By Mariana Baabar in The News, December 08, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Thursday reaffirmed that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui remained the government’s utmost priority and her lawyer’s recent statements pointing to her alleged sexual abuse had been taken very seriously. “The prime minister of Pakistan has directed that this matter may be taken up by the Government of Pakistan with the US authorities to investigate the matter and to address it, as these are certainly very serious statements.…
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Report in Prothom Alo, 12 Oct 2023Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader today said BNP leaders are making poisonous statements over environment-friendly Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. “Bangabandhu’s daughter, prime minister Sheikh Hasina, is inaugurating mega projects one after another that makes the BNP leaders irritated,” he said in a statement. Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said that is why BNP leaders are threatening to shut down the Rooppur nuclear power plant.…
Edit in The Nation, Jan 23, 2023A high-level UN delegation visited Afghanistan last week and sent a clear message to the Afghan government that isolating women will also isolate Afghanistan and as the country faces a terrible humanitarian crisis, it cannot afford to do so. While these statements have been issued in the past as well, the tone implies that the international community is losing its patience with the de-facto Afghan leadership. The UN delegation…