report in Khaama Press online, Nov 24, 2022Rina Amiri, the US Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights in Afghanistan, voiced concern about the “injustice” of the Taliban, claiming that since the Taliban marginalized women who practiced law, they are now forced to beg food for their families. The US official wrote in a string of tweets on Wednesday, November 23, that “One year ago today, the Taliban dissolved the Afghan Independent Bar…
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AFP report, Nov 25, 2022 at 11.47 AM ISTMONGORA: A lawmaker in Pakistan’s rugged northwest was sipping tea with voters when his phone chirped to life — the Taliban were calling with a demand for “donations”.“We hope you won’t disappoint,” read the chilling text from a shady go-between of the Pakistan chapter of the Islamists, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).A second message pinged on-screen: “Refusal to provide financial support will make you a problem,” it…
Another day and another cold-blooded murder in Karachi shocks the nation to the core; forcing it to relive the horrors of the tragic Shahzeb Khan case. The facts of the matter remained the same: a seemingly insignificant altercation, which fast escalated and culminated in an unhesitant, vile spectacle of power, but this time, the unfortunate person standing at the other end of the barrel came from the supposed “protected” class. Neither his uniform nor his…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Nov 16, 2022The Bangladesh Bank has found cases of money laundering as it uncovered trade-based under and over-invoicing during a special audit. Some entities inflated their price at the range of 20-200% than the actual cost of the products under a method called over-invoicing, said GM Abul Kalam Azad, spokesperson of the Bangladesh Bank, at a press briefing on Monday. Over-invoicing takes place when exporters submit an inflated invoice to the…
Report in The News,21 Oct 2022ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan moved the Supreme Court on Thursday to form a joint investigation team or a commission to probe illegal surveillance, recording, retention, custody, and release/leaking of data, with directions to determine the authenticity of audio leaks. He filed a petition in the Supreme Court under Article 184(3) of the Constitution, making interior, defence, information technology and telecommunication, information and broadcasting secretaries, Intelligence Bureau, FIA director-generals,…
by Ali Anwar in Daily Times, Oct 2, 2022The writer is a freelance columnist, entrepreneur and social activist.I have discussed in great detail in my previous column that it is a great honour to get a chance to lead the Pakistan Army. It is an equally uphill task to fight the challenges that one has to face after getting the command of the largest army in the Islamic World. The Chief of Army Staff has…
The author is a freelancer and media activist.When India insulted the approval of the resolution presented by Pakistan against Islamophobia in the United Nations General Assembly, Noam Chomsky was remembered. He said that “Islamophobia, which was born in the West, has now taken its most deadly form in India.” Modi has left the minorities in India at the mercy of extremist Hindus. This country has now become a stronghold of extremists. India’s delusion did not…
by Syed Irfan Raza in Dawn, September 27th, 2022• JIT formed to probe security lapse; IB, ISI to present report to PM• Sana says nothing concerning about mere ‘phone hacking’, terms ‘bugging’ of PM House a bigger concern ISLAMABAD: With more audio clips of conversations supposedly taking place in the Prime Minister Office (PMO) surfacing online on Monday and raising alarms over the cyber security of the PMO, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called a…
By Farshad Daryosh in Tolo News,16 Sept 2022 at 8:35 PM“The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that an enduring peace in Afghanistan has no other solution but the formation of inclusive government and intra-Afghan dialogue with the participation of all tribes,” said Ebrahim Raisi, the president of Iran. At the summit, it was offered to establish a humanitarian response box for Afghanistan. “Until the Afghan leaders and those individuals in power resolve the internal issues…
by Fazal Khaliq in Dawn, September 15th, 2022SWAT: Residents of Swat took to the streets on Wednesday against the fresh wave of militancy in the area as the death toll from the bomb attack targeting former Aman Committee head Idris Khan, rose to eight. Police said two more bodies were recovered near the site of the explosion, which took place on Tuesday night in the Doghalo Kandaw area of Kabal tehsil. PRO Moin Fayaz in…
Our quiet desperation
by Arifa Noor in Dawn, Oct 11th, 2022The writer is a journalist…….every conversation these days is either about dealing with expenses or the absence of hope. …… No one I asked disagreed that the sense of despondency is more pervasive this year. This includes politicians from parties in power and out…….. Much of this is due to economic instability and fragility. It seems as if in our cycles of boom and bust, the latter are…