report in The News, Oct 14, 2023ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf said Friday there might be an understanding behind the return of Nawaz Sharif to the country. “Obviously, there must have been some understanding for the return of Nawaz Sharif to the country. Why he’s coming back now? Why he didn’t come back earlier,” he said in a response to a question by a journalist in an informal talk with a delegation of…
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By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Sept 28, 2023Chairman of the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on National Security, Rear Admiral (retd.) Sarath Weerasekera has told Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena that the US should not deny a visa to an MP nominated by the Sri Lankan Parliament to join an official delegation unless he/she posed a threat to US interests. In a letter dated 25 Sept., 2023, the former Public Security Minister has informed Speaker Abeywardena the…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, July 07, 2023The politics of Koshi Province is in a quagmire. As Province Head Parshuram Khapung on Thursday appointed Nepali Congress parliamentary party leader Uddhav Thapa as the new chief minister, based on claims of majority with the Speaker’s backing, constitutional experts have denounced the move as unconstitutional. Thapa was appointed in accordance with Article 168(2) of the constitution after he laid claim to lead a majority-based government…
Report in The Kathmandu Post,Jan 13th, 2023The largest party in the House of Representatives, Nepali Congress, which is facing criticism for giving its confidence vote to the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government, is eying the key positions of President and Speaker. Normally in parliamentary democracy, the main opposition does not give the vote of confidence to the prime minister, but the Congress extended the trust vote to Dahal, which is now courting controversy. Though Congress leaders…