REPORT in The Nation, Mar 10, 2023ISLAMABAD – Jamaat ul Ahrar, a militant outfit, on Thursday accepted responsibility for the suicide bomb blast that killed Governor of Balkh province in Afghanistan Mulla Mohammad Dawood Muzammil , said a spokesman of Pakistan Tehreek Taliban. Seven persons, including the governor, were killed and nine others injured in the bomb blast. Mulla Dawood was the leading figure of Taliban. The Jamaat ul Ahrar had differences with him over…
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by Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, Mar 5, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban are discussing a resettlement plan for the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a renewed push to address the issue of cross-border terrorist attacks that have threatened to unravel their bilateral relationship. Sources familiar with the development told The Express Tribune that the idea of resettlement came from the Afghan Taliban during the recent visit of a high-powered Pakistani delegation led…
report in The News, Mar 04, 2023LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the Lahore district administration’s decision to deny the Aurat March organisers permission to hold a public rally marking International Women’s Day on Mar 8. In a statement issued Friday, the HRCP said, “It is regrettable that their right to peaceful assembly is routinely challenged by the district administration on the grounds that ‘controversial’ placards and ‘strong reservations’ from…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, Mar 2, 2023Senior diplomat Mohammad Sadiq Pakistan’s special envoy to Afghanistan resigned on Wednesday, thanking colleagues for helping him serve in the crucial position. Mohammad Sadiq said in a series of Tweets on Wednesday that after serving nearly three years as Pakistan’s special envoy to Afghanistan, the time had come for him to move on and focus on personal stuff – family, books and agriculture, and more. The prominent…
by Senge Sering in Baltimore Post Examiner, Feb 27, 2023The writer is the President of Gilgit Baltistan Institute in Washington D.C.After Iran and India, Pakistan has the world’s third-largest Shia community, accounting for ten percent of the total population. Several historians argue that the Indian Shia elite played a critical role in Pakistan’s launching and contributed significantly to the country’s stability during its formative years. Sir Aga Khan, the head of the Ismailia Shias, served…
By Myra Imran in The News, Feb 27, 2023Islamabad: Domestic violence is a reality of every society and is directly linked to the societal power structure, economic situation and social mindset of a country. A patriarchal mindset, depleting economic situation, religious extremism, increasing population, discriminatory traditions and the impact of the climate crisis – all provide a perfect environment for domestic violence in Pakistani society. Domestic violence is defined as any act committed within the…
report in TOLOnews, Feb 27, 2023The consul of the Islamic Emirate in Karachi, Pakistan said that many Afghan refugees who are suffering from illnesses are in Karachi prison. The Afghan consul in Karachi, Abdul Jabar Takhari, said an Afghan refugee named Faiz Mohammad has died from illness in a Karachi prison. He called on Pakistan to release the Afghan refugees. “I told the Ministry of Interior of Pakistan that he (the individual who died) came…
by Shahid Khan in The Nation, Feb 26, 2023PESHAWAR – The impasse was finally broken on Saturday as Pakistan and Afghanistan reopened the Torkham border, which remained shut for six days, authorities have said. The border was shut by the Afghan Taliban a few days ago when they also fired shots injuring a security man on the Pakistani side over the issue of not permitting an Afghan patient to enter Pakistan for medical care due…
report in The News, Feb 25, 2023KOHAT: The officials of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Friday arrested six alleged terrorists of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a raid here. The sources said that acting on a tip-off the CTD personnel raided the alleged hideout of the TTP men and made the arrests. The arrested Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan men also included a commander identified as Mohammad Kamal alias Rocketi. The arrested persons, who were shifted to…
report in Dawn, February 23rd, 2023NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Security forces have killed one militant, an affiliate of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and arrested a would-be suicide bomber along with five others on Wednesday. According to a statement issued by the military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), an exchange of fire took place between security forces and militants in general area Spinwam, adding that one militants was killed during an intense exchange of fire. “The…
Whenever there is an incident of sexual assault or gender-based violence in Pakistan, we often end up with two tragedies for the price of one. First, there is the crime itself. Time and again, mostly, women who have the temerity to walk around in parks, go to work, school or just literally step out of their homes fall prey to the most brutal form of victimization imaginable. We are reminded, in the unlikely event that…