Report in TOLOnews Online, Oct 16, 2023 at 10:49 PMPakistan’s Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani has once again stressed that the new policy for refugees applies to “all illegal people” not only Afghan refugees. Speaking at a press conference, Jilani said: “this is certainly not an Afghanistan-specific decision that the government has taken, this decision applies to all illegal people residing in Pakistan and I think this is a firm decision that has been made…
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By Fidel Rahmati- October 8, 2023Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, the Pakistani Jamiat Ulema Council leader, has criticized the Pakistani government’s policy towards Afghan refugees. He called on international human rights organizations to investigate the situation of refugees in Pakistan. The leader of the Pakistani Ulema Council stated in a press conference that the police in this country are attacking Afghan refugees “like wolves.” He further added, “Is this human rights? I urge human rights organizations to come…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Oct 6, 2023 at 8:21 PMMumtaz Zahra Baloch, spokesperson of Pakistan’s foreign ministry, in an interview with Pakistani media said the caretaker government’s decision to expel refugees is not limited to Afghan nationals and all undocumented refugees in Pakistan will be subject to the policy. Baloch added that the United Nations and the international community have the responsibility to provide better conditions of living in Afghanistan so that Afghan refugees can…
By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai in TOLOnews, Aug 28, 2023 at 4:25 PMThe International Crisis Group (ICG), said in a new report that sanctions have become an increasingly prominent tool of US statecraft, but urged Washington to align sanctions policy with peacemaking efforts. The ICG said that as the use of sanctions has increased, so, too, has awareness of their collateral effects. “While the US looks to sanctions to further its goals in numerous conflicts,…
By Naweed Samadi in ToloNews, Aug 18, 2023 at 9:14 PMSecond Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi said that the Islamic Emirate has established a policy of neutrality in Afghanistan. Speaking at a gathering held by the Shia Ulema in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of Kabul, Hanafi asked the world to interact positively in relations with the current Afghan government. “Friendship should be mutual. We interact with them and expect the same interaction and relations with…
by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee in The Daily Star, Jun 5, 2023Partners of the ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance were divided over the new US visa policy yesterday as left-leaning parties at a meeting welcomed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s firm stance. They said Bangladesh should not bow to US pressure and all should thank Hasina for her stance. The AL and other partners of the alliance, however, opined that the government should resolve the issue diplomatically.…
report in Prothom Alo, May 31, 2023Jatiya Party (JaPa) chairman GM Quader has said it seems that the United States is very sincere for a fair election. However, many things will depend on the execution or effectiveness of the US visa policy. GM Quader, also the deputy leader of the opposition party, made the remark on Tuesday afternoon while replying to the newsmen’s queries at his Banani residence. The JaPa leader said, “We are taking…
report in Prothom Alo, May 31, 2023US ambassador in Dhaka Peter Haas on Tuesday said the new US visa policy applies to “everyone” and it is to encourage the right “behaviours” to ensure free and fair election. “The Idea behind the (new visa) policy is that it applies to everyone, it’s about the behaviours and it’s about encouraging the right behaviours for free and fair elections. So people who support free and fair elections have…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, May 20, 2023The government has overstated the country’s economic performance at a time when its main statistics body has painted a gloomy picture of the economy. Presenting the government’s policies and programmes for the fiscal year 2023-24 in a joint session of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly on Friday, President Ramchandra Paudel said all the sectors were witnessing positive outcomes as a result of…
report in Daily FT, May 3, 2023Factum Sri Lanka, an Asia-Pacific-focused think-tank on foreign policy, in partnership with the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) and The Baani Centre for International Policy, Maldives, held a Trilateral Dialogue on Maritime Cooperation in the Indian Ocean in Colombo recently. The Dialogue was held in the backdrop of the Indian Ocean – The Ocean of the 21st Century’s significant big power contestations and focused on how…
By Imsha Iqbal in The Morning, Mar 30, 2023Despite the decades-long diplomatic and trade ties between the countries since 1952, Japanese businesses currently have lost confidence in Sri Lanka due to the abrupt and arbitrary policy changes that have been made by the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL), says the Ambassador for Japan in Sri Lanka Mizukoshi Hideaki. Ambassador Hideaki stated: “On the governance and transparency of the economic policies, in the past, there have…