 In Pakistan, the Sindh High Court declared former President General Pervez Musharraf ineligible for Parliament membership. A three member bench led by Chief Justice Maqbool Baqir said yesterday that Musharraf does not meet the criteria set in Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution. The bench further said that decisions taken by Musharraf led to Pakistan’s image being hurt. The detail verdict has been released by the court. Election officials have barred him from running for the National Assembly, effectively derailing his attempts to regain a place in politics by standing at the polls. Musharraf had returned to Pakistan in March 2013 after nearly four years of self imposed exile to contest the May 11th general election. |
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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