By Fatema Adeeb in ToloNews, Sept 22, 2023 at 10:23 PMThe acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, in a meeting with Asif Ali Durrani, Pakistan’s special representative for Afghanistan, who was on a visit to Kabul, discussed issues related to security and the formation of a joint committee to address problems between Kabul and Islamabad. Deputy Foreign Ministry spokesman Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal said on X that they had a “detailed” discussion over security, the…
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by Imran Adnan in The Express Tribune, Sept 6, 2023LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday expressed strong condemnation over the rearrest of former Punjab chief minister and party Central President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi shortly after he was released on the orders of the Islamabad High Court (IHC). The PTI took to the microblogging social media platform, X, to share a video of Elahi’s rearrest and voiced its dismay. In one post, the PTI stated,…
by Munawer Azeem in Dawn, August 29th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Shortly after her release on bail, Islamabad police re-arrested lawyer and human rights activist Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir from outside Adiala Jail on Monday in connection with a case registered a day earlier on terrorism charges. Ms Mazari-Hazir was granted bail by an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Monday alongside former South Waziristan MNA Ali Wazir against surety bonds of Rs30,000 each. Earlier, a judicial magistrate had granted…
By Mohammad Amin Pacha n ToloNews, Aug 21, 2023 at 8:51 PMThe acting Interior Minister, Sirajuddin Haqqani, said that the recent incidents in Pakistan are due to its internal problems, which Islamabad itself should address. He warned that if Pakistan seeks to solve its issues by force through Afghanistan, the interests of citizens of both countries will be harmed. “If they want to solve this issue through force, certainly– the nations of Afghanistan and Pakistan,…
Report in Dawn, August 10th, 2023KABUL / PESHAWAR: Following a number of strongly-worded protests from Islamabad, calling on the Taliban regime to prevent militants and terrorists from using Afghan soil to attack Pakistan, Kabul has alleged — for the first time — that several militants from Pakistan have been killed or captured in Afghanistan over the past year. Afghan government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP on Wednesday that in the past year, 18 people “eliminated…
AFP report in Dawn, August 7th, 2023KABUL: Afghanistan’s supreme leader has warned Taliban members against carrying out attacks abroad, the defence minister said, days after Islamabad hinted at involvement of “Afghan citizens” in suicide attacks inside Pakistan. Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid said in a speech to members of Afghanistan’s security forces, broadcast by state television on Saturday, that fighting outside Afghanistan is not religiously sanctioned jihad but rather war, which had been barred by Supreme Leader…
By Ahmad Yosufkhail in ToloNews, May 27, 2023 at 8:57 PMThe chargés d’affaires of Afghanistan’s embassy in Islamabad, Sardar Ahmad Shakib, said that he discussed cooperation and the expansion of ties between Kabul and Islamabad in a meeting with Asif Ali Khan Durrani, the new representative of Pakistan in Afghanistan affairs. According to this Islamic Emirate official, Durrani has experience in Afghan affairs, and his appointment will enhance ties between Kabul and Islamabad. The chargés…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews Online, March 18,2023 at 8:52 PMPakistan’s President Arif Alvi said that Beijing and Islamabad play significant roles in maintaining security and peace in Afghanistan. In an interview with China’s CCTV, Alvi said that a stable Afghanistan plays an important role in the development and success of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, or the CPEC. “Another advantage of it is that many Central Asian countries, including Afghanistan, also hope to export their…
By Nazir Shinwari in Tolo News, Jan 31, 2023 at 8:37 PMMohammad Sadiq, Pakistan’s special envoy for Afghanistan, said that Islamabad supports the continuous engagement with the current Afghan government, during a meeting with Thomas West, the US special representative for Afghanistan. The Pakistani official tweeted that he spoke with the US special representative for Afghanistan on recent developments in Afghanistan. “I underlined Pakistan’s support to continued engagement with Afghan Interim Government and humanitarian support…
Relations between Islamabad’s policy makers and the TTP are in dire straits because of the groups increasing transborder attacks from the Afghan territory. A lone shooter opened fire on the consulate general bunker on Friday, December 2nd. Although no one has yet claimed responsibility, the timeframe of the offence on Pakistan’s consulate general in Kabul clearly indicates a connection with the TTP breaking its peace accord with the Islamabad. On December 11, at least eight…
PFUJ plans sit-in near parliament on 30th
by Kalbe Ali in Dawn, January 25th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has chalked out a plan to hold nationwide demonstrations, as well as a sit-in opposite Parliament House in Islamabad, in protest against the federal government’s anti-media measures. Afzal Butt, the PFUJ president, and secretary general Arshad Ansari said in a statement on Tuesday the campaign would begin on Jan 26 (tomorrow) in order to press the government into redeeming its…