Sediq Seddiqi, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Sunday that Pakistan’s intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), is sending Taliban members back to Afghanistan as return refugees. “We are worried about such conspiracies and plans and will do everything to prevent Taliban families from entering the country under the name of refugees,” he said. Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) meanwhile said using the refugees for political and military purposes is against international…
Posts published in “Day: November 29, 2016”
A Pakistani truck driver was arrested by the Afghan National Border Police (ANBP) forces as he was attempting to transport 9,310kg of Ammonium Nitrate via Torkham. “Yesterday evening, Afghan National Border Police (ANBP) confiscated 9310 kilos of Ammonium Nitrate, a key component used to make Improvised Explosive Devices,” the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said in a statement. The statement further added that Ammonium Nitrate was placed in a Pakistani truck transporting to Afghanistan. “The police…
MANDALAY, Myanmar — From damp and drizzly London, the siren of British imperialism, Rudyard Kipling, wrote a poem that captured the palm trees, pagodas and temple bells of Burma during colonial rule. The romance of that verse, “Mandalay,” became a refrain for the exotic East, and of this city, in particular, once a royal capital with a stunning palace. Written in 1890, it has resonated ever since: On the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin’…
Chinese Muslims should oppose religious extremism and not blindly follow foreign doctrine, said China’s top religious official according to state media reports. Speaking at a national congress of Muslims that began on Saturday in Beijing, Wang Zuoan, chief of the State Administration for Religious Affairs, said Chinese Muslims should “firmly resist the penetration of religious extremism” and “always keep to the direction of developing Islam with Chinese characteristics”, said a report on the administration’s website.…
ISLAMABAD: Iran has not responded yet to Pakistan’s proposal of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries, a highly-placed source said on Sunday. The proposal was made following Iranian President Hassan Rowhani’s visit to Pakistan in March when both the countries had decided to boost bilateral trade from $1 billion to $5 billion over the next five years. Last year, Islamabad and Tehran had reached an understanding during the 7th Pakistan-Iran Joint Trade…
ISLAMABAD: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has toughened its visa policy for Pakistanis, particularly for those holding official and diplomatic passports. Now, official passport holders are required to wait for a longer time to get visas, contrary to the norms that accord priority to such passport holders. This startling revelation was made in a written reply of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs submitted to the Senate in response to a question of a senator. According…
ANKARA: Minister for Religious Affairs & Inter Faith Harmony, Sardar Muhammad Yousaf, met with the President of Religious Affairs of Turkey (Diyanet), Prof Dr Mehmet Gormez, and exchanged views on ways to further deepen bilateral cooperation, particularly between their respective institutions. Sardar Muhammad Yousaf highlighted the deep-rooted, multifaceted fraternal ties between Pakistan and Turkey, anchored firmly in common faith and shared history. Sardar apprised the Turkish dignitary of the measures taken by Pakistan in the…