by Shahbaz Rana in The Express Tribune, Nov 22, 2023ISLAMABAD: The European Union (EU) has expressed concerns about cases of forced disappearance and torture as well as restrictions on media freedom in Pakistan. Terming them a violation of international treaties, it has urged Islamabad to implement laws for the protection of economic, social, and political rights. A joint monitoring report released on Tuesday on Pakistan’s Generalised Scheme of Preference, known as GSP-Plus, also raised questions…
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by Wajih Ahmad Sheikh in Dawn, September 2nd, 2023LAHORE: The Islamabad police on Friday re-arrested former chief minister and PTI President Parvez Elahi near his residence soon after the Lahore High Court (LHC) set him free with a restraining order against his possible arrest by any agency or preventive detention. A team of federal capital police, assisted by the Lahore police, intercepted the white SUV near the FCC underpass in which Mr Elahi was riding…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, May 26, 2023Former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya yesterday (25) urged the government to conduct a thorough investigation into Muslim National Alliance (MNA) MP Ali Sabri Raheem’s abortive attempt to smuggle in gold at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) as it couldn’t be considered just a mere violation of the Customs law. Jayasuriya said so in a statement issued in his capacity as the Chairman of the National Movement for Social…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, May 16, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said on Monday that Nepal will pursue an independent foreign policy based on the principles of sovereign equality, non-interference, mutual respect and benefit. Briefing the Kathmandu-based diplomatic community for the first time after assuming the office on December 25, the prime minister stated that “friendship, mutual respect, and cooperation continue to guide Nepal’s external engagements.” “Protection and promotion of national interest is our…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, May 16, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said on Monday that Nepal will pursue an independent foreign policy based on the principles of sovereign equality, non-interference, mutual respect and benefit. Briefing the Kathmandu-based diplomatic community for the first time after assuming the office on December 25, the prime minister stated that “friendship, mutual respect, and cooperation continue to guide Nepal’s external engagements.” “Protection and promotion of national interest is our…
report in Khaama Press online, March 31, 2023Taliban have shut down Radio Sadai-e- Banowan in northeastern Badakhshan province over an alleged violation of the ruling regime’s broadcasting policy, according to the officials of the local radio station. According to the Taliban’s Director of Information and Culture in Badakhshan province, Moezuddin Ahmadi, the women-run radio station was forced to cease its operation due to broadcasting music, during the holy month of Ramadan, according to local sources.…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 10, 2023The government on Thursday brought a bill to amend the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Act retaining most of the “controversial provisions” from the previous bill that couldn’t get through the parliament last year. The Ministry of Law and Justice registered the bill at Parliament Secretariat following a Cabinet nod on Thursday morning. The new bill, like the previous one, hasn’t listed murder as a…
Edit in Business Recorder, Jan 23, 2023Shockingly but unsurprisingly, all accused in the high profile torture and murder case of a social activist, Nazim Jokhio, have walked free. It may be recalled that in October 2021 the 26-year-old Jokhio with four children had incurred the wrath of his village’s feudal chieftains for making a video clip of their foreign guests hunting, in violation of a ban, the houbara bustard, an endangered species. He was called…