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Lower House Elects First Deputy Speaker

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(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

The members of the Lower House of Parliament on Sunday elected Hamayoun Hamayoun as the first deputy speaker on the second round of the Administrative Board Election.

Hamayoun who again nominated himself for the first deputy speaker seat, obtained 110 positive votes and 26 invalid votes.

His rival, Nazir Ahmad Zai received 68 positive votes, 26 invalid votes and failed to win the position.

In the meantime, Muhammad Abdah with obtaining 90 positive votes and 19 invalid votes and the other nominee, Obaidullah Kalimzai with receiving 74 positive votes and 19 invalid votes have failed to secure the required votes to win the second deputy speaker seat.

Under the article 87 of the constitution, the assembly elects from among its members one as the speaker for a five-year term at the start and two members as first and second deputy secretary and another two members as secretary and his deputy for a period of one year at the start of every new session.

After the voting process, the chairman of Lower House, Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi called on the lawmakers to nominate for the remained positions of Administrative Board Election.

“Parliament representatives can nominate for the remained positions of second deputy speaker and secretary of the house to finalize the election process,” Ibrahimi said.

The reelected deputy speaker of Parliament, Hamayoun also warned the government to stop obvious interventions in Parliament’s affairs.

He emphasized that the government system has attempted to interfere in the Administrative Board Election, but failed to reach its goal.

President Ghani on Wednesday officially opened parliament’s 8th working year after lawmakers returned from a 45-day winter break.

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Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts Afghanistan

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An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan on Thursday afternoon, the National Center for Seismology reported.

The quake was at a depth of 70km and epicentered in the mountainous north-eastern area of Ashkāsham.

The jolt was felt across the region including in Kabul, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan

There were no immediate reports of any casualties.

In October last year, over 2,000 people were killed when four 6.3-magnitude earthquakes struck in Herat province.

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Bayat Foundation helps needy families in Balkh

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

As part of Bayat Foundation’s Ramadan aid campaign, needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif, in Balkh province, received much needed food packages this week.

The aid package includes rice, flour and oil.

“In continuation of Bayat Foundation’s assistance, this time also a quantity of food such as flour, oil and rice was distributed to needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif; Inshallah, these contributions will continue,” said a representative of the foundation.

Needy families that received aid packages expressed their gratitude but called on other aid organizations to help the needy during these difficult times.

“Many thanks to Bayat Foundation, I thank Bayat Foundation for helping the needy and poor people of this region,” said a recipient said.

“I would like to thank Bayat Foundation for their cooperation in helping the needy in this holy month of Ramadan; it is hoped that traders and charities will do such sustainable work,” said another recipient.

Bayat Foundation is one of the charitable organizations that has played an important role in helping the needy in Afghanistan over the last two decades.

In addition to distributing aid packages to needy and vulnerable families, it has carried out numerous other projects, including the construction of health centers and schools.

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MoI registers over 8,700 criminal cases in the past six months

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Abdul Matin Qani, the Ministry of Interior’s spokesman said on Thursday that in the last six months, 8,747 criminal cases have been recorded across the country.

Addressing a press conference in Kabul, Qani said of these cases, 7,233 have been solved while the remaining 1,525 are still being investigated.

He said 12,540 people have been arrested in connection with these crimes.

In addition, 21 kidnappers have been killed, 18 hostages have been freed and 172 people have been arrested in connection with kidnappings in the same period of time.

Qani also said in the last six months 837,000 passports have been distributed. He said three new passport offices will be established in Kabul in the near future.

“10,000 passports are distributed to citizens daily by the Passport Department,” said Qani.

On the issue of narcotics, he said drug cultivation, production and trafficking has been eradicated. He said drug manufacturing equipment and 377 drug factories have been destroyed across the country.

According to him, the ministry has also made advances in collecting illegal weapons, fighting corruption and improving police skills.

Qani stated that during this period, no security incidents took place in most provinces across the country.

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