report in Daily Times, Oct 7th, 2023The Anti-Human Trafficking and Smuggling wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) once again took a decisive action to prevent a group of alleged beggars from embarking on a trip to Saudi Arabia under the guise of an Umrah pilgrimage at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport on Friday. This incident is just one in a series of similar attempts thwarted by the FIA in recent weeks, tarnishing the country’s…
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report in Khaama Press online, Oct 3, 2023On Tuesday, Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi departed from Kabul to attend the third Trans-Himalaya Forum for International Cooperation in China. The forum is being held in Shijiazhuang in Hebei Province, China. This visit comes as part of diplomatic efforts to strengthen ties and promote economic cooperation, regional connectivity, and ecological changes among the Himalayan region nations. Hafiz Zia Ahmad, the deputy spokesman for the Foreign Ministry,…
report in Khaama Press online, Sept 30, 2023The US envoy for Afghan women and human rights, Rina Amiri, on Saturday, said that the global consensus is clear. If the Taliban does not respect women’s rights, it cannot join the international community. Amiri, on her social media platform X, revealed that during the 78th UN General Assembly, she engaged in high-level meetings with officials from various countries, concentrating specifically on Afghanistan and the challenges faced by…
By Prageeth Janaka in The Island, Sept 26, 2023Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith has called on the government to ensure a credible, transparent investigation into the Easter Sunday terror attacks. He has said the need for an international probe could be avoided if the inquiry is carried out with integrity and devoid of political influence. Addressing the media during the golden jubilee celebration of St. Michael’s Church, at Embilipitiya, on Sunday (24), the Cardinal expressed…
report in TOLOnews, Sept 27, 2023 at 10:30 PMThe head of UNAMA, Roza Otunbayeva, in her briefing to the UN Security Council, said the policies of the current Afghan government that drive the exclusion of women are “unacceptable to the international community.” UNAMA in a statement quoted Otunbayeva as saying that “UNAMA’s human rights efforts are focused on engaging and enabling the de facto authorities to establish an inclusive, responsive system of governance, including policing,…
Report in Dawn, Sept 19th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Monday sternly rejected a report that claimed Pakistan sold arms and ammunition to Ukraine in order to secure a crucial bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Russia-Ukraine crisis began last year when President Vladimir Putin ordered the latter’s invasion on February 24. Separately, the IMF executive board approved a $3 billion bailout programme for Pakistan in July of this year, with the…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Sept 16, 2023Chairman of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security, Rear Admiral (retd.) Sarath Weerasekera, MP, yesterday (15) asked whether a comprehensive international investigation into accountability issues here could be conducted unless India, too, was subjected to the same. The former Public Security Minister was responding to the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) declaration that India and Sri Lanka Core Group at the ongoing 54 session of the UN…
By Rathindra Kuruwita in The Island, Sept 14, 2023Former President Maithripala Sirisena has said there must be an international investigation into the Easter Sunday attacks, following the revelations of the Channel 4 documentary. Sirisena said that for four years, various parties had levelled allegations against him for not stopping the terror attacks. “I was harassed. There were court orders against me. But when you watch the Channel 4 video, you can see that what actually…
by Muhammad Amin in Pakistan Today, Sept 11, 2023The writer is a teacher of DELTA, The Change Agent.The tensions and conflicts between the Afghan Taliban and Pakistan have a complex history with its roots in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Pakistan faced a critical choice at that time: whether to align itself with the USA and its global coalition or follow in the footsteps of Mullah Omar’s Taliban regime and reject international pressure. General…
Report Business Recorder, Sept 5th, 2023KARACHI: Majority of Pakistan’s businesses are “not hopeful at all” about the ability of caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar to save the country from a potential default on its international financial obligations, shows a latest survey. The 72 percent of more than 500 businesses surveyed in the second quarter of 2023 by Gallup Pakistan were found concerned over the country’s potential default. The survey results come despite Islamabad’s success in…
By Ali Raza & Mumtaz Alvi & Saeed Niazi & Waqar Satti in The News, Sept 3, 2023ISLAMABAD/ LONDON/LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has revoked the services of Geoffrey Robertson KC after announcing that PTI Chairman Imran Khan has hired the British lawyer to represent him in international courts in cases related to “unlawful detention and human rights abuses”. But the PTI deleted the tweet within hours and terminated the services of the lawyer after criticism…