Report in The News, October 30, 2023LAHORE: Aurat March has expressed shock at the state’s decision to evict and deport Afghan refugees from Pakistan by November 1, 2023 and has appealed for taking this decision back. In a letter to Interim Prime Minister, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, Aurat March has said, “We are appalled at the Pakistani state’s decision.” A statement issued to the press, which is the letter written to the premier, jointly by Aurat March…
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Report in Dawn, October 30th, 2023CHARSADDA: Qaumi Watan Party chief Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has said instead of taking decisions ‘behind the closed doors’ in Islamabad regarding Afghan refugees’ deportation’ the government should have taken Pakhtun leaders into confidence to seek a viable solution to the lingering issue. Speaking at ‘Meet the Press’ programme of Mohammadzai Union of Journalists here on Sunday, he also expressed his anger over the atrocities inflicted on innocent Palestinians. He…
report in Dawn, October 30th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Militants equipped with modern weapons attacked Hathala police station in Kulachi tehsil of Dera Ismail Khan district on Sunday night. However, police repulsed the attack. Around 50 militants equipped with sophisticated weapons, hand grenades and rocket launchers attacked the police station, said officials. They said that police repulsed the attack and militants managed to escape after heavy exchange of heavy fire with the law-enforcers. “No casualties are…
report in Dawn, October 30th, 2023BAJAUR: A prayer leader was killed in what police said a targeted attack in Mamond tehsil here on Sunday. Dilawar Khan, SHO Mamond police station, told reporters that unknown assailants fired at Qari Mohammad Qasim, 42, killing him on the spot. He said the locals chased the attackers, but they managed to escape. He said Qasim was a prayer leader at a mosque in his native Laghari area. No one…
report in Daily Times, Oct 30, 2023Two leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Wajiha Qamar and Chaudhry Sajid Mehmood, officially tendered their resignations on Sunday, marking their departure from the former ruling party. During a press conference convened at the Rawalpindi Press Club, Sajid articulated his reasons for parting ways with PTI. He expressed deep concerns about the party’s anti-establishment stance, asserting that it had adversely impacted the nation and had detrimental effects on the country’s…
By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir in The News, October 30, 2023ISLAMABAD: The election in the country could be held in the third week of January, a week earlier than indicated by the Election Commission of Pakistan more than a month ago. The schedule for polls will be announced in the first week of December and elections may be held in January. Sources in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) told The News here Sunday that no…
Report in Dawn, October 30th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The government’s position on the situation in Gaza was criticised on Sunday as tens of thousands of people attended protests organised to condemn Israeli atrocities against Palestinians. The biggest gathering was held by Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) at the Embassy Road in Islamabad, attended by thousands of party workers and leaders.Addressing the gathering, JI emir Sirajul Haq lamented the government for not playing the role which was required on the Gaza…
By Imtiaz li in Dawn, October 23th, 2023KARACHI: A worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and two others were gunned down in suspected targeted attacks in different parts of the city on Sunday, police said. They said that Niaz Husain, 45, was gunned down by armed motorcyclists near Aman Chowk in Khairabad within the remit of the Manghopir police station on Sunday evening. An area police officer, Saeed Wahab, said that the victim was a…
report in Dawn, October 23th, 2023DERA MURAD JAMALI: Two landmine explosions, with an interval of one hour on Sunday in different districts, left one man wounded. According to officials, a tractor-trolley transporting a water tank hit a landmine on the under-construction road near the Jamali Pump area. In the blast, an assistant of the tractor trolley’s driver, Saindad, sustained serious injuries. He was shifted to the Dera Murad Jamali district hospital for treatment. An hour…
By Sardar Shafaq in TOLOnews Online, Oct. 22, 2023 at 8:18 PMKhost residents say that land, cars, produce and other goods are still being bought with Pakistani rupees. They called on the Islamic Emirate to stop dealing with Pakistani rupees and to punish those who buy and sell in foreign currency. A number of residents of Khost province, which borders Pakistan, said that land, cars, pine nuts, houses, food, gold, silver and many other goods…
by Kamran Yousaf . in The Express Tribune, Oct 23, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has allayed concerns of the Western nations over its plan to evict all foreigners living illegally in the country after some states feared that deportees might face reprisals from the Afghan Taliban government. Official sources told The Express Tribune that after Pakistan’s crackdown against illegal immigrants, Western countries approached the government seeking clarity with certain nations seeking review of the decision. Pakistan has…