report in The ToloNews, Feb, 16, 2023 at 10:19 PM At least 650 Afghan refugees are still in prisons in Pakistan, a senior diplomat of the Islamic Emirate said, calling on the Pakistan government to release them. The General Consulate of Afghanistan in Karachi, Abdul Jabar Takhari, said 1,200 Afghan refugees have been recently released from prisons in Pakistan. On Wednesday, at least 200 Afghan refugees were freed from prisons in Karachi. “There are 650…
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report in Dawn, February 9th, 2023KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a man linked with militant Islamic State group. “Acting on a tip-off, the CTD conducted a raid in Korangi Industrial Area and arrested Abdul Malik,” a police spokesperson said, adding that he was an Afghan national who had been living in Karachi since long. He used to collect ‘donations for IS’ in Ramazan and sent the money to Afghanistan. “Vital…
Report in Dawn, Jan 20th, 2023KARACHI: The FIR of an alleged attack on Ahmadiyya community’s place of worship in the Martin Quarters area was lodged at the Jamshed Quarters police station on Thursday. Zaheer Ahmed, a member of the Ahmadiyya Centre, lodged the complaint stating that he was present in his private office in Clifton at around 3:45pm on Wednesday (Jan 18) when he received the information that some 10-12 people wielding sticks etc had…
by Imtiaz Ali in Dawn, Dec 31st, 2022KARACHI: The outgoing year of 2022 left painful and ugly scars on the face of Karachi when it comes to the violent crime of rape as over 500 women and girls were subjected to sexual assault in the last 12 months, it emerged on Friday. The shocking figures were compiled with the help of record of medico-legal officers posted at the three major hospitals of the metropolis —…
Pakistan’s Interior Ministry is processing amendments in the Foreigners Act to tighten controls over alien Bengalis living illegally in the country. Representatives of the Ministry informed the National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior that these amendments became necessary as the question of aliens involved security and economic implications. The meeting of the Committee, held on October 18 in Islamabad, was also informed by the National Aliens Registration Authority (NARA) that over two million Bengalis were…