Report in TOLOnews Online, Dec 27, 2023 at 9:04 PMA group in Pakistan that defends the rights of Afghan immigrants told TOLOnews that about 140 immigrants who were awaiting visas from the US and other nations have been deported from Pakistan. According to the group, these immigrants wanted to go to the US after getting visas, among them were some journalists. “Around 140 Afghan immigrants who were supposed to ne transferred to US or some…
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by Kalbe Ali | Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, Dec 26th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The caretaker federal government on Monday claimed to have released about 290 Baloch demonstrators held in the wake of a crackdown on a long march organised by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee. The claim was contested by the organisers of the protest, who said the authorities released about 130 protesters on Sunday night, but not a single person was released on Monday as claimed…
by Selim Zahid in Prothom Alo, Nov 4, 2023BNP’s leaders and activists are worried about the senior leaders of the party being arrested one after the other. Most of the leaders are in hiding at present, in order to avoid arrest. There is concern in the party as to what direction the movement will take in the days to come if things continue in this manner. The arrest of the important BNP presidium member Amir…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 28, 2023Police yesterday raided houses of BNP activists to arrest them as the party was preparing to hold a rally in the capital today. Mirpur police detained more than 100 BNP men from a building in Shenpara last night, said local sources. Imran, a sub-inspector of Mirpur Police Station, said the raid was going on as of 11:00pm. Over 200 people arrested in the capital on Thursday were sent…
By Sandun Jayawardana in The Sunday Times, Aug 6, 2023,The Prisons Department said this week that the country’s prison population had grown rapidly since the start of 2023. While there is room for only 13,241 inmates within the prison system, there are about 19,000 suspects who are in remand custody in addition to about 10,000 prisoners. The total prison population stands at about 29,000. Overcrowding is also seen as a factor in the recent spread…
by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee/Mohammad Jamil Khan in The Daily Star, July 10, 2023As the BNP and 35 other like-minded parties are set to launch a one-point movement to oust the government, the Police Headquarters is collecting data on all the cases against opposition activists and leaders. The headquarters is gathering information about those who faced charges of arson, killing of police members, crimes against humanity, and other serious crimes in 2013 and later. The initiative…