By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai in TOLOnews Online, Nov 12, 2023 at 8:42 PMThe UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in an assessment of the situation of Afghanistan to the UN Security Council, recommended a roadmap for reintegration of the country into the international system. On 16 March 2023, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2679 requesting the Secretary-General to provide the Security Council an independent assessment on Afghanistan, no later than 17 November 2023. In…
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by Afshan Subohi in Dawn, The Business and Finance Weekly, Nov 13th, 2023The widespread departure of illegal aliens, spurred by the caretaker government’s abrupt decision to crack down and deport individuals lacking valid documents in Pakistan, has the potential to leave lasting impressions not only on the country’s political landscape but also on its domestic economy. Official circles and some economists downplay the potential adverse impact on Pakistan’s economy from the exodus of illegal immigrants.…
QUETTA: Three new crossing points will be opened on the border with Afghanistan as the government seeks to expedite the repatriation of illegal Afghan immigrants, according to officials. Pakistan has informed the Afghan government that the new crossings will be opened from Monday (today). In a related development, a report prepared by the Sindh Home Department described illegal immigrants as a security threat and said that provincial demography will be completely altered by 2040 if…
by Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, Nov 13, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s chief diplomat for Afghanistan has alleged that the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is under the control of the Afghan Taliban, and that the TTP-Taliban relationship is hurting the bilateral relationship between the two neighbors. “We cannot fathom the fact that the TTP people, who are living in Afghanistan, are under their (Afghan Taliban) control. They are allowed to cross the Pakistan border and conduct…
Report in Dwn, Nov 13th, 2023LAHORE: Caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murtaza Solangi has urged President Dr Arif Alvi to represent all the political parties in accordance with the law and the Constitution for fostering unity in the country. Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, he said the president’s role was not limited to one party and asked him to speak on behalf of all the political parties. He said if President Alvi…
Report in Dwn, November 13th, 2023LAHORE/GUJRAT: Senior leader of PML-Q Chaudhry Shafay Hussain says his party is not being merged into any other political entity. In a statement issued in Lahore on Sunday, the former federal minister in the PDM government said his party would maintain its separate identity instead of merging with the PML-N. However, both the parties could strike seat adjustments in the general election, he said. Shafay added that the PML-Q candidates…
report in The News, Nov 13, 2023LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League Quaid (PMLQ) Punjab General Secretary Chaudhry Shafay Hussain said in a statement on Sunday that his party was not merging with any other political party. He said there would be only seat adjustments with the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) in some constituencies. The PMLQ would maintain its individual status and its candidates would participate in elections on tractor symbol, he added.https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1128534-pmlq-to-adjust-seats-with-pmln
report in The News, Nov 13, 2023ISLAMABAD: PTI Secretary General Omar Ayub Sunday alleged that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was planning to appoint Grade-17 and 18 officers from the Executive, with less than one year in their retirement, as district returning officers (DROs) and AROs. “This is a clear and blatant attempt to rig the upcoming general election on February 08. These very officers will be given a carrot of being looked after…
report in The News, Nov 13, 2023LAHORE: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed its concern over the growing sense of powerlessness among ordinary people amid economic deprivation and unemployment. The most serious victims of political engineering in the run-up to the general elections have been democracy, electoral politics and the rule of law. HRCP condemned the continuing curbs on freedom of expression, saying not only have journalists been summarily removed for expressing dissenting…
report in The Express Tribune, Nov 13, 2023KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Sharjeel Inam Memon said on Sunday any electoral alliance between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) would have no political significance and the PPP would clean sweep the coming general elections. Addressing a press conference at the Bilawal House, Memon said before every elections, the political opponents tried to form an alliance against the PPP in Sindh…
by Rameez Khan in The Express Tribune, Nov 13, 2023LAHORE: With the ‘powerful circles’ overtly supporting the PML-N, the PPP cannot point the finger at it, fearing the instant ramifications of annoying the ‘kingmakers’ of the time, a leader of the latter party told The Express Tribune while commenting on the political landscape of the country. A former ally of the PPP, the PML-N seems busy building a grand alliance to form a national government.Everybody…