By Mitra Majeedy in TOLOnews Online Dec 29, 2023 at 9:03 PMAfter the request of the Islamic Emirate to the leader of Pakistan’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, to visit Kabul, now the leader of this party, emphasizing the establishment of trust between Kabul and Islamabad, said that this work should be part of Pakistan’s foreign policy. He also added that he will travel to Afghanistan after the election campaign to discuss common interests. The leader…
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By Shakeel Anjum in The News, December 29, 2023ISLAMABAD: The priest of Saint John’s Church at H-9 claimed that a gang equipped with sophisticated weapons stormed the worship place at about 8:30 on Thursday. Priest Imran Masih informed the Industrial Area police about it in his written complaint the same night. The complainant said that three among the six attackers had been identified as Sohail, Asif Chattha and Mithu, adding that they were equipped with…
report in Daily Times, Dec 29, 2023The caretaker federal government on Thursday released 34 more Baloch protesters who had been arrested during a police crackdown in Islamabad last week. A declaration stated that all detained Baloch protesters have been released on the advice of the negotiation committee constituted by Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar. It added that the arrested marchers were released after fulfilling the legal requirements. The PM’s negotiation team – headed by caretaker…
By Mitra Majeedy in TOLOnews Online, Dec 26, 2023 at 8:44 PMThe Express Tribune reported that Islamic Emirate acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said that most of the issues between Pakistan and the TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) had been sorted out and that both were close to striking a deal, but Islamabad backed out. According to the report, during a conversation with Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed in Tehran on the sidelines of the conference on…
Report in Dawn, December 27th, 2023ISLAMABAD: As Baloch protesters remain encamped outside the National Press Club to press authorities for the acceptance of their demands, some unidentified armed men on Monday night barged into the camp – right under the nose of the police – and took away the sound system used by the demonstrators. Despite denial of any involvement or knowledge of the incident by the relevant authorities, including the Islamabad police and the…
report in Daily Times, Dec 16, 2023Pakistan and the US have identified counter-terrorism operations and defence collaboration as key areas of cooperation during the Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir’s maiden visit to the US, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) informed on Friday. “Both the countries reiterated the intent to increase interaction and explore ways to expand the scope of mutually beneficial engagements,” the military’s media wing reported. The visit comes at a…
by Munawer Azeem in Dawn, December 6th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Four persons, including a local PML-N leader, were killed in an ambush in the rural area of the capital on Tuesday, the police said. According to a preliminary investigation, Syed Abrar Shah, the former Union Council chairman Jhang, was travelling in a white SUV when armed men opened indiscriminate fire at his vehicle in the Shahzad Town area. The assailants, armed with sophisticated weapons, were lying in…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, November 28, 2023The Afghanistan envoy to Islamabad was summoned to Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday in response to a recent terrorist attack. They were tasked with ensuring action against groups in Afghanistan conducting terrorist attacks against Pakistan. The attack targeted a security forces convoy in Bannu district on Sunday, allegedly carried out by an Afghan national. Pakistan has claimed that the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group…
by Umer Burney in Dawn, Nov 28, 2023Citing “serious security risks”, Adiala jail authorities failed to present PTI Chairman Imran Khan before the special court at Islamabad’s Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) on Tuesday as per the orders of the same court’s judge. Last week, Special Court Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain, who is hearing the cipher case, had issued directives that the PTI chief and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi be presented at the FJC.…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, November 22, 2023On Tuesday, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller revealed that Washington is actively engaged in continuous communication with Islamabad regarding the 25,000 Afghans in Pakistan awaiting their US visas. Miller emphasized the importance of collaborating in good faith with the Government of Pakistan to address any concerns related to the safety of individuals in the US visa pipeline. The primary focus of the United States…
report in The News, Nov 22, 2023ISLAMABAD: In order to make the security of foreign embassies in the federal capital Islamabad fool-proof, CDA has started the construction of a new strong security wall on all four sides of the Diplomatic Enclave. This wall is ten feet high and the length is ten kilometers. So far, six and a half kilometers of the wall have been constructed. The total cost of the project is Rs950 million…