FGN32: UK-HASINA
****UK parliamentarians appeal to Foreign Secretary for Sheikh Hasina death penalty safeguards
London: Six UK parliamentarians have written to British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband to appeal for a coordinated diplomatic push to secure safeguards against a death penalty for former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina if she returns to Dhaka.****
FGN60 PAK-POLICE-LD ATTACK
**** At least 10 police personnel, including DSP, killed in terrorist attack in Pak’s KP
Peshawar: At least 10 police personnel, including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) and a sub-inspector, were killed on Wednesday when terrorists ambushed a police van going for an operation against illegal gold mining in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, an official said. ****
FGN25: PAK-IMRAN
****Pakistan’s jailed former PM Imran Khan taken to hospital for eye treatment
Islamabad: Pakistan’s incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan was taken to a government hospital for treatment of his eye condition, a media report said on Wednesday.****
FGN53 PAK-IMRAN-LAWYERS
**** Pakistan: Lawyers allowed to meet Imran Khan in Adiala Jail
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party lawyers were allowed to meet former prime minister Imran Khan in Adiala Jail on Wednesday, a day after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) directed authorities to facilitate the meeting. ****
FGN40 PAK-COURT-AFRIDI
**** Court reissues arrest warrant for suspended Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM in Radio Pakistan attack case
Peshawar: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Peshawar on Wednesday reissued arrest warrants for suspended Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi in the 2023 Radio Pakistan attack case and extended the interim pre-arrest bail of three former provincial ministers until November 17. ****
FGN34: PAK-GANGRAPE
****Pak Deputy PM Ishaq Dar’s grandson, 7 others indicted in Lahore gang rape case
Lahore: A Pakistani court has indicted eight suspects, including grandson of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, in a gang rape of two foreign women, an official said on Wednesday.****
FGN59 BANGLA-CHT-MINISTER
**** 316 killed in violence in Chittagong Hill Tracts in 5 years: Bangladesh minister
Dhaka: Armed groups have killed 308 civilians and eight members of Bangladesh’s security forces in the Chittagong Hill Tracts over the past five years, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed told Parliament on Wednesday. ****
FGN21: US-NEPALI-COURT
****Nepali-American found guilty of murdering his wife
Washington: A US jury has found Nepali-American Naresh Bhatt guilty of murdering his wife, hacking her body into pieces and disposing of it in a landfill in 2024.****
FGN39: COP31-NEPAL-2NDLD HIMALAYAS
****Mountain agenda proposals fall short of Nepal’s expectations at COP31: FM Khanal
Antalya (Turkiye): Proposals by Nepal and Bhutan, and separately by Kyrgyzstan, to secure formal agenda items on mountain-related issues at the 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) failed to secure the backing of major negotiating blocs, Nepal’s Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal has said.****
FGN33: LANKA-MONKS
****Three Buddhist monks begin hunger strike over Sri Lanka’s Anuradhapura sacred site plan
Colombo: Three Buddhist monks began a hunger strike on Wednesday in Sri Lanka’s ancient city of Anuradhapura, demanding the withdrawal of a government development plan for the area’s sacred zone.
(PTI News)
