report in Khaama Press online, Dec 24, 2023The latest report from the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the situation of children in Afghanistan reveals that alongside the deprivation of millions of girls from education, thousands of cases of violence against children have been recorded from January 2021 to December 2022, including kidnapping, murder, abuse, and sexual assault of children. This report covers the period from January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2022, during which…
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by Tom Hussain in SCMP, Aug 1, 2023The writer is an Islamabad-based journalist who has spent his 35-year career covering South Asia and the Middle East.An upsurge in terrorist attacks in western Pakistan highlights the risks involved in expanding China’s Belt and Road Initiative in the country even as Chinese firms are “learning the ropes” on how to cope with the rise in violence, analysts say. Amid ongoing celebrations to commemorate the 10th anniversary of…
By Nadia Fazlulhaq in The Sunday Times, July 9, 2023The growing exodus of professionals and skilled workers to foreign countries will threaten the quality of services provided to the public, experts warn. Statistics reveal that the country’s heading towards a major brain drain with 14,307 professionals leaving the country last year compared with 2,957 professionals in 2020 and 8,373 in 2021. According to the Bureau of Foreign Employment, the majority of the professionals were between…
by Frank Tang in SCMP, Apr 15, 2023China’s falling producer prices and slowing consumer price rises have triggered warnings about the risk of deflation and inadequate demand, the latest red alerts for the world’s second-largest economy at a critical juncture in its post-pandemic recovery. The low-price environment puts Beijing’s policymakers in a much better position than their Western peers, who are busy dealing with high inflation and financial market turbulence, and allowed them to extend…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, April 10, 2023 at 9:29 PMUS Senators expressed criticism over the report released by the Biden administration over the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, which they say downplayed the risk of terrorism. Speaking to Fox News, Senator Lindsey Graham said that regarding what happened in Afghanistan, Biden “paved the way for another 9/11.” Graham accused the officials of a “political whitewash.” Senator Ben Cardin said that the major mistake was due…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, April 01,2023 at 7:33 PMImangali Tasmagambetov, secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), said on Friday that there is an increasing risk of terrorist organizations from Afghanistan infiltrating CSTO countries. According to a TASS report, Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov noted that apart from various terrorist groups, the forces behind illicit drug production and trafficking were also strengthening their positions in Afghanistan. “There is an increasing risk that terrorist…
by Mirudhula Thambiah in The Moring, Feb 17, 2023Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera yesterday (16) stated that connecting the national energy grid of Sri Lanka with the Indian grid will not cause any risk. Responding to a query by The Daily Morning on the possibility of a risk arising in connecting the Sri Lankan energy grid with India, Wijesekera said: “I don’t see any risk, because, if every other country has connected, what’s…
report in Khaama Press, Nov 16, 2022Afghan families in Pakistan waiting to immigrate to Canada as part of Canada’s newly announced immigration program, are facing jail risk as their visas have expired or some have crossed the border paperless and do not hold any legal documents. According to Canada’s CBC news channel, Pakistan has warned paperless refugees of facing up to three years jail time if they do not renew their visas by the end…