly members, from both sides of divide, including the federal ministers vehemently condemned the bomb attack in the Khar tehsil. The JUI-F lawmakers opposed the talks with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban, Pakistan (TTP).…
report in Nepalnews, July 27,2023BARDIYA: It has been already six years since the Jabdighat bridge connecting the Gulariya and Barbardiya municipalities in Bardiya was swept away by a flood, causing inconvenience to the locals. In the lack of restoration of the bridge for years, locals are forced to undertake risker travel routes. In addition to this, it has affected their livelihood as well. Ram Gopal Tharu of Barbaridya municipality-11 expressed significant inconveniences caused by the…
report in TOLOnews, June 11, 2023 at 12:38 PMYouth in Kabul told TOLOnews that at as the unemployment level in the country rises, young people must inevitably take the path of illegal immigration. Young people said it has become more difficult to cover the costs of living in the current situation and therefore they have to go to neighboring countries or farther away. Abubaker is a resident of Laghman and head of a 9-member family…
By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, May 03, 2023Prior to his appointment as prime minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal had announced at public functions that he would form a high-level commission to investigate the properties of people who had held public office since 1990. Although Dahal seems to have made the announcement with an intention of garnering public support instead of a genuine intention to curb corruption, experts welcomed the proclamation of the prime…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, March 17, 2023The UN Security Council on Thursday voted to extend the UNAMA mandate in Afghanistan for a one-year, as UNAMA is considered a lifeline for the Afghan people during these difficult times. While reviewing the resolution, the participating members agreed the UNAMA plays a significantly important role towards peace and stability in Afghanistan. With the extension of UNAMA’s mandate, the UN will be able to continue its important…