by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, Sept 29, 2023• Defends action against Afghan refugeesISLAMABAD: Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani confirmed the arrest of around 200 alleged fighters of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) by the Afghan government. The confirmation came after some media reports, citing unnamed Pakistani officials, said the Taliban regime in Kabul has captured suspected militants who had staged cross-border attacks in Pakistan. Addressing a press conference on Thursday after his return…
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AFP report in Dawn, Sept 29, 2023KARACHI: The cow had been slaughtered and bags of rice purchased, but young bride Wahida’s nuptials were cut short when her groom was arrested on their wedding day, one of hundreds caught in a recent crackdown on Afghans living in Pakistan. The 20-year-old now lives with her in-laws at the Afghan Muhajir aid camp in Karachi, but without her husband-to-be, a registered refugee. “We are without hope,” the groom’s…
By Ansar Abbasi in The News, Sept 29, 2023ISLAMABAD: The government will soon announce one-month deadline for all illegal foreign immigrants, including Afghans, to leave the country or face the music. After the one-month deadline, a major countrywide crackdown will be launched by the law-enforcement agencies to identify and deport such illegal immigrants, the vast majority of whom are said to be Afghans. Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti will announce the policy in a few days…
by Khaleeq Kiani in Dawn, Sept 29th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is seeking around $11bn in bilateral support from China and Saudi Arabia as the caretakers push for expanding the tax net effectively to retail, agricultural and real estate sectors while continuing a crackdown on illegal currency movements to fill external and domestic resource gaps so that the IMF programme remains on track to ensure economic stability until an elected government takes power. This was part of…
by Rameez Khan in The Express Tribune, Sept 29, 2023LAHORE: To ensure a sizable presence at Nawaz Sharif’s reception rally on Oct 21, PML-N Punjab President Rana Sanaullah has asked party leaders to submit a list of names and cellphone numbers of those who they will bring along on that day, claiming that they will track these numbers to verify if they had indeed taken part in the gathering. As the PML-N wants to mark…
report in The Nation online, Sept 29, 2023 at 11:19 AMSenior leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Thursday said that Nawaz Sharif was ready to face any situation after arrival in Pakistan on October 21. As per details, the former defense minister said Ex prime minister had been facing the court cases in the past. PML-N chief had been to jail in false cases filed by the rival party leaders. In reply…
by Asif Chaudhry | Wajih Ahmad Sheikh in Dawn, Sept 29th, 2023• Police submit challans in cases against PTI leaders, workers over May 9 violence• SHC issues notice to information ministry over broadcast ban on ex-PM LAHORE: Joint investigation teams constituted to investigate the violence following PTI chief Imran Khan’s arrest in connection with a graft case in May have declared more than 900 activists, including the former prime minister and other party bigwigs, prime…
report in The Times of India, Sept 29, 2023NEW DELHI: The killing of Maulana Ziaur Rahman, a cleric, at a park in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar would have attracted the attention of his kin, his friends and those convinced of his religious piety. In Pakistan, several of the clerics are engaged in extra-religious gigs with some of them getting regularly bumped off for various reasons. The assassination of Rahman by two motorcycle-borne unidentified gunmen who pumped multiple…
report in The Express Tribune, Sept 28, 2023ISLAMABAD: Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Chairman Dr Qibla Ayaz reiterated on Wednesday the CII’s demand for the establishment of special courts to expeditiously hear cases related to crimes like the Jaranwala incident and punish the perpetrators. Addressing a press conference after the 234th special session of the CII, titled ‘Interfaith Harmony: State and Society’s Responsibilities’, he urged the public not to take the law into their own…
report in The News, September 28, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The police and the Counter Terrorism-Department officials killed a wanted terrorist in an intelligence-based operation in Takora area in Kulachi tehsil here on Wednesday. The sources said that acting on a tip-off, the police and the CTD personnel conducted an intelligence-based operation in which they killed a wanted terrorist Samiullah. During the operation, the terrorist opened fire on the police upon seeing the cops, who also…
report in Dawn, September 28th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: The police claimed to have repulsed terrorist attacks on two police stations and district jail in Lakki Marwat city on Tuesday night. An official said a police station, a police post and the district jail building came under simultaneous attacks. He said the assailants used light and heavy weapons in a bid to breach police installations and the prison. “Policemen deployed there were fully alert as they had…