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Islamabad court sends Ali Wazir on judicial remand in rioting case

by Umer Burney in Dawn, August 23rd, 2023An Islamabad court on Tuesday granted a post-arrest bail to human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir while it sent former lawmaker Ali Wazir on a 14-day judicial remand in a case pertaining to rioting and unlawul assembly. Wazir was arrested on Saturday, while Imaan was picked up from her home in the early hours of Sunday. A pair of first information reports (FIR) were registered against the two…

GR’s ouster: PNM reiterates accusations against US

By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, July 6, 2023Patriotic National Movement (PNM) Secretary Dr. Wasantha Bandara said on Tuesday (04) that Sena Thoradeniya’s ‘Galle Face Protest: System Change or Anarchy?’, reiterated accusations pertaining to the alleged high profile US role in an operation that ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in July 2022. Dr. Bandara said that Thoradeniya’s work was meant to strengthen National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa’s ‘Nine; The Hidden Story’ that dealt with…