Dhaka: Bangladesh's return to electoral politics has done little to resolve the underlying issues surrounding its democratic future. The February 12 victory of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) may have resulted in a government, but it has not addressed the growing crisis of political...
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Islamabad, March 18 A team of doctors visited Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on Wednesday and examined former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is suffering from a condition affecting his right eye.According to a report submitted to the Supreme Court in January by his lawyer and the court's amicus...
Islamabad, March 12 A high court in Pakistan on Thursday rejected a petition to transfer jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to a private hospital and ordered the constitution of a team of doctors to medically examine him.Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf filed the petition in the Islamabad High...
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Dhaka, March 9 – The Awami League of Bangladesh said on Monday that several students from Dhaka University and other civilians were physically abused and tortured, and later arrested for playing the historic speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 7, 1971.The Awami League strongly...
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Islamabad, February 24 – Five United Nations special rapporteurs have expressed concern over the criminal proceedings against human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha in Pakistan, emphasizing that the charges against them could be used to suppress legal advocacy and...
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