By Shakeel Anjum in The News, October 07, 2023ISLAMABAD: A joint committee has started working on the deportation implementation plan (DIP) and is compiling data on the legal and illegal immigrants living in Pakistan, sources in the interior ministry confided to this correspondent. The committee comprises representatives from the Afghan Commissionerate, interior ministry of Pakistan, provinces, FIA, IB, police and Pakistan Administrative Service and other relevant institutions. The committee would deal with the deportation of…
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report in Dawn, October 7th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday doubled down on its policy to evict all illegal immigrants — including around 1.7 million Afghan refugees — from the country, saying that the decision was in line with international practices. Meanwhile, as law enforcement agencies continued their crackdown on people they call ‘illegal aliens’, a sizeable number of families have been crossing the border into Afghanistan over the past week. “No country allows illegal…
by Tahir Siddiqui in Dawn, October 7th, 2023KARACHI: A meeting of the Sindh Apex Committee, attended by caretaker Chief Minister retired Justice Maqbool Baqar and Chief of Army Staff Gen Syed Asim Munir, was informed on Friday that pockets where illegal Afghan nationals were concentrated in the province had been identified. The provincial government informed the meeting that an action plan to implement the federal government’s policy on illegal foreigners’ repatriation plan had been shared…
by Rameez Khan in The Express Tribune, Oct 7, 2023LAHORE: PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has clarified that the party’s “vote ko izzat do” (respect the vote) slogan was not intended to be anti-establishment, but rather focused on serving the people and improving the lives of those living below the poverty line. In a news conference held at the party’s central secretariat on Friday, Shehbaz deftly avoided answering any questions about holding the outgoing generals, whom…
By Murtaza Ali Shah & Sher Ali Khalti in The News, Oct 07, 2023LAHORE/LONDON: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif still has heart problems and needs continuous monitoring, says a fresh medical report submitted to the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday, just days before his expected arrival to the country. The PMLN leader was allowed by the high court in November 2019 to go abroad on health grounds after…
by Zulqernain Tahir | Wajih Ahmad Sheikh in Dawn, October 7th, 2023• Medical report submitted to LHC says ex-PM has ‘residual anginal symptoms’ that require frequent follow-up visits• PML-N supremo spends ‘final day’ at London office, likely to fly to Saudi Arabia next week• Shehbaz says ‘vote ko izzat do’ not an anti-establishment slogan LAHORE: After Nawaz Sharif’s legal team submitted his medical reports to the Lahore High Court on Friday, his younger brother Shehbaz…
By Wajid Ali Syed in The News, October 07, 2023WASHINGTON: A number of US lawmakers, during their meetings with the Pakistani ambassador, have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen Pak-US ties by expanding the scope of current cooperation in different areas including trade, investment, renewable energy, climate change, and regional security. Last week, Ambassador Masood Khan met Senator Bill Hagerty, Senator Jon Ossoff, Representative Jim Banks, Co-Chair Pakistan Congressional Caucus, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, Ranking Member House…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, October 7th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Aamer Farooq on Friday asked a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) lawyer to clarify the reservations of party chief Imran Khan over his transfer from Attock to Adiala jail, when the order was given on his own request. The chief justice also reminded Advocate Sher Afzal Marwat that he was the one who had filed the petition seeking the PTI leader’s transfer and…
report in Daily Times, Oct 7th, 2023The Anti-Human Trafficking and Smuggling wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) once again took a decisive action to prevent a group of alleged beggars from embarking on a trip to Saudi Arabia under the guise of an Umrah pilgrimage at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport on Friday. This incident is just one in a series of similar attempts thwarted by the FIA in recent weeks, tarnishing the country’s…
By Awais Yousafzai in The News, October 07, 2023ISLAMABAD: Irked by reports in the media regarding the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) reservations about its Chairman Imran Khan’s shifting to Adiala Jail, Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Aamer Farooq Friday asked if the party is dissatisfied with the court’s relevant orders issued last month. The judge questioned Khan’s lawyer, Sher Afzal Marwat, during the hearing of the plea filed for early pronouncement of reserved judgment on…