A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
JP’s leader Qasim Ibrahim (L) and Umar Naseer pose for a picture. PHOTO/MIHAARU Last week Thursday, the former Minister of Home Affairs Umar Naseer officially joined the second largest opposition party, Jumhoory Party (JP). The party’s deputy leader and Kinbidhoo MP Abdullah Riyaz had accepted his membership, and a ceremony was held at the party’s […]
Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim has sought to reassure coalition partners that former home minister Umar Naseer joining the party would not cause divisions within the opposition alliance. “Relations in the coalition that the JP joined to bring the Maldives to the path of reform will not be affected because a particular individual joined JP […]
JP’s leader Qasim Ibrahim (L) and Umar Naseer pose for a picture. PHOTO/MIHAARU Former home minister Umar Naseer announced Wednesday that he would join the opposition Jumhoory Party (JP) next week. He told Mihaaru that his only objective is to help prepare JP for the presidential election next year. Umar, who had earlier declared that […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Avas.mv website on 10th October 2017. The following is a loose translation: MoniCon’s order was implemented when dangerous and violent criminals were loose on the streets, smartly avoiding the ‘trap’ that were set up on to catch them and lock them in a strong legal ‘cage’ to control […]
Public Service Media (PSM)’s main building in capital Male. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU State media Public Service Media (PSM) has settled its fine of MVR 200,000 at Maldives Broadcasting Commission over airing defamatory content against the former Minister of Home Affairs Umar Naseer. Umar Naseer had filed the case at the Broadcasting Commission, claiming that Inguraidhoo […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Vaguthu.mv website on 12th April 2017. By Musharraf Hassan The following is a loose translation: It was in 1953, the lineal sultanate rule was abolished in the Maldives. Mohamed Ameen Dhoshimeynaa Kilegefaanu took the lead to introduce Maldives to a republican system and became the first President of […]