by SHAFQAT ALI in The Nation, Nov 17, 2022ISLAMABAD – Pakistan and Iran yesterday vowed to eliminate terrorism together from the region. Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari spoke to Iranian Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian to discuss the bilateral issues. They held discussions on recent developments in the region, noted with satisfaction the positive trajectory in bilateral relations, and reiterated joint resolve to further cooperation in all areas of mutual interest, Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zehra Baloch…
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Editorial in Dawn, November 16th, 2022HOPES that the Afghan Taliban would this time around run a more open country have largely been dashed after the hard-line movement’s shadowy supreme leader, Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada, passed a set of stern edicts recently. In Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, Hibatullah’s word is law, which is why his call for the ‘full enforcement’ of the Taliban’s version of Sharia is important. Afghanistan’s most powerful man, who rarely issues public edicts and remains…
by Imtiaz Ali in Dawn, Nov 16th, 2022KARACHI: The Counter Terrorism Department on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a suspect linked with a banned separatist outfit. The CTD along with an intelligence agency carried out a raid in Mehran Town of Korangi and arrested the suspect, namely Rustam Ali Shar, affiliated with the outlawed Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army, said the spokesperson. One pistol along with five rounds were recovered from his custody. The CTD spokesperson said…
by Muhammad Irfan Mughal in Dawn, Nov 16th, 2022DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Four alleged terrorists belonging to outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Gandapur group, were killed in a clash with members of security forces in Maddi area of Kulachi tehsil on Tuesday. According to a police spokesman, the terrorists were planning to carry out terror activities in the area and they were killed in a joint operation of the police’s Counter-Terrorism Department and security forces. The spokesman…
report in Khaama Press, Nov 16, 2022Afghan families in Pakistan waiting to immigrate to Canada as part of Canada’s newly announced immigration program, are facing jail risk as their visas have expired or some have crossed the border paperless and do not hold any legal documents. According to Canada’s CBC news channel, Pakistan has warned paperless refugees of facing up to three years jail time if they do not renew their visas by the end…
by Shahid in Dawn, Nov 16th, 2022QUETTA: The Chaman border remained closed for a third consecutive day on Tuesday, but the authorities allowed thousands of Pakistani and Afghan nationals to cross into their respective countries through an emergency route. The border was closed after an armed man from the Afghan side opened fire on Pakistani security personnel at Friendship Gate, resulting in the martyrdom of one soldier and injuries to two others on Sunday. “The…
By Shezad Baloch in The Express Tribune, April 13th, 2017. (The writer is a research student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication) It is hard to imagine going without clean drinking water for 15 to 20 days consecutively, but for the citizens of Gwadar, it is a fact of life. Residents of this coastal city get clean drinking water for just one hour, every two to three weeks. For poor…
By Pervez Hoodbhoy in Dawn, August 29th, 2015 The writer teaches physics in Lahore and Islamabad. MANY Pakistanis are thrilled by the news originating from two think tanks in Washington. Although no real evidence has been presented, they claim that the Pakistani nuclear arsenal may become the world’s third largest over the next five to 10 years. The current number, estimated at around 120 Hiroshima-sized warheads, could increase to around 350. This would exceed numbers…
Khaama Press, Aug 28 2015, 10:53 pm Kabul: The Taliban militants group in Afghanistan has claimed that the ISIS affiliates operating in Afghanistan are mostly Pakistani nationals with few young Afghan men recruited by the group. Taliban also ruled out that the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) terrorist group is based in Afghanistan, insisting that the militant groups are fighting under the flag and policy of Taliban in Afghanistan. “People under the name of Daesh…
ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: The banking sector of the country was not capable of financing the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline but the State Bank could raise funds for the project by launching bonds, Adnan Adil Hussain, senior vice-president for consumer and retail banking at the National Bank, said on Tuesday. Talking to reporters, he said his bank entered such ventures only on the basis of commercial viability. “We are already in a consortium to finance the Neelum-Jhelum…
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…