report in The News, August 21, 2023ISLAMABAD: Three major political parties, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) and Awami National Party (ANP), have sought the resignation of President Dr Arif Alvi after his statement on the issue of signing of two important bills. Faisal Karim Kundi, a spokesman for the PPP, responded by calling the incident unfortunate and lamenting the fact that the president apologised 24 hours after it was reported in…
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by Rameez Khan in The Express Tribune, August 21st, 2023.LAHORE ‘: Amid rumours of PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif’s likely return to Pakistan, former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday jetted off to London. The announcement of Shehbaz’s departure to London was made by party Central Information Secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb on her official X account. During his stay, Shehbaz will meet his brother Nawaz to discuss various political issues. A plan regarding Nawaz’s return to Pakistan…
edit in Daily Times, August 17th, 2023People cheering on as vigilantes attacked a holy symbol perched upon a place of worship; hundreds of smug men vandalising cemetries and setting scores of houses on fire as helpless members of the law enforcement agencies tried to explain the supremacy of the law. This is not a raging war zone but a thriving medium-sized town in one of the fastest developing industrial centres in Pakistan. Tragic footages of…
report in The Express Tribune, August 18th, 2023.PESHAWAR: Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday held a daylong meeting on the joint border to discuss various issues relating to the transit trade, including the pendency in the clearance of goods. The border committee meetings are held regularly on a fortnightly basis to improve effective liaison and coordination for smooth operation of bilateral and transit trade on both sides of the border. At the meeting, the 15-member Pakistani…
REPORT IN THE EXPRESS Tribune, AUG 18, 2023WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch on Thursday said Pakistan was fully determined to protect and promote the constitutionally guaranteed rights and freedoms of the individuals belonging to religious minorities. In a statement, she said as a country of law and constitution, Pakistan could not accept the intolerant and violent acts in yesterday’s incident in Faisalabad. The statement came as the United States on Wednesday had…
REPORT IN THE EXPRESS Tribune, AUG 18, 2023WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch on Thursday said Pakistan was fully determined to protect and promote the constitutionally guaranteed rights and freedoms of the individuals belonging to religious minorities. In a statement, she said as a country of law and constitution, Pakistan could not accept the intolerant and violent acts in yesterday’s incident in Faisalabad. The statement came as the United States on Wednesday had…
Report in Dawn, August 10th, 2023PESHAWAR: The counter-terrorism department on Wednesday denied the existence of Tehreek-i-Jihad Pakistan and claimed that the TJP was an alternative name for the proscribed militant outfit Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. “The TJP is a name used by the banned TTP. Though the banned TTP disassociated itself from the July 25 suicide bombing in Ali Masjid area of Khyber tribal district, we [department] have evidence of its involvement in the blast,” CTD deputy…
By Fidel Rahmati in the Khaama Press online, August 9, 2023The de facto administration of Afghanistan once again has rejected the repeated allegations of the Pakistani officials and said that Afghanistan is not responsible for the “failure of any regional country’s security.” Zabihulla Mujahid, the spokesperson of the Taliban-led government, said that following recent attacks in Pakistan, Pakistani authorities once again blamed Afghans rather than strengthening their country’s security. “The government of Afghanistan reiterates its…
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 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,”…
by Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, August 1st, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is grappling with a distressing surge in suicide attacks, witnessing a significant rise in fatalities and injuries compared to the previous year. The country has already experienced 18 suicide attacks in the first seven months of 2023, resulting in the loss of more than 200 lives and leaving over 450 others injured. This alarming figure has surpassed the total number of suicide attacks recorded in the…