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Posts tagged as “unwilling”

A tradition of intra-party ‘selection’

By globalpoliticsnews on December 4, 2023

by Syed Irfan Raza in Dawn, Dec 4th, 2023The hullabaloo over the PTI’s intra-party elections has once again put the spotlight on the inherent lack of democracy that plagues most of Pakistan’s major political parties, with many raising questions about the democratic credentials of leaders who are unwilling to let popular opinion dictate who should and shouldn’t be in high-office. While the Election Commission of Pakistan-mandated exercise focused attention on the PTI’s internal hierarchy and…

Illegal migrants unwilling to return identified: officials

By globalpoliticsnews on November 19, 2023

by Umer Farooq in Dawn, Nov 19th, 2023PESHAWAR: With hundreds of undocumented Afghan migrants leaving Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for their country on Saturday, the provincial authorities have identified the “illegal aliens”, who are staying put despite the expiry of the Oct 31 deadline for voluntary repatriation. Officials told Dawn here that the government had conducted another survey to find the foreign nationals continuing to live in the province without documentation. They said that 19 out of…

Meeting with US team: AL and BNP unwilling to compromise or make adjustments

By globalpoliticsnews on October 10, 2023

report in Prothom Alo, Oct 10, 2023During separate talks with the visiting US pre-election assessment team, the two major political parties Awami League and BNP displayed their conflicting and uncompromising stands. Neither of the parties is willing to make any sort of adjustment or compromise in their respective positions. The leaders of opposition BNP explained the reasoning behind their one-point demand for the resignation of the Awami League government and elections under a non-partisan government.…