By Murtaza Ali Shah in The News, September 23, 2023LONDON: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) President and former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday said he had dashed to London to discuss legal and political steps ahead of Nawaz Sharif’s arrival back home on October 21. The former premier spoke to the media after holding important talks attended by Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, Ishaq Dar, Talal Chaudhry and others at the Stanhope House. Both Maryam and…
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by Kelum Bandara in Daily Mirror, Sept 21, 2023 is reported to have stood his ground, refusing to allocate any more Cabinet portfolios despite persistent requests from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Daily Mirror learns. The president has continuously resisted requests to increase the size of the Cabinet even despite some MPs such as S.B. Dissanayake warning to explore ways to topple the government. The position has been taken over concerns that such a…
By Habib Rahman Qooyash in ToloNews, Sept 16, 2023 at 8:18 PMThe President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, voiced concerns over the construction of the Qush Tepa canal, saying that its “commissioning” may fundamentally change the balance of water in Central Asia. This is the first time that a regional official made a critical statement about the Qush Tepa canal. Mirziyoyev made the remarks at the fifth summit of the Central Asian Nation heads. “You are…
report on adaderana.lk, Sept 15, 2023 at 4pmPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed a three-member committee to investigate the allegations in the documentary aired by British television network Channel 4 on the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka. The committee, chaired by retired Supreme Court Justice S.I. Imam, consists of retired Air Force Commander A.C.M. Jayalath Weerakkody and President’s Counsel Harsha A.J. Soza PC. On September 06, Channel 4 aired a controversial documentary containing…
By Zebunnisa Burki in The News, Sept 14, 2023KARACHI: Legal minds in the country are divided over who gets to fix the date of the general elections. While most legal experts are of the view that President Alvi has shirked his constitutional duty of announcing an election date, there is another view that the ECP is the institution that gets to decide when and how elections are to be held. According to constitutional lawyer Usama…
by Syed Irfan Raza in Dawn, Sept 14th, 2023• Elections should be held by 89th day of NA dissolution; Alvi tells ECP to seek guidance from superior judiciary• PM Kakar hints at election in Jan; experts term president’s letter ‘tactical move’ to appease PTIISLAMABAD: In a move that has further clouded the air around general elections, President Dr Arif Alvi wrote to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday, suggesting polls should be held…
By Norman Palihawadane in The Island, Sept 13, 2023The Catholic Church yesterday (12) rejected outright the special investigative committee proposed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to probe the allegations raised by Channel 4 pertaining to the Easter Sunday carnage. Church Spokesman Rev. Fr. Cyril Gamini said that the Church did not believe that such committees would be able to deliver the truth. The priest said that it would be an exercise that would waste time and…
by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, Sept 12, 2023ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi found himself at the centre of attention once again as the question of announcing the election date took a prominent place in the political discourse. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) insisted that the president immediately reveal the election date, while the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) called for Alvi’s resignation from the presidency without specifying a date. Meanwhile, the caretaker government emphasised that…
AFP report, September 11, 2023COLOMBO: Sri Lanka´s president announced an investigation on Sunday into allegations made by a British television documentary that his current spy chief was complicit in the country´s worst attack against civilians. Ranil Wickremesinghe said he was naming a retired Supreme Court judge to probe accusations that Suresh Sallay, the head of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), orchestrated the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. The documentary aired this week featured a political insider…
by Kelum Bandara in Daily Mirror Sept 8, 2023The removal of MP Dayasiri Jayasekara from his post as SLFP (Sri Lanka Freedom Party) General Secretary appears to be a strategic move aimed at eliminating potential obstacles to the party’s support for President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the upcoming presidential election, according to sources. According to political sources, Mr. Jayasekara has been opposed to the idea of backing the President at the next election. Instead, he has…
report in The Island, Sept 8, 2023Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, in an interview with Sirasa TV on Wednesday night, said that she would have gone for a general election if she had been in President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s shoes. She said that Wickremesinghe did not go for an election because he feared defeat.Wickremesinghe had been able to halt the rapid decline of the country but he was unable to move forth because he worked with…