report in The News, Dec 01, 2023ISLAMABAD: A fresh audio clip purportedly featuring PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi and his lawyer Latif Khosa is doing the rounds on social media, hinting that all is not well in the former prime minister’s family while he remains behind bars. In the audio clip, Bushra Bibi and Khosa are allegedly heard talking about Imran Khan’s sisters, complaining about Khosa’s alleged misbehaviour with them in relation to…
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Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 27, 2023 at 9:25 PMAfghan nationals in India, including students, complained about the existing challenges as the embassy has remained closed following the announcement of a “permanent” closure of the Afghan embassy in New Delhi, effective on November 23. The Afghans based in India called on the Indian government and interim Afghan government to not politicize the issue of refugees. They said that lack of access to facilities such as…
by Bhushan Yadav in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 14, 2023An under-construction suspension bridge across the Oriya River at Ghordaura in Dhobini Rural Municipality of Parsa district has been left incomplete for more than five years. The locals have accused the consumer committee of financial irregularities and voicing their concerns for the past two years. Achchhelal Thakur, a local of Ghordaura, said villagers have to take a detour through Inarwa, and bordering Indian villages to reach…
by Anish Tiwari in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 3, 2023Beijing supposedly reopened the Tatopani-Khasa route on the Nepal-China border to two-way trade last May, but Nepali traders say they were given false assurances. “It’s only one-way trade,” said Sanu Maya Sherpa, a local trader from Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality-2. “We are not allowed to sell our products in Chinese cities.” The northern border was closed after the 2015 earthquake. Commerce resumed through the Tatopani border point…
report in The Express Tribune, Sept 14, 2023ISLAMABAD: …….According to sources, the EPC convened a meeting on Thursday to review the president’s letter. Dr Alvi in his letter has supported the position of the ECP and the commission would decide about whether to respond to it or not after consulting with other authorities…… In a related development, the federal and all provincial law ministers resolved that as per the Constitution, the conducting of the general…
By Ashrafuddin Pirzada in The News, Sept 10, 2023LANDIKOTAL: The Torkham border crossing remained shut for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday amid tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Traders estimate that Pakistan’s treasury has incurred losses of millions of rupees over the past four days. They fear that this figure could double in the upcoming days if the stranded trucks are not allowed to proceed to their destinations. Upon reaching out to border officials, this…
by Krishana Prasain in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 1, 2023Nepal’s request to India for rice export quotas remains unaddressed while it has allocated export quotas of non-basmati rice to Bhutan, Mauritius and Singapore. On Wednesday, India issued a notification through the Directorate General of Foreign Trade permitting the export of 79,000 tonnes to Bhutan, 14,000 tonnes to Mauritius and 50,000 tonnes to Singapore. India imposed a ban on the export of non-basmati rice on July…
by Tika R Pradhan in the Kathmandu Post, July 9, 2023It’s been eight years since the promulgation of Nepal’s new constitution, but the implementation of federalism remains on the backburner due to a lack of political will at the federal and provincial levels. Politicians leading the provincial governments continue to complain to their seniors in the federal government about the lack of devolution of constitutionally-guaranteed power. It took the federal government years to pass the…
by Ruwani Fonseka in The Morning, Feb 25, 2023World Food Programme (WFP), in its Country Brief for January 2023, notes that food insecurity remains at concerning levels in the face of Sri Lanka’s economic crisis. However, as per the latest Household Food Security Survey for December 2022, 33% of households in Sri Lanka are food insecure, a decline from 37% in November, the document read further. The organization says 68% of households are resorting to…