report in The Daily Star, Oct 6, 2023One of the top drug and arms dealers in Cox’s Bazar, Zafrul Islam Prakash used to smuggle 40 to 45 lakh pieces of yaba pills every month from a neighbouring country. Zafrul, who also goes by the name Babul Member, has a gang of 20 to 25 armed persons who assist him in his criminal activities, which include extortion, gold smuggling, illegal sand extraction, cattle smuggling, and razing…
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report in Dawn, October 7th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday doubled down on its policy to evict all illegal immigrants — including around 1.7 million Afghan refugees — from the country, saying that the decision was in line with international practices. Meanwhile, as law enforcement agencies continued their crackdown on people they call ‘illegal aliens’, a sizeable number of families have been crossing the border into Afghanistan over the past week. “No country allows illegal…
By Murtaza Ali Shah & Sher Ali Khalti in The News, Oct 07, 2023LAHORE/LONDON: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif still has heart problems and needs continuous monitoring, says a fresh medical report submitted to the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday, just days before his expected arrival to the country. The PMLN leader was allowed by the high court in November 2019 to go abroad on health grounds after…
by Ibrahim Shinwari in Dawn, October 6th, 2023KHYBER: Amid the government’s ultimatum for all undocumented immigrants to leave Pakistan by the end of October, 30 Afghan families have returned to their country via the Torkham border crossing over the last couple of days. Though immigration officials termed it a ‘routine affair’, independent sources attributed the sudden rise in return of Afghan families to the government’s ultimatum. Sources close to the development said the number of…
By Nazir Shinwari in ToloNews,Oct 4, 2023 at 8:59 PMThe Islamic Emirate denied the remarks of the Pakistani official alleging involvement of Afghan refugees in the suicide bombings which have recently ripped the country. The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said on X that the Afghan refugees are not involved in the attacks and that Islamabad seeks to harass them under various pretexts. “We deny that if the refugees settled in Pakistan, they would have…
by Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press, Oct3, 2023The Pakistani government announced on Monday that it is deporting 1.1 million illegal immigrants from the country. According to the state news agency Associated Press Pakistan, this decision includes “Afghans with residence permits.” According to Pakistani media outlets, the deportation plan will be implemented in three stages. In the first stage, all undocumented immigrants will be deported, and in the subsequent stages, Afghan immigrants with residence permits will…
report in The Express Tribune, Oct 3, 2023Former federal minister Muhammad Ali Durrani on Monday presented a formula for reconciliation among political parties and institutions, saying that no one wanted confrontation in the country, rather everybody favoured peace and harmony. Durrani, a former senator who served as the federal information minister in the cabinet of former prime minister Shaukat Aziz, created a buzz on the political scene after holding a call-on meeting with President Dr…
By Nazir Shinwari in ToloNews, Oct 2, 2023 at 9:03 AMThe Ministry of Vice and Virtue said that nearly 200 Jadogar (sorcerers, witches) have been detained across the country. A spokesman for the Ministry of Vice and Virtue, said that those who conduct Jado (Magic, Sorcery), will be introduced to the judicial departments. “The number of Jadogar detained in the provinces is more than 100. In Kabul, their number has reached 67 yet. Some of…
report in The Daily Star, Sept 29, 2023The United States has said it expects that the government of Bangladesh will take all necessary actions to maintain the safety and security of all foreign missions and personnel in the country, including those from the US. “The United States values its relationship with Bangladesh,” US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters at a regular briefing on Thursday, September 28. He, however, said he is not going…
By Ansar Abbasi in The News, Sept 29, 2023ISLAMABAD: The government will soon announce one-month deadline for all illegal foreign immigrants, including Afghans, to leave the country or face the music. After the one-month deadline, a major countrywide crackdown will be launched by the law-enforcement agencies to identify and deport such illegal immigrants, the vast majority of whom are said to be Afghans. Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti will announce the policy in a few days…