by Kamran Yousuf in The Express Tribune, Oct 15, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is working with other Muslim countries, particularly the Arab world, to push for an immediate cessation of hostilities by Israel against the Palestinians in Gaza Strip. As Israel warned 1.1 million Palestinians to move from north Gaza to the south, there have been concerns that it may be planning a major ground offensive. There have been fears of massacre and ethnic cleansing in the…
Posts tagged as “Pakistan”
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, Oct 14th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Months after the death of former military ruler retired Gen Pervez Musharraf, the All-Pakistan Muslim League (APML), once founded by him, has also ceased to exist following ‘internal disputes’. There were three claimants for the symbol of “eagle”, but none of them could prove they ever held any position in the party before a three-member bench of the ECP, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan…
by Prageeth Sampath Karunathilaka, Oct 12, 2023State Minister for Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya stated in August that the government had reduced the import tax on a kilogram of maize by 50 rupees. The previous import duty for a kilogram of maize was 75 rupees. Consequently, the import duty on a kilogram of maize has now been lowered to 25 rupees. The government’s decision to reduce the import tax on maize is aimed at lowering the cost…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Oct 13, 2023 at 4:03 PMThe Deputy Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, Zaman Mehdi, said that Islamabad is “concerned about the security threat emanating from Afghan territory.” He made the remarks at a UN meeting, saying that over 600,000 Afghans have moved to Pakistan within the past two years due to dire economic conditions. “Pakistan has had the consistent and the considered view that the international community must…
Report in Pakistan Today, Oct 14, 2023Says state is capable enough to combat outlawed group not for a year but centuryDebunks any notions of registered Afghan refugees being expelled from PakistanPESHAWAR: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Friday unequivocally ruled out any possibility of negotiations with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), saying that Pakistani nation is resolute in its capacity to combat the ‘miscreants’ for the long haul. “Definitely without any doubt, I will…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 11, 2023Pakistan’s caretaker foreign minister, Jalil Abbas Jilani, highlighted on Tuesday that although the war in Afghanistan has concluded and security has improved, there remains inadequate progress in safeguarding women’s and girls’ rights and addressing the threat from terrorist groups. At the 27th ECO Council of Ministers meeting in Azerbaijan, Jilani emphasized the importance of constructive engagement with the leaders of the current administration as the…
Report in Pakistan Today, Oct 12, 2023Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif met with the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Amir and Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman at the former’s residence on Tuesday. The meeting took place amid reported differences between the former coalition partners over date of next general elections in the country. Yesterday, Fazl lashed out at the PPP and PML-N, saying that the two parties had…
report in Daily Times, Oct 12, 2023In today’s fame-driven world, where one’s worth is often measured by their social media followers, Pakistan has emerged as a prominent player with over 72 million internet users. However, this growing access to free social media platforms has brought about significant concerns regarding e-security. Pakistan ranks as the 5th largest mobile phone market in Asia. Internet regulation falls under the jurisdiction of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the…
report in Daily FT, Oct 10, 2023The Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Sri Lanka (CBCS) has written to President Ranil Wickremesinghe requesting copies of reports compiled by international law enforcement and secret service agencies including those from the US, UK, India, China, Australia and Pakistan on the Easter Sunday attack. In a letter dated 6 October, the CBCS observed that President Wickremesinghe had discussed these reports in a recent interview with the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle.…
By Javed Aziz Khan in The News, October 09, 2023PESHAWAR: Thousands of Afghan families living in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are concerned about their stay in Pakistan after the government’s deadline for the unregistered foreigners to leave before October 31. The deadline is for the undocumented foreigners who neither possess any proof of registration (PoR) card issued by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees nor any visa or other document to legalize the stay in Pakistan.…
Report in The News, October 09, 2023LAHORE: Tehreek-e-Istiqlal President Rehmat Khan Wardag has supported the government’s policy of sending illegal Afghans back to their country, saying peace and order in Pakistan can be restored only when illegal aliens living here are sent to their respective countries. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Tehreek-e-Istaqlal Central President said that the incompetent rulers in 1978 did not contain the Afghans, who had left their country and taken refuge…