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Stanikzai: Pakistan Deporting Afghans to Pressure Islamic Emirate

By Gulalai Hakim in TOLOnews Online, Oct 11, 2023 at 9:21 PMSher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, referring to the recent situation of migrants and their treatment in Pakistan, said that Islamabad deports Afghan migrants to put political and economic pressure on the Islamic Emirate. Speaking at the ceremony of the completion of the first phase and the start of the second phase of the Qosh Tepa Canal, he criticized the situation…

Islamabad, Kabul discuss peace amid strained ties

by Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, Oct 6, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan foreign ministers met in Tibet on Thursday amid tensions as the Foreign Office clarified that the crackdown against illegal immigrants was not against a particular nationality. As tensions deepened between the two neighbours, caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani met his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi in China’s Tibet Autonomous region. Both were there to attend an international conference. A brief statement…

Kabul, Islamabad Discuss Afghan Immigrants’ Situation in Pakistan

report in TOLOnews, Sept 27, 2023 at 8:45 PMFollowing reports about the detention and mistreatment of Afghan immigrants in Pakistan by the Pakistani police, the Islamic Emirate’s spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said that they have discussed the issue with Pakistani officials. Mujahid said that Pakistani officials pledged that they would not harass Afghan immigrants. “We have protested both through the embassy and the institutions and the delegation who came. They promised that this situation will change.…

Imran moves IHC against rejection of bail plea

By Awais Yousafzai in The News, Sept 17, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Saturday filed a bail petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) challenging the special court’s decision in the cipher case. The plea has been fixed for hearing on Monday before Chief Justice Aamer Farooq. The special court — established under the Official Secrets Act and hearing the case registered against the PTI chief and his party’s Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood…

ATC rejects Fawad, Qureshi’s bail pleas

report in The Express Tribune, Sept 3, 2023An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Saturday rejected the bail applications of former information minister Fawad Chaudhry as well as ex-foreign minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi. The judge, after hearing both parties, dismissed Fawad’s interim bail over non-appearance. On the other hand, in cases related to the May 9 violence, Judge Abhar Gul also ordered the cancellation of bail of Qureshi and Fawad…

Court defers hearing on Imran’s bail plea

report in The Express Tribune, Sept 3, 2023LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: In Islamabad, a special court has postponed the hearing of post-arrest bail applications submitted by PTI Chairman Imran Khan and Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the diplomatic cipher case till the Islamabad High Court (IHC) decides a plea challenging the court’s jurisdiction. Meanwhile, the Lahore High Court (LHC) is scheduled to address petitions filed by Imran Khan against the rejection of his pre-arrest bail applications in…

Afghan govt has arrested some perpetrators of terrorism in Pakistan: FM Jilani

by Abdullah Momand in Dawn, August 31, 2023Interim Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani said on Wednesday that the Afghan government had arrested some perpetrators of terror attacks in Pakistan and informed the authorities in Islamabad. Jilani shared this in response to a question about cross-border terrorism while speaking to reporters at the Foreign Office. The minister’s statement comes as Pakistan continues to face terror incidents — which have been on the rise since the banned…

Asad Umar gets interim bail in cipher case

By Khalid Iqbal in The News,August 23, 2023ISLAMABAD: Former federal minister Asad Umar secured a pre-arrest bail on Tuesday from the special court in Islamabad in the ongoing cipher case. The special court was established a day earlier to hear the cases filed under the Official Secrets Act. Umar, along with PTI lawyer Babar Awan, appeared before the special court in Islamabad on Tuesday. The Special Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnan has approved interim bail till…

Pakistani police detain Afghan refugees in Islamabad

By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Aug 3, 2023More than 17 immigrants have been detained in Islamabad, according to a statement from the Afghan Immigrant Council in Pakistan. Even though they had visas and passports, some immigrants said Pakistani police arbitrarily detained them. “I’ve been told seventeen people were arrested, and then the number rose. They frighten and threaten people in vehicles dangerously. Both those with passports and those without were detained till morning,”…

Pakistan renews pledge to stable Afghanistan

By Mariana Baabar in The News, April 16, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday once again reaffirmed its commitment to a stable, peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan. The Foreign Office, in a very brief statement, said this commitment was conveyed by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in a telephonic conversation with Acting Afghan Minister for Foreign Affairs, Amir Khan Muttaqi, on Saturday. “They discussed a range of issues of mutual interest,” the Foreign Office added. The brief statement…

Militant attacks drop by 36pc in country as death toll stays same

By Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, April 3rd, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan witnessed a rather peaceful March with the number of militant attacks declining as compared to February. However, the number of deaths remained almost the same, according to an Islamabad-based think tank. In its report, Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) stated that in March there was a 36 per cent decline in militant attacks as compared to February. The number of attacks stood at…