By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, December 5, 2023The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has announced that Afghanistan has witnessed an increase in violence against Shia and Hazara communities in the past month in the provinces of Kabul, Balkh, and Herat. UNAMA continues to call for support for individuals at risk. This comes in response to the recent attack on Shia Muslims in Herat province, which has prompted strong reactions. It…
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report in The Express Tribune, Dec 6, 2023ISLAMABAD: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday raised questions over the holding of peaceful elections in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan amid the deteriorating security situation in the two provinces. In the wake of JUI-F activists losing their lives in terrorist attacks, Fazl emphasised the need for a secure environment for the next general elections. He questioned the feasibility of holding the elections in K-P districts including Dera Ismail…
report in The Express Tribune, Nov 21, 2023LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif assigned two of his close aides on Monday to act swiftly to reconcile the differences among the party leadership in Sindh and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), before his visits to those provinces as part of his efforts to bring the ‘electables’ to the party fold. According to an Express News report, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo took notice of the differences among the…
By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, May 24, 2023While the federal government is in the final leg of preparing the national budget for the next fiscal year, the government of Sudurpaschim Province is putting pressure on Kathmandu to increase the federal grant going to the province. A committee led by Sudurpaschim Chief Minister Kamal Shah met Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Finance Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat and the Vice-chairperson of the National Planning Commission…