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Battling trafficking

Editorial in Dawn, December 16th, 2023THE currency of human bondage, known as human trafficking, is the false promise of a better life through employment and even marriage in wealthy countries. Sadly, victims only realise that they have been trapped in a web of lies when they find themselves confronting forced labour, debt and sex work on foreign soil, which they have reached after treacherous journeys. Equally troubling is the fact that the sinister trade now…

Only illegal immigrants to be deported: Pakistan

by Shafqat Ali in The Nation, Oct 6, 2023ISLAMABAD – Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani Thursday told his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi about challenges con­fronting regional peace. The development comes after Pakistan government announce November 1 deadline for all il­legal immigrants including Af­ghan refugees to leave the coun­try or face forceful expulsion. The government took the deci­sion after rise in suicide terror attacks in Pakistan involving Af­ghan nationals. According to a statement re­leased…

Only illegal immigrants to be deported: Pakistan

by Shafqat Ali in The Nation, Oct 6, 2023ISLAMABAD – Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani Thursday told his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi about challenges con­fronting regional peace. The development comes after Pakistan government announce November 1 deadline for all il­legal immigrants including Af­ghan refugees to leave the coun­try or face forceful expulsion. The government took the deci­sion after rise in suicide terror attacks in Pakistan involving Af­ghan nationals. According to a statement re­leased…

Congress calls central committee meeting after a year

Report in The Kathmandu Post, July 6, 2023Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba on Wednesday called the party’s central working committee meeting for July 12. The meeting had been pending for a year and is expected to see heated debates over several issues that the party has been confronting. A meeting of Deuba, vice-presidents Purna Bahadur Khadka and Dhanraj Gurung, and general secretaries Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma took a decision to that effect.…