by Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, November 6th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s move to deport illegal migrants has put its relationship with Afghanistan at stake as the Taliban government is not happy with Islamabad and a number of their leaders, including interim prime minister, defence and interior ministers have publicly criticised Pakistan for evicting thousands of Afghans. Though Pakistan has repeatedly stated that its decision was only meant to send back those having no legal documents,…
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AFP report, Nov 6, 2023KABUL: Thousands of Afghans living in Pakistan have been forcibly returned to their country since November 1 “in very poor condition,” Taliban authorities said on Sunday, contradicting Islamabad, which said most have returned voluntarily. More than 200,000 people have crossed from Pakistan into Afghanistan, Pakistani border officials said, the vast majority since an October 3 ultimatum given to the 1.7 million Afghans Islamabad said were living illegally in the country. Pakistan…
report in The Express Tribune, November 6th, 2023.PESHAWAR: Jamaat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq on Sunday said the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan should form a joint commission for the “dignified” return of Afghan refugees to their homeland and chalk out a strategy agreed upon by both sides for this purpose. “Pakistan has been hosting the Afghans for several years. Expelling them on an emergency basis will boost the morale of the common enemies of both the…
by Hasnaat Malik in The Express Tribune, November 6th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) has rejected a petition seeking the declaration that the multi-party system was against the injunctions of Islam and should be replaced with a one-party one in the country. “It is the fundamental requirement of any consultation that all or any point of view must be brought to light through a consultative process in order to reach … a just and…
by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, November 6th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: Two former federal ministers respectively belonging to the PML-N and the PPP parties have said it was about time the country abandoned the concept of caretaker governments and strengthened the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the polls oversight authority. “My view is that caretaker experience hasn’t delivered any benefit,” PML-N Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal said while talking to The Express Tribune in the context of…
Report in Dawn, November 6th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The gulf between two main allies in the last government — Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) — is broadening before forthcoming general elections as the former levelled allegation against latter for having a hidden alliance with current caretakers government. In a statement, PPP Secretary General Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari on Sunday raised fingers on PML-N leader and former finance minister Ishaq Dar for holding the…
report in The News, Nov 6, 2023If the Pakhtun community in Karachi is targeted for any reason, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) will stand by them. MQM-P Convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said this on Saturday as he addressed a public meeting of the party in the Saeedabad area of Baldia Town. He said that only the two classes of oppressor and oppressed existed in the country today and the MQM-P stood against the former…
report in The News, Nov 6, 2023TANK: Suspected militants attacked the Gul Imam Police Station in Tank last night, officials said on Sunday. The cops manning the police station also returned the fire and forced the attackers to retreat. Taking advantage of the dark, the terrorists fled the area. A police constable Waheed Gul was injured in the attack, which continued for an hour. He was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital in Tank. District…
report in The News, Nov 6, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: Two members of a family were killed and three others sustained injuries in a landmine blast in the Kotka Noor Khan area here on Sunday, police officials said. They said that Niaz Gul, along with his wife and three sons, identified as Saeed Khan, 17, Yasim, 9 and Yarman, 5, was working in his field when a sudden explosion occurred. Saeed Khan and Yarman died on the…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Nov 6th, 2023QUETTA: An explosion on railway tracks, which had recently been restored to resume train service between Sibi and Harnai, left three passengers injured on Sunday. Railway police said a train from Harnai was on its way to Sibi when the blast took place. They explained that an explosive device, planted by unidentified persons on the tracks, went off when train was passing through the Babar Kach area of…
by Muhammad Irfan Mughal in Dawn, November 6th, 2023• No let-up in attacks on security personnel in D.I. Khan; two injured• Gunfight continued for over an hour before assailants fled• Militants failed to demoralise cops, says RPO DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Though significant casualties were averted, militants again struck security personnel in Dera Ismail Khan — their fourth such attack within 48 hours in the district which has increasingly become vulnerable to assaults. Three provinces —…