By Sanjeev Verma in Times of India, Aug 7, 2018 CHANDIGARH: Lt Col Shahid Mehmood Malhi, also referred to as “Chaudhary Sahib” within the Pakistani army, is probably the brain behind “Referendum 2020” — a movement started in Canada and some European countries by rights groups to ask for Khalistan — according to Indian intelligence officers. Sleuths in India claim to have ferreted out documents from Malhi’s computer that give a detailed roadmap for Referendum…
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by Baqir Sajjad SyedJ in Dawn, July 25th, 2018 ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018, which provided for domestically proscribing individuals and entities listed by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), has lapsed in the absence of the National Assembly. An official, while responding to a query from Dawn about the status of the ordinance, said it was legally no more valid after getting lapsed. The ordinance, which mainly affected Hafiz Saeed-linked Jamaatud Dawa and…
By Irfan Ghauri in The Express Tribune, June 12, 2018 ISLAMABAD .: Enlistment of Milli Muslim League (MML) deemed to be political offshoot of Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) remained pending with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) as interior ministry on Monday apprised the election authorities that they are still waiting for reports from intelligence agencies about the group. MML lawyer told a four-member bench of ECP that no office-bearer of the party is under government watch…
report in ToloNews.com, May 23, 2018 at 8:25 AM At a meeting with his Uzbek counterpart this week, Russia’s defense minister said it was extremely important to train the military to protect the state in case terrorists move from Afghanistan to Central Asian states. The situation in Afghanistan is not getting more stable, making it possible that terrorist groups will move to the neighboring countries, Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday at a…
by Riaz Haq in Daily Times, May 20th 2018 British National Crime Agency (NCA) has identified Pakistan, Nigeria and Russia as the top source countries for money laundering in the United Kingdom, According to British media reports. The NCA report says the UK is a prime destination for foreign corrupt and politically exposed people to launder money. In its annual assessment of serious and organized crime, the NCA says: “Investment in UK property, particularly in…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, April 4th, 2018 WASHINGTON: The United Nations Security Council’s consolidated list of terrorist individuals and entities includes 139 entries from Pakistan. The list — updated and accessed on Tuesday — identifies all those individuals who have lived in Pakistan, operated from there or have been associated with groups that used Pakistani territory for carrying out their operations, from Al Qaeda’s Ayman al-Zawahiri to known Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) activists. The first person…
Report in Dawn, March 31, 2018 ISLAMABAD: National coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta) Ihsan Ghani said on Friday that the militant Islamic State (IS) group posed a real threat to Pakistan. Addressing a press conference here in connection with a three-day event titled “Islamabad International Counter Terrorism Forum” commencing from April 3, he said IS had a significant presence in Afghanistan, which threatened a spillover into Pakistan. The Nacta chief observed that…
Report in The Times of India, Mar 15, 2018 at 10:46 IST NEW DELHI: A host of organizations representing Pakistan’s ethnic minority communities from Balochistan, Sindh and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir have raised the issue of human rights violations committed by Pakistan at the 37th Session of the UNHRC in Geneva in the last couple of days. The members of Baloch Republican Party (BRP) accused Pakistan of “looting” the precious natural resources of Balochistan and committing atrocities on…
The writer, a former ambassador, is adjunct faculty Georgetown University and Syracuse University. WHEN should a country become aware that its foreign policy is past its shelf life and that change has long been due? Here are some telltale signs. You start having trouble with all or most of your neighbours. And instead of making new friends you make enemies. Your friends are treating you not only as an ally but also as a threat.…
By Shahbaz Rana in The Express Tribune, March 14, 2018 ISLAMABAD: As Islamabad decides to cooperate with the global bodies, the Asian Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering will visit Pakistan next month to help the country develop an action plan to exit from the grey list of countries that are accused of financially aiding terrorism. The APG delegation will visit in the second week of April and brief senior government ministers and officials on…
Disruption in distribution of Dawn termed violation of Article 19
by Amir Wasim in Dawn, June 21st, 2018 ISLAMABAD: In reaction to Dawn’s statement disclosing disruption in its distribution, journalists’ bodies, politicians and rights activists across the country have expressed concern over attempts to gag print and electronic media by way of physical intimidation, abduction and torture of dissenting journalists and blocking of news channels. The statement issued by the newspaper’s management on Tuesday said: “The distribution of Dawn newspaper, for the past month, is…