by Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, Dec 24th, 2023• BYC issues ultimatum for withdrawal of cases; demands UN probe• 160 protesters granted bail, police claimISLAMABAD: As a protest outside the National Press Club in Islamabad against the enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings continued, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee — organiser of the long march — gave the authorities a three-day ultimatum to quash cases registered against students and activists and release all protesters. A statement issued by…
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by Ismail Khan in Dawn, October 5th, 2023PESHAWAR: With a looming deadline to repatriate more than a million undocumented Afghans and other foreigners by the end of this month, federal and provincial authorities are scrambling to put together a viable plan to undertake what could safely be described as one of the biggest deportation operations in modern times. Following up on the recommendations of the apex committee of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sept 27, the federal…
By D.L. Jayakody in Ceylon Today, June 10, 2023The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has told President Ranil Wickremesinghe that if the current Government fails to provide a solution to the ‘ethnic question’ within a certain period, it will take steps to find a solution under the international law of self-determination. The TNA had said, this during the discussion with the Government held at the Presidential Secretariat on Thursday (8). During the discussion, the TNA has…