AFP report in Prothom Alo, Dec 20, 2023For a decade, the nimble fingers of Bangladeshi garment worker Naim Pramanik sewed shirts and trousers for top Western brands, to be worn by the wealthy across the world. Now the 28-year-old is unemployed, sacked after daring to take part in protests demanding a fair wage. “Some clothes we make are sold at $100 a piece in shops in America and Europe,” he said, showing the labels of…
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By Fidel Rahmati The Khaama Press Online, November 21, 2023The Media Support for Afghanistan’s Free Media (NAI) organization announced on World Television Day that over the past two years, 52% of visual media outlets in Afghanistan have ceased their operations. This organization announced on Tuesday, coinciding with World Television Day, highlighting that more than half of the visual media outlets in Afghanistan have remained inactive. The Media Support for Afghanistan’s Free Media (NAI) organization has…
report in TOLOnews, Oct 2, 2023 at8:07 PMHassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran’s ambassador to Afghanistan, said in an interview with Iranian media that the Moscow Format meeting was held in a situation where Afghanistan is still an important issue in the foreign policy of the region and the world. Qomi said that the US and its allies destroyed Afghanistan’s economic infrastructure and security foundations during their presence. Qomi stated that although the US has withdrawn from…
by Khaleeq Kiani in Dawn, Sept 25th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Highlighting ‘incomplete devolution’ and institutional weaknesses as key development and governance challenges and pinning little hopes on technocratic government, the World Bank has advised Pakistan to create a ‘National Council of Ministers’ — comprising key federal and provincial representatives — to fill the vacuum for simultaneous and coordinated strengthening of poorly performing federal and provincial institutions, policies and accountability systems. “While technocratic interventions are unlikely to transform…
report in Khaama Press online, Sept 18, 2023The World Food Program (WFP) has warned that if it does not secure sufficient funding to assist those in need in Afghanistan, it will be forced to halt its operations there. Cindy McCain, the Executive Director of the World Food Program, has described the organization’s budget reduction as unprecedented and “discouraging” in a conversation with the American news network ABC News. She emphasized that the World Food Program’s…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 2, 2023Four days after China released its new “standard map”, the government of Nepal said on Friday that it is firm on the political and administrative map passed by Parliament in 2020. Issuing a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: “Nepal stands firm and clear on its political and administrative map unanimously approved by the Parliament of Nepal in 2020”. In response to the media queries regarding the…
By Sardar Shafaq in Tolo News, Sept 1, 2023 at 9:52 PMAnas Haqqani, a prominent member of the Islamic Emirate, said that the Islamic Emirate is open for interaction with the world. Haqqani said that the Islamic Emirate even declared the end of the war with those who invaded Afghanistan, while speaking at an exhibition of remnants of war equipment from the UK, the Soviet Union, and the US that was held in the province…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, August 26, 2023UNITED NATIONS: Hundreds of Pakistani Christians protested outside the UN headquarters on Thursday evening, urging the world body to take decisive action to protect Christians from mob attacks. Although it was a working day, about 1,000 Christians came from across the US east coast to “show how the mob attacks in Jaranwala have hurt every Christian,” said James Cyprian, one of the organisers of the rally. The park…
By Mitra Majeedy in ToloNews, Aug 22, 2023 at 9:01 PMAmir Khan Muttaqi, acting minister of the Foreign Ministry, said in an annual report of the ministry that the Islamic Emirate does not want Afghanistan to be a field of negative competition between the countries of the world and wants good economic and political relations with the world. Amir Khan Muttaqi added that by implementing a balanced foreign policy, the Islamic Emirate was able to…
Our darkest day
Editorial in The News, December 16, 2023December 16 is a date that Pakistan is not likely to forget, for today marks the ninth anniversary of arguably the darkest chapter in our history. On this day in 2014, heavily armed TTP terrorists stormed the Army Public School in Peshawar and martyred at least 144 people, mostly children. The horrific attack shook the nation to its core, the lives lost that day forever etched into its collective…