By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, December 29, 2023The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan says that it continues to engage in communications and negotiations with officials of the Taliban government regarding border and security issues. Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, the spokesperson for the ministry, stated on Thursday in a press conference that Islamabad wants Afghanistan to be a hub of trade and energy connectivity in the region. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson added…
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By Mitra Majeedy in TOLOnews Online Dec 29, 2023 at 9:03 PMAfter the request of the Islamic Emirate to the leader of Pakistan’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, to visit Kabul, now the leader of this party, emphasizing the establishment of trust between Kabul and Islamabad, said that this work should be part of Pakistan’s foreign policy. He also added that he will travel to Afghanistan after the election campaign to discuss common interests. The leader…
By Shakeel Anjum in The News, December 29, 2023ISLAMABAD: The priest of Saint John’s Church at H-9 claimed that a gang equipped with sophisticated weapons stormed the worship place at about 8:30 on Thursday. Priest Imran Masih informed the Industrial Area police about it in his written complaint the same night. The complainant said that three among the six attackers had been identified as Sohail, Asif Chattha and Mithu, adding that they were equipped with…
report in Dawn, December 29th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is committed to a peaceful neighbourhood and would like to have peaceful relations with all countries in the region, including India, the Foreign Office said on Thursday. When asked if the coming year held any prospects of resumption of ties with the eastern neighbour, Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch told a weekly press briefing that India needed to take steps to create an environment for dialogue. She,…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, December 29th, 2023QUETTA: Balochistan caretaker Chief Minister Mir Ali Mardan Khan Domki has announced that both federal and provincial governments have formed separate committees to investigate the Balaach Mola Bakhsh killing case. Additionally, a separate committee from the federal government is actively engaged in talks with participants of the Turbat march sit-in in Islamabad. Chairing a meeting on law and order, CM Domki said the inquiry reports from both committees…
by Fiaz Mahmood inThe Express Tribune online, Dec 28, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Thursday stopped the proceedings of the trial of PTI founding chairman and deposed premier Imran Khan as well as his ex-deputy Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case till January 11. Justice Miangul Hasan Aurangzeb heard Imran’s plea against the in-camera trial of the cipher case by a special court.In his nine-page order, Justice Aurangzeb observed that the case was…
Report in Pakistan Today, Dec 29, 2023RAWALPINDI: The court of a judicial magistrate on Thursday rejected the police request for a 30-day physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi and sent him to jail on Judicial remand in 12 cases registered against him following May 9 riots. Qureshi was presented before Duty Magistrate Syed Jahangir Ali’s court in the GHQ attack case under strict security. At the outset of the hearing,…
Report in Dawn, December 29th, 2023RAWALPINDI: Police have implicated PTI leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi in at least 12 different cases registered by the district police in connection with the May 9 violence — erupted after the arrest of former PTI chairman Imran Khan — as a magistrate on Thursday sent him to Adiala Jail on a two-week remand in a case regarding the attack on the General Headquarters (GHQ), Rawalpindi. The court rejected the Punjab…
report in Dawn, December 29th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A militant wanted by the Counter-Terrorism Department was killed during a joint operation conducted by the Tank police and the security forces on the outskirts of the city, police said on Thursday. A police spokesman said the Tank police and security forces were engaged in a joint operation in the surrounding villages of Tank city, including Karri Haider, Alikhel and Karri Puk, when militants affiliated to the…
by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Daily Morning, Dec 29, 2023The Catholic Church claimed that it is in doubt as to whether President Ranil Wickremesinghe is allowing Public Security Minister Tiran Alles to continue making baseless accusations against Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith and the Catholic Church with the aim of undermining their (the Church’s) programme to demand justice for the Easter Sunday terror attacks of 2019. In the recent past, Alles was seen criticising Cardinal…
By Sahan Tennekoon in The Daily Morning, Dec 29, 2023Following many claims being circulated that the Tamil parties from the North and the East of the country are planning to put forward a Tamil candidate for the upcoming Presidential Election, no formal discussion has taken place in this regard thus far, The Daily Morning learnt. Speaking to The Daily Morning yesterday (28), the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) Batticaloa District Opposition Parliamentarian Govindan Karunakaran said…