 In Tunisia, the ruling party’s presidential candidate, Beji Caid Essebsi's campaign team has claimed victory after the voting. They said initial results showed he had won yesterday's run-off election by a clear margin over rival Moncef Marzouki. Preliminary Official results are yet to be declared by the election commission in Tunisia. But Essebi’s campaign manager Mohsen Marzouk said there are indications that Essebsi had won the first free presidential election since the country's 2011 uprising. Run off elections were held in Tunisia because none of the two candidates could muster more than 50 percent votes in the first round of elections. |
Highlights from the local media of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka June 27th, 2016 | Volume: 2 - 17/6 TOP STORIES Afghanistan Still World’s Largest Opium Producer by Far: Report Daily Outlook Afghanistan| 27 th June Afghanistan is by a long way still the world's largest opium producer, accounting for some 70 percent (3,300 tons) of global opium production, according to the United Nations World Drug Report of 2016.Myanmar is the second largest producer of the drug at 14 per cent (650 tons) of global production. According to the UN report, the total value of the illicit opiate economy in Afghanistan was $2.8 billion USD in 2014 — equivalent to 13 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). Maiden joint meeting of Nepal-India EPG next week The Himalayan Times| 26 th June The first joint meeting of the Eminent Persons Group on Nepal-India Relations (EPG-NIR) would be held in Kathmandu on coming Jul...
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