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Posts published in “Day: December 8, 2016

Govt advised to wait for final report on Fata reforms AMIR WASIM in Dawn December 7th, 2016

ISLAMABAD: Senate Chair­man Mian Raza Rabbani on Tuesday advised the government to wait till finalisation of the recommendations of the house about reforms in the Federally Adminis­tered Tribal Areas (Fata) before taking any practical step in this regard. He made the observation during a meeting of the Committee of the Whole House when Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, while speaking as head of the government committee on Fata reforms, said…

Except merger, all Fata reforms acceptable: JUI report in Dawn, December 7th, 2016

CHARSADDA: The local JUI-F leaders on Tuesday said all Fata reforms except the proposed tribal region’s merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were acceptable to them. They also said the reports of the Sartaj Aziz committee and KP governor on Fata reforms were ‘intolerable’. These views were expressed by JUI-F Fata chief Maulana Mufti Abdul Shakoor, general secretary Mufti Mohammad Ijaz and other leaders during the party workers’ convention at Darul Uloom Islamiya here. The speakers said…

CTD raids headquarters of Ahmadis in Rabwa By Rana Tanveer in The Express Tribune, December 7th, 2016.

LAHORE: A day after Premier Nawaz Sharif posthumously acknowledged the contribution of the first Pakistani Nobel laureate physicist, Dr Abdul Salam, who was an Ahmadi by faith, Punjab’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) raided the community’s headquarters in Rabwa and detained four of its members. Jamaat Ahmadiyya Pakistan’s spokesperson Saleemuddin said the officials, who arrived in three vans, made their forceful entry into the offices of the Jamaat at Rabwa in Chiniot district by beating a…

Coordinated Taliban attack foiled in Arghistan district of Kandahar By KHAAMA PRESS – Tue Dec 06 2016, 3:04 pm

A coordinated attack by the Taliban militants was repulsed by the Afghan security forces in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan. Local officials said the attack was launched by scores of Taliban insurgents on Arghistan district which was repulsed after several hours of intense gun battle. Provincial governor’s spokesman Samim Khpolwak confirmed the attack and said the Taliban insurgents suffered heavy casualties in the clash. He said the Taliban militants suffered heavy casualties during the clash…

Ex-Afghan intelligence chief supports Ghani’s stance against Pakistan By KHAAMA PRESS – Tue Dec 06 2016, 12:25 pm

The former Afghan intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), chief Rahmatullah endorsed President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s stance against Pakistan in the Heart of Asia conference. “I support Afg gov recent position against Pak. A.Ghani rejection of Paki’s doubl-face policy is a positive step, n not tolerable,” Nabil said in a Twitter post. Nabil has long been criticizing Pakistan for supporting the Afghan insurgency and released several confidential documents by obtained by Afghan intelligence to prove…

Have you forgotten what India did to Nepal and Kashmir, Mr Ashraf Ghani? Shakir Lakhani in The Express Tribune blogs, Dec 6, 2016

The blogger is a former visiting lecturer at NED Engineering College Pakistan could have looked the other way, like India did, but because Afghanistan is our brotherly Muslim neighbour, we did everything in our power to help your country regain its freedom. We were not very surprised when you, Mr Ashraf Ghani, at the Heart of Asia conference in India, conveniently forgot how much Pakistan has done for your country. You criticised Pakistan viciously and…

Ghani’s leap from pro-Pakistan to pro-India, From ‘our man to their man’ by SHAFQAT ALI in The Nation, 07-Dec-2016

ISLAMABAD – Only two years ago Pakistan had welcomed Ashraf Ghani as the new Afghan president after maintaining a tumultuous relationship with pro-India Hamid Karzai for about a decade. Ghani had also promised to improve ties with Pakistan and his subsequent statements, after taking over as the president, also exhibited his pro-Pakistan face. When he assumed the office, after agreeing to share power with Abdullah Abdullah, the incumbent Chief Executive of the war-torn Afghanistan, Pakistan…

US cannot eliminate the Taliban or end violence in Afghanistan: Obama By KHAAMA PRESS – Wed Dec 07 2016, 8:26 am

The US President Barack Obama has said the United States cannot eliminate Taliban or end violence in Afghanistan. In his speech on Administration’s approach to counterterrorism, Obama said he ‘don’t want to paint too rosy a picture’, admitting that the situation in Afghanistan is still tough. “War has been a part of life in Afghanistan for over 30 years, and the United States cannot eliminate the Taliban or end violence in that country,” Obama said.…

COAS vows foolproof security for CPEC

QUETTA: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on his visit to the provincial capital said on Tuesday that the army would render necessary assistance to the Balochistan government for capacity-building of law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and provide security for projects in remote areas. The COAS laid a wreath at Yadgar-i-Shuhada to acknowledge the sacrifices of those who lost their lives for the country. He also expressed the resolve to ensure foolproof…

Scores of Pakistanis serving time in Saudi Arabia, Qatar By Qadeer Tanoli in The Express Tribune, December 7th, 2016.

ISLAMABAD: Thousands of Pakistanis are serving time in different prisons of Saudi Arabia while a total 83,955 Pakistanis have been issued emergency documents by Pakistani Consulate General in Jeddah alone in two years to facilitate their deportation to Pakistan. “There are 728 Pakistani prisoners in Jeddah. Teams of the consulate visited jails in Jeddah and surrounding cities as well as deportation centres to issue emergency travel documents to 50,757 Pakistanis in 2015 and 33,198 Pakistanis…