Fernando Castle: Based on the Spanish experience in the late 1970s, it is necessary to create respect and trust and compromise between political parties. In Spain, we had the Moncloa Pact, where the parties came together to solve essential issues such as the economy, pensions, health and education. Democracy is about talking to each other […]
Total expenditure in the budget presented in the Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday is estimated at 13.7 per cent of GDP, 1.48 trillion taka (1.48 lakh crore) more than the previous fiscal year. Development expenditure is ₹3.16 trillion taka (₹3.16 lakh crore), including ₹3 trillion taka (₹3 lakh crore) under the Annual Development Programme, while non-development […]
The NCP argues that amendments through a parliamentary committee would lead to only limited changes, while fundamental reforms in line with the referendum mandate require a Constitutional Reform Commission. Jamaat and the 11-party alliance have been running several programs demanding implementation of the mandate of the referendum on reforms. In a recent conversation, NCP convenor […]
Azad said the contact committee was convened in accordance with the instructions of the top-level meeting of alliance leaders held a day earlier, in which Shafiqur Rehman and other senior leaders were present. “Our 11-party electoral unity will continue as an 11-party alliance in Parliament and beyond. Since we contested the elections jointly, we will […]
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan was on Monday granted protective bail by a court in the eastern city of Lahore, giving him two weeks’ protection from arrest in a case that includes charges under the country’s anti-terror laws. Khan has been facing multiple cases since he was ousted from power in a parliamentary vote […]