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26 parties, mostly small ones, in polls

by Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary/ Rashidul Hasan in The Daily Star, Nov 25, 2023At least 26 out of the 44 registered political parties have decided to take part in the January 7 national election. Only five of those had seats in the ninth parliament formed after the 2008 election, the last “accepted election” in the country. Twelve parties ran in the 2014 election which was boycotted by the BNP and most other opposition parties. Although 39…

Security official martyred in Parachinar

report in Dawn, October 1st, 2023PESHAWAR: A Pakis­tan Army soldier embra­ced martyrdom in Para­chinar while an alleged militant commander was gunned down in Mardan in two separate incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the small hours of Friday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said an encounter took place between security forces and alleged militants in Parachinar, Kurram, in which Lance Naik Ghairat Khan, 33, embraced martyrdom. In a separate incident, an alleged militant…