By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 21, 2023China has in recent months stepped up its engagement across several fronts in Nepal. It is sending several high-profile leaders and officials to Nepal in order to engage with different state entities while it is also inviting Nepali leaders, top officials and civil society members, among others, to China. One of its goals is to build support for various programmes launched by President Xi Jinping. After…
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report in Daily Times, Oct 12, 2023In today’s fame-driven world, where one’s worth is often measured by their social media followers, Pakistan has emerged as a prominent player with over 72 million internet users. However, this growing access to free social media platforms has brought about significant concerns regarding e-security. Pakistan ranks as the 5th largest mobile phone market in Asia. Internet regulation falls under the jurisdiction of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the…
report in The The Daily Star’, Oct 4, 2023Rab is not thinking about the new US visa policy, but rather working to create a militant- and terror-free society, an official of the force said yesterday. Commander Khandaker Al Moin, director of the legal and media wing of Rab, made the remarks while addressing reporters’ queries at the capital’s Karwan Bazar. When asked whether there was any unease within Rab about the visa curbs, Moin said…
report in Dawn, September 25th, 2023THATTA: A large number of Christian community members, employees of revenue department and members of civil society organisations took out a rally and converged on the local press club on Sunday as part of their continuing protest over the recent kidnapping of a man, Irfan Masih. The victim was lured into a honey-trap about a week ago and called to an area in Kandhkot, where he was kidnapped and held…
Report in Dawn, Sept 14th, 2023MIRPURKHAS: Scores of traders and civil society representatives held a demonstration outside the Jhuddo town committee office on Wednesday in Jhuddo town in protest against the growing lawlessness, thefts, dacoties, robberis etc. Carrying banners and placards, they raised slogans against the Jhuddo SHO while demanding the Mirpurkhas SSP to replace him immediately with an honest officer without any delay. They deplored that the law and order situation in the town…
report in The News, Sept 11, 2023KARACHI: Religious scholars on Sunday pledged to continue their struggle against the blasphemers until effective legislation and comprehensive amendments to the Constitution were done, adding that in any society, it is not permissible for an individual to speak against the holiest personalities of another community. They expressed these views in a conference called “Azmat-e-Sahaba Wa Ahlul Bayt Istehkam-e-Pakistan,” which took place at Shahrah-e-Quaideen on Sunday under the auspices of…
report in Nepalnews.com, Sept 10, 2023Member of Parliament Prabhu Hajara joined the Communist Party three and a half decades ago to end discrimination against the Dalit community in the society. He currently represents the CPN (UML) in the House of Representatives after being elected under the proportional representation (PR) election system. MP Hajara says that there was a lot of discrimination in the society towards the Dalit community in the past but many changes have…
report in The Daily Star, Sept 3, 2023At least 27 political cases were filed against opposition party leaders-activists naming over a thousand people and accusing over 11 thousand unnamed individuals in last month alone. This was stated in a monthly human rights bulletin circulated by the Human Rights Support Society yesterday. In addition, 501 people were subjected to political arrests by law enforcement agencies, and 494 of them from the opposition, said the organisation. At…
By Shakeel Anjum in The News, August 20, 2023Islamabad : The statistics compiled by the Ministry of Interior, indicate that over one million illegal or undocumented Afghans are living in Pakistan. Most of the illegal Afghans are neither law neither abiding nor living quietly without creating difficulties for the government but creating unrest in the society by their involvement in criminal activities, a report said. “It is disturbing to mention that several armed Afghan migrants…
report in The Daily Star, Aug 10, 2023Not only was the Digital Security Act not repealed, the proposed changes in the law were not in line with the recommendations made by Bangladesh civil society groups and the United Nations. Also, no stakeholders were invited to review the draft changes before it was approved in the cabinet on Monday, and Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain has said the draft will not be revealed to the public…
By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, July 13, 2023 at ‘ 9:10 PMThe deputy Minister of Public Work (MoPW), Din Mohammad Haqbin, claimed that 95 percent of the population of Afghanistan do not want women to work in the society. Deputy Minister Din Mohammad Haqbin in an interview with TOLOnews said that the Islamic Emirate in a decree is creating opportunities for widows to work. “Out of 100 percent, 95 percent of Afghans do not…