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ECP ready for polls, seeks army’s help to ensure peace

report n The News, Nov 24, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday said it was ready for the conduct of general elections on February 8 and directed acquiring services of the army to ensure security of voters during the poll process. The commission has completed hearing of representations regarding the preliminary report of the delimitation of constituencies and will publish the final list by November 30, as decided already. It emphasized that in…

Bundling of many legal amendments in a single bill raises question of intent

by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 25, 2023The government on May 9 registered a bill to amend some Nepal Acts in the House of Representatives. The bill seeks to revise 80 Acts—around a third of the country’s total. With the single bill, the government is preparing to amend the Acts related to criminal office, forest use, environment protection, university education—and what not. In case of minor revisions, there is a practice of amending…

Sri Lankan president seeks to disarm India’s China fears

AFP report , July 19, 2023COLOMBO: Sri Lanka´s president arrives in India on Thursday for his first visit to the regional powerhouse, with concerns mounting in New Delhi over China´s increasing influence in the strategically placed but financially bankrupt island. New Sri Lankan leaders usually travel to India within a few weeks of taking office, but Ranil Wickremesinghe´s trip comes exactly a year after he became president following the toppling of his predecessor at the…