by Mubashir Hassan in The Nation, Dec 15, 2023LAHORE – The PML-N supremo Mian Nawaz Sharif Thursday expressed his optimism that people would back his party in the upcoming general elections to alleviate themselves from the troubles they had endured as a consequence of his political persecution in the last five years. “The people themselves serve as the court, and hopefully, they will pronounce their judgment on February 8”, he said in his maiden televised…
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by Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press, Oct3, 2023Recent investigations reveal that the number of Afghan refugees in Iran has surged from approximately 2 million to 5 million over the past two years despite ongoing reports of mistreatment. Fadahossein Maleki, a member of Iran’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, recently announced that the “migration trend from Afghanistan” has been reviewed by this commission. On Sunday, Mr Maleki told the ILNA news agency: “The influx of…
by Atika Rehman in Dawn, Sept 13th, 2023• Insiders say ex-PM has ‘serious legal challenges to overcome’• Party confident supreme leader’s presence will give political boostLONDON: After four years in self-imposed exile, a date for the return of former prime minister and PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif has finally been set. The elder Sharif will return to his hometown of Lahore on October 21, his brother Shehbaz Sharif confirmed to Dawn on Tuesday, saying that…
By Naveed Samadi in Tolo News, Sept 3, 2023 at 9:06 PMNearly 50 clashes have happened in border areas with the neighboring countries within the past two-years, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior said. MoI spokesman Abdul Matin Qani called on the neighboring countries to observe the border rules with Afghanistan. “There have been some small and big clashes. You know that there have been clashes with Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The total…
By Mitra Majeedy in ToloNews, Aug 20, 2023 at 9:07 PMThe OCHA humanitarian coordinator for Afghanistan, claimed that 38 workers were killed during the last two years. Daniel Endres said that most of them were polio vaccinators and deminers in Afghanistan. “We salute their courage and celebrate their dedication to serving humanity we also take a moment to pause to recognize those humanitarian workers who have lost their lives and were injured, abducted, arrested or…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 19, 2023On Thursday, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said he will make his Maoist party better and stronger in the next three months just like in 2008, when the former rebel party had emerged as the largest force in the legislature within two years of its joining mainstream politics. Dahal, the chief of the CPN (Maoist Centre), said he would achieve such transformation by successfully taking…
by Md Hedait Hossain Molla in Dhaka Tribune, Aug 18, 2023Ershad Ali Ghazi, a fisherman in Kaibaddasakathi Char in Bagerhat’s Rampal, was registered under the Fisheries Department for food aid eight years ago when he was given a card. Using such cards, the enlisted fishermen are supposed to collect 30 kgs of rice twice a year when the government enforces a ban on fishing in the sea, rivers and the Sundarbans to ensure a safe…
by Arjun Poudel in Kathmandu Post, April 3, 2023Amid a rise in new cases of the coronavirus, concerns have grown about hundreds of thousands of children above five years old who have not yet been vaccinated against Covid. Officials at the Ministry of Health and Population estimated that there could be around one million children above five years old who have not received even a single dose of the vaccine. “Hundreds of thousands of children…
By Ansar Abbasi in The News, Feb 16, 2023ISLAMABAD: Political leaders on both sides of the political divide showed unprecedented unity on two occasions during the last few years but were not prepared to sit together, even to save the country from default. In 2019, the then PTI-led coalition government gave three-year extension to the then army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa. After the Supreme Court’s surprised intervention seeking enactment of a law to…
Edit in The Nation, Jan 23, 2023The federal government’s revelation in the Senate on Friday, that as many as 42 journalists have been killed in Pakistan over the last four years, is extremely troubling. It is clear that journalism and all those who practice it have come under increasing threat ever since the PTI government took office, but 42 in just four years shows how the state has completely failed this profession. Compare this number…