by Asiri Fernando in the Daily Morning, Sept 17, 2023The Chinese geophysical and seismic scientific research vessel Shi Yan 6 (IMO: 9904247) has commenced its 80-day expedition into the Indian Ocean and was enroute to the Malacca Strait yesterday (16) evening, despite Colombo not yet having granted diplomatic permission for the vessel to call port or carry out a planned joint survey in the waters surrounding the island, The Sunday Morning learns. According to Foreign…
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By Norman Palihawadane in The Island, Sept 13, 2023The Catholic Church yesterday (12) rejected outright the special investigative committee proposed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to probe the allegations raised by Channel 4 pertaining to the Easter Sunday carnage. Church Spokesman Rev. Fr. Cyril Gamini said that the Church did not believe that such committees would be able to deliver the truth. The priest said that it would be an exercise that would waste time and…
report in The Island, Sept 8, 2023Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday ( 07) denied allegations made against him in a documentary on the Easter Sunday attacks by Britain’s Channel 4.Issuing a statement, he said that the documentary is an anti-Rajapaksa tirade and a bundle of lies Full text of Rajapaksa’s statement: “The central allegation made in the latest film on Sri Lanka broadcast by Channel 4 is that the Easter Sunday suicide bombings of…
by Tariq Saeed in Dawn, Sept 5th, 2023TOBA TEK SINGH: A Christian priest was shot at and injured by an unidentified suspect in Faisalabad on Sunday night. Sources said Reverend Father Eleazar Sidhu, who serves at Myong-Sang Naserth church in Jaranwala tehsil, was discharged from hospital on Monday afternoon with a dressing on his hand. In an FIR lodged under Sections 324 (attempt to murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code, Father…
by Abdul Wahid Shahwani in Dawn, September 4th, 2023KHUZDAR: A member of Levies Force and two other people were shot dead in two different firing incidents in Mastung and Kalat districts on Sunday. Officials said that some unknown assailants barged into the house of a Levies official in the Johan area of Mangochar town of Kalat district and opened fire, killing him on the spot and injuring his wife. Members of the Levies Force rushed…
by Rameez Khan in The Express Tribune, Sept 4, 2023LAHORE: Upon his return to Pakistan in October, ahead of the upcoming general elections, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will not adopt an anti-establishment stance. This assurance was provided by PML-N spokesperson for the Punjab province, Azma Bukhari, on Sunday. “Nawaz Sharif’s narrative will not be against anyone. It will certainly not resemble the narrative of the deposed prime minister Imran Khan, who continually criticizes state…
by Abdul Wahid Shahwani in Dawn, August 28th, 2023KHUZDAR: A senior officer of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), Khuzdar, and his team members survived an armed attack on Sunday late night after. According to police, Khuzdar Station House Officer Muhammad Murad Jamot, along with other CTD personnel, was going to his office when they were attacked by unknown armed men in Jaffarabad, a locality on the outskirts of Khuzdar town. The CTD personnel immediately took…
By Ahmed Subhan in The News, August 20, 2023Human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari was arrested from her residence in Islamabad during the wee hours of Sunday morning, the police confirmed. Imaan was taken into custody for staging a sit-in, resistance, and interference in state affairs, police from the Tarnol Police Station personnel said. Her mother and former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shireen Mazari also confirmed her arrest on X, formerly Twitter, stating that policemen in…
report in Dawn, August 14th, 2023SUKKUR: Jan Mohammad Mahar, a senior journalist associated with a private Sindhi newspaper and its TV channel, was shot dead by armed men riding a motorcycle near St. Saviour School on Queens Road here on late Sunday evening. According to the area police, the assailants shot several fires on Mr Mahar, who was travelling by his car. The journalist received several bullets to his head and near his eyes, the…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 13, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is preparing to bring the CK Raut-led Janamat Party back to his Cabinet. Dahal is likely to induct a Janamat minister in the government by Sunday evening, said Ramesh Malla, personal secretary to the prime minister. The prime minister has been talking to some ministers from his party to convince one of them to make way for the new minister,…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 7, 2023The five-day long central committee meeting of the ruling CPN (Maoist Centre) concluded on Sunday with a renewed commitment to ‘invigorating’ the party by reaching out to the grassroots. The ruling party’s decision to launch a grassroots campaign comes at a time when Maoist leaders and cadres have been accusing the party top brass of focusing only on power, resulting in the party’s decline to…