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Hand grenade attack injures three in Gwadar

by Syed Ali Shah in The Express Tribune, Dec 30, 2023December 29, 2023At least three people sustained injuries in a hand grenade attack that occurred on Friday in the Gwadar district of Balochistan, according to police sources. The incident unfolded when unidentified miscreants threw a hand grenade at a garage situated on Syed Hashmi Road in the port city. Swift response from law enforcement and rescue teams saw the injured promptly transported to the Indus…

Swift trial of Jaranwala case demanded

by Nasir Iqbal in Dawn, Dec 9th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Chairman the Implementation of Minority Rights Forum, Samuel Makson Payara, on Friday moved a fresh application before the Supreme Court seeking early fixation of Aug 16 tragic Jaranwala incident case in which 20 churches and over a dozen homes belonging to the Christian community were damaged. A two-page application reminded that at the last hearing on Sept 8, a three-judge Supreme Court bench, comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan,…

Brother of seven sisters among those killed in DI Khan blast

By Qayyum Nawaz Babar in The News, Nov 5, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The only brother of seven sisters was among the five people who were killed in a blast near Tank Adda in Dera city on Friday. Qamar Zaman, 16, son of Habibullah, had come to the Dera Ismail Khan city to appear in his grade nine examination. His roll number slip was found at the site of the blast. It may be mentioned that…

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is arriving on Sunday:

Report in The Kathmandu Post, October 28, 2023United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres is paying an official visit to Nepal from October 29 to November 1, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. The visit had earlier been planned for the second week of October, but was rescheduled due to the outbreak of conflict between Israel and Hamas militants on October 7. This will be Secretary General Guterres’ first visit to Nepal since taking…

Ulema observe ‘Palestine Solidarity Day’ across nation

report in Daily Times, Oct 14, 2023Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) on Friday observed ‘Palestine Solidarity Day’ across the nation expressing unity with the oppressed Palestinians and offering special prayers in Friday sermons. The PUC Chairman Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi, along with other prominent religious leaders, spoke out in support of Palestine. They highlighted the critical juncture in the Palestinian issue and called on Muslim leaders to play their role immediately. Addressing the issue of…

PM rules out possibility of holding talks with TTP

Report in Pakistan Today, Oct 14, 2023Says state is capable enough to combat outlawed group not for a year but centuryDebunks any notions of registered Afghan refugees being expelled from PakistanPESHAWAR: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Friday unequivocally ruled out any possibility of negotiations with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), saying that Pakistani nation is resolute in its capacity to combat the ‘miscreants’ for the long haul. “Definitely without any doubt, I will…

Dozens more illegal Afghans leave for homeland

Report in The News, October 07, 2023JAMRUD: The repatriation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan has accelerated and dozens of Afghan refugees returned to their country on Friday. It may be recalled that the government set a deadline the illegal Afghan refugees living in Pakistan to leave the country by 31 October. The illegal Afghan immigrants have started leaving Pakistan and are returning to Afghanistan along with their families. The Customs officials at Torkham said that…

Shifting of Imran to Adiala jail: IHC CJ grills PTI lawyer over party’s reservations

By Awais Yousafzai in The News, October 07, 2023ISLAMABAD: Irked by reports in the media regarding the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) reservations about its Chairman Imran Khan’s shifting to Adiala Jail, Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Aamer Farooq Friday asked if the party is dissatisfied with the court’s relevant orders issued last month. The judge questioned Khan’s lawyer, Sher Afzal Marwat, during the hearing of the plea filed for early pronouncement of reserved judgment on…

Pak-Afghan border reopens after 9 days

By Ashrafuddin Pirzada in The News, Sept 16, 2023LANDIKOTAL: Thousands of passengers and trucks carrying fresh fruits, vegetables and other commodities crossed the Torkham border on Friday as Pakistan reopened the crossing with Afghanistan after the 9-day closure, officials said. Pakistan had closed the border on September 6 after a dispute over construction near the border by the Afghan government that had led to an exchange of fire between the two sides. The Customs officials…

Torkham closer to reopening as officials ‘reach understanding’

by Ibrahim Shinwari in Dawn, Sept 15th, 2023KHYBER: With senior officials of Pakistan and Afghanistan reaching an understanding during their protracted parleys during the last week of Torkham border closure, positive signs emerged on late Thursday about the possible reopening of the border on Friday morning. Though there was no official word on record about the border re-­opening of Friday till the filing of this story, social media was ­abuzz with reports about its possible…

US Officials: ‘Unlikely’ Al Qaeda Will Revive in Afghanistan

By Fatema Adeeb in Tolo News, Sept 09, 2023 at 8:24 PMNew US intelligence assessments suggest that it is “unlikely” al Qaeda will revive in Afghanistan and Pakistan and that counterterrorism operations by the “Taliban” in Afghanistan have degraded the Islamic State’s presence there, senior US officials said on Friday. They added that the terrorist presence in Afghanistan has been waning despite the US military’s withdrawal from the country in 2021. According to US officials,…