by Amin Ahmed in Dawn, November 22th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The UN Refugee Agency, has raised concerns over Pakistan’s announcement for undocumented foreigners to leave, as the orders have adversely affected Afghan nationals including registered refugees and others with valid documents. UNHCR Representative in Pakistan Philippa Candler told a press briefing at UN European headquarters in Geneva on Tuesday that mass arrivals back to Afghanistan were adding to the ongoing humanitarian crisis, as winter temperatures in some…
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by Saleem Shahid | Amir Wasim in Dawn, Nov 21, 2023QUETTA/ISLAMABAD: As the Afghan transit trade through Chaman remained partially suspended by those holding a sit-in at the border crossing against new travel rules, the Senate also witnessed debate on the issue on Monday. Meanwhile, the Balochistan government issued a stern warning to those trying to create hurdles in the implementation of official policy about undocumented immigrants as well as terrorists. Caretaker Information Minister Jan…
By Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, October 27th, 2023ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan ruled out an extension in the deadline for the forced repatriation of undocumented immigrants, mostly Afghan nationals, caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti on Thursday revealed foreign nationals residing in the country without identity documents would be kept at ‘holding centres’ before deportation to their respective countries. At a press conference held in the federal capital, the caretaker minister shared the details of a plan…
Bureau Report in Dawn, October 21st, 2023PESHAWAR: The Federal Investigation Agency’s Anti-Corruption Circle arrested an Afghan national for carrying forged Pakistani documents, officials said. They said on an intelligence report, a raid was conducted on the University Road, where Habibullah, an Afghan, was taken into custody. “The accused had arrived from Afghanistan. The raiding team recovered a Pakistani national identity card, a passport and a border crossing token from the accused,” an FIA official said.…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha & Anup Ojha in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 23, 2023Police on Tuesday recommended prosecuting 238 people including former ministers, senior bureaucrats and middlemen in the infamous Lalita Niwas land grab scam on charges of organised crime and forgery of government documents. The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police submitted its investigation report to the District Attorney’s Office Kathmandu, which will now decide how many of them will be prosecuted. The…
by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee & Mohammad Jamil Khan in The Daily Star, June 14, 2023Contrary to the widespread perception that Jamaat-e-Islami has been on the wane for over the past 15 years, the Islamist party that actively opposed the birth of the nation is actually growing, according to intelligence and party documents. In 2008, the number of the party’s permanent members or Rukon was 23,863. That figure now stands at 73,046 — a threefold rise,…