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Islamabad, Kabul discuss peace amid strained ties

by Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, Oct 6, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan foreign ministers met in Tibet on Thursday amid tensions as the Foreign Office clarified that the crackdown against illegal immigrants was not against a particular nationality. As tensions deepened between the two neighbours, caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani met his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi in China’s Tibet Autonomous region. Both were there to attend an international conference. A brief statement…

Move against fund to Pakistan foiled in US Congress

by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, Oct 2, 2023WASHINGTON: A move in the US Congress to prohibit assistance to Pakistan has been defeated by a clear majority as American lawmakers underlined the importance of their bilateral ties with Islamabad. Last month, Tennessee Republican Andy Ogles proposed an amendment to the US Appropriations bill, seeking to bar US defence assistance to Pakistan to discourage the ongoing crackdown on political dissent. The move was put to vote recently…

JITs find Imran, over 900 others ‘guilty of serious offences’

by Asif Chaudhry | Wajih Ahmad Sheikh in Dawn, Sept 29th, 2023• Police submit challans in cases against PTI leaders, workers over May 9 violence• SHC issues notice to information ministry over broadcast ban on ex-PM LAHORE: Joint investigation teams constituted to investigate the violence following PTI chief Imran Khan’s arrest in connection with a graft case in May have declared more than 900 activists, including the former prime minister and other party bigwigs, prime…

Two Afghans held for anti-Pakistan remarks

report in The News, Sept 18, 2023NOWSHERA: The police here on Sunday arrested two Afghan brothers on the charges of making indecent remarks against Pakistan and its state institutions on social media platforms. Khanzeb Khan, in-charge of Bara Banda police post in Nowshera, said that a case was registered against the two Afghan brothers Naheed Khan and Hameedullah hailing from Afghanistan and currently living in Sherin Kothay area in Nowshera and arresting them. The official…

Petition on holding polls in 90 days: PTI moves SC against Registrar’s objections

By Sohail Khan in The News, Sept 17, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday challenged the objections of the Supreme Court Registrar on its petition for declaring the Council of Common Interests (CCI) decision of August 5 about census as illegal and void ab initio. PTI Secretary General Umar Ayub filed an appeal in the apex court under Order V Rule 3 of the Supreme Court Rules 1980 against the September 14 order of the…

Muttaqi Says Weakening Afghan Interim Govt Harms Everyone

By Nazir Shinwari in ToloNews, Aug 30, 2023 at 9:52 PMThe acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amir Khan Muttaqi, said that weakening the Afghan government will harm everyone and that the international community has assured the Islamic Emirate that they don’t support the armed resistance against the interim government. Speaking at a large gathering of religious clerics and influential figures of the country, Muttaqi said that Afghan soil is not a threat to any country…

Freedom eludes Imran despite suspension of sentence

by Malik Asad in Dawn, August 30th, 2023• IHC grants post-arrest bail to PTI chairman in Toshakhana case• Ex-PM to stay in jail due to cipher case, hearing due today• Imran’s lawyers move high court against possible arrest in other cases• JIT formed to investigate social media campaign against IHC CJ ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday suspended the conviction of former prime minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case and ordered his…

Is the Chhatra League facing an ideological crisis?

by Ali Asif Shawon in Dhaka Tribune, Aug 19, 2023The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) recently made a rare overt show of support for its ally Jamaat-e-Islami by expressing deep shock and sorrow at the death of Jamaat-e-Islami leader and former MP Delawar Hossain Sayedee, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of 1971. This is the first time that the BNP has mourned the death of a convicted…

Catholic Church seeks strong action against destroyers of churches, homes

report in The News, Aug 18, 2023The Catholic Church has condemned the burning and destruction of churches and homes of the Christian Community in Jaranwala and wondered with great shock and disbelief how such an incident could happen just two days after the country celebrated Independence Day. A statement issued by Archbishop of Karachi Benny Travas on Thursday said that in August 2023, when we were reminded that Pakistan belongs to all Pakistanis, we have…

Dalit leaders demand action against caste-based discrimination

report in Nepalnews, July 30 at 18:09 hrsDalit community leaders have demanded a stern action against the culprits in a case of caste-based discrimination in Bajhang. At a press meet here today, they expressed their serious concern over the demolition of the under-construction house of a Dalit by a group of non-Dalits at Syaldhunga of Bitthadchir rural municipality-7. The incident happened on July 26. A group of over 40 non-dalits allegedly demolished the house being…

Afghanistan Soil Would Not Be Used Against Neighbors, Muttaqi Assures Pakistan’s Special Envoy

By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, July 20, 2023Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi, During a meeting in Kabul with Pakistan’s Special Envoy, said on Wednesday that Afghanistan soil would not be used against neighbouring countries and Afghans will never harm anyone. According to the Afghanistan Foreign Office, both sides emphasized the necessity to strengthen the political and economic ties between the two countries, pushing for the beginning of collaborative business initiatives.…