Report in Dawn, September 15th, 2022PESHAWAR: The Afghan Taliban have attributed Tuesday’s cross-border firing to attempts by Pakistani forces to build a post close to the Durand Line. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Deputy Spokesman for the Emirate-i-Islamia Afghanistan Bilal Karimi said that “as a matter of principle”, construction of military installations or posts was not permissible in close proximity of the Durand Line. But the Pakistani troops, he claimed, attempted to build a…
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By Mumtaz Alvi in The News, Sept 12, 2022ISLAMABAD: Former US diplomat and CIA analyst Ms Robin Raphael Sunday called on PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan at Banigala. It was learnt that both discussed matters of mutual interest, mainly in the backdrop of Pakistan-US relations. Opposition Leader in the Senate Dr Shehzad Waseem was also present in the meeting. There was no statement about the meeting from any PTI leader, the spokesperson…
The 75 years since independence have seen Pakistan’s economy grow over 125-fold and average incomes increase almost 21-fold, while the structure of the economy has also seen massive changes over the decades. A Finance Ministry report to mark the country’s 75th Independence Day anniversary also noted that the country had almost no industrial base at independence, receiving only 34 of 921 industrial units active in the British Raj. Other hurdles, such as Delhi’s refusal to…
Ahmadi man stabbed to death at Chenabnagarby Imran Gabol in Dawn, August 13th, 2022LAHORE: A 60-year-old Ahmadi was stabbed to death over ‘religious differences’ at Chenabnagar on Friday. Police said Naseer Ahmad and his brother Munir were going for shopping in the morning when an unidentified man, who was standing at the Chenabnagar bus stand, stopped them and asked them questions about their religion. Ahmad told the man who carried a bag that they belonged…
by Waseem Ahmed Shah in Dawn, August 13th, 2022PESHAWAR: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Maulana Abdul Shakoor has warned that people of the erstwhile tribal areas would boycott a polio vaccination campaign if the government and security institutions failed to restore peace. “We want to make it clear that if the government and security institutions fail to provide us with peace, the people of [formerly] Fata won’t accept the measures being taken by the government,…
By Saqalain Eqbal in Khaama Press, 07 Aug 2022 at 04:36 PMLocals in Mazar-e-Sharif, in Balkh province of northern Afghanistan, say that the Taliban has prevented Ashura ceremony preparations at the shrine of Hazrat Ali, aka Rawza-e-Sharif, and denied permission to hold the Ashura event there for security reasons. Officials from the Taliban in Mazar-e-Sharif have instructed those attending Ashura events to do so exclusively in mosques, citing security concerns as their justification. Every year…
report in TOLOnews, Aug 8, 2022 at 11:08 PMA blast took place in Chandawal of Kabul city, an eyewitness said, adding that the wounded have been taken to a hospital. According to the witnesses, the blast was due to a magnetic mine that targeted public transportation. The security officials have yet to provide details about the blast. There is no information about the number of casualties. No one has taken responsibility for the blast.https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-179307
report in The daily star, aug 6, 2022Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka today afternoon to discuss bilateral, regional and global issues with Bangladesh leadership. Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque will receive the Chinese Foreign Minister who is likely to reach Dhaka at 5pm on a two-day trip, a senior official told UNB today. Neither the Ministry of Foreign Affairs nor the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka shared his programme schedule…
by Jamil Nagri in Dawn, August 5th, 2022GILGIT: Police tightened security arrangements in Gilgit on Thursday amid tension in the city after violence claimed two lives and left 22 people injured last week. Addressing a press conference in Gilgit, DIG of Police Farman Ali said five FIRs had been registered under the anti-terrorism law in connection with the July 30 clash. Farman Ali said out of 18 people suspected of involvement in the violence, nine…
report in Dawn, August 4th, 2022NORTH WAZIRISTAN: The jirga of Uthmanzai tribe on Wednesday decided to block the main highway and all link roads in North Waziristan tribal district today (Thursday) after talks between elders and senior officials over targeted killings remained inconclusive here. Deputy commissioner Shahid Ali Khan and senior officers of the administration held several rounds of talks with the protesting Uthmanzai elders but failed to achieve a breakthrough. Head of the 50-strong…
report in The News, August 04, 2022NOWSHERA: A local journalist on Wednesday narrowly escaped bid on his life when unknown car riders allegedly tried to crush him to death. Shaheen Shah, a local journalist and general secretary of the Nowshera Press Club, told the police that he was coming to press club when unidentified car riders intentionally hit him and fled the scene in Shobra Chowk. He sustained injuries in the foot. Soon after the…