Report in Pakistan Today, Nov 9, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday rejected any notion of discussion on arms supply between Pak-Ukraine defence ministers in a telephonic conversation, clarifying that the country neither supplied arms to Ukraine nor does it intend to do so. Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, in a statement, clarified that as a matter of policy Pakistan did not supply arms to a region in conflict. “It has not supplied nor does it…
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By Kalbe Ali in Dawn, November 9th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday agreed to further expand cooperation in the fields of media, drama, and non-news category. The decision was made here during a meeting between caretaker Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murtaza Solangi and Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Pakistan Nawaf Saeed Al Malki. Special Representative of the Prime Minister for Interfaith Harmony Allama Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi also attended the meeting. In…
Report in The News, November 08, 2023LAHORE: The HRCP has condemned the reports of ill-treatment being meted out to Afghan nationals in Sindh, Islamabad, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as part of the government’s deportation drive, with even minors being deported and separated from their families in Pakistan as a result. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, the HRCP said despite strong criticism from the civil society and international refugee agencies, the government contravened international…
by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, November 7th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian (PPPP) president Asif Ali Zardari have shown determination to shape the country’s political landscape as they vowed to find a way to work together to safeguard the state and revive the economy, it emerged on Monday. The bigwigs of the two major political parties initiated contact over the phone and pledged their commitment…
By Wajid Ali Syed in The News, Nov 7, 2023WASHINGTON: The US Department of State on Monday reiterated that it seeks free and fair elections in Pakistan. The department’s principal deputy spokesperson, Vendant Patel, said the United States’ focus “continues to be on ensuring andsupporting that there are free and fair elections that are conducted in a way for benefit of the Pakistani people.” While responding to a question about the announcement of the election…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, November 7th, 2023WASHINGTON: The US State Department said on Monday that the United States was committed to ensuring that the next elections in Pakistan would be free and fair, benefiting the Pakistani people. However, when questioned about the potential exclusion of a prominent leader like Imran Khan due to his imprisonment, the department’s principal deputy spokesperson, Vedant Patel, mentioned they “did not have an assessment on the makeup of candidates…
By Umer Farooq in Dawn, November 6th, 2023PESHAWAR: More than 6,500 Afghan nationals left Pakistan through the Torkham border on Sunday, taking the number of repatriated Afghans to over 170,000, according to border officials. The voluntary evacuation has been going on since the government gave an ultimatum to all unregistered foreign nationals to leave Pakistan by Oct 31, after which action would be taken against them as per law. According to officials, a total of…
By Fatema Adeeb in TOLOnews Online, Nov 02, 2023 at 8:54 PMThe forced deportation of Afghan immigrants from Pakistan has sparked worldwide reactions. The US Department of State’s spokesman, Matthew Miller, in reaction to the forced deportation of Afghans, asked Pakistan to uphold its obligations in the treatment of refugees and respect the principle of non-refoulement. “So we join all of our partners in urging every state, including Pakistan, to uphold their respective obligations in…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 01, 2023 at 8:09 PMPakistan’s decision to forcibly deport unregistered Afghan refugees has sparked domestic and foreign reactions. Amnesty International in a statement asked the government of Pakistan to immediately reverse its decision to forcibly deport Afghan refugees. This organization noted that Pakistan must meet its international legal obligations including the principle of non-refoulement and stop the crackdown against, and harassment of, Afghan refugees across the country. “Amnesty International strongly…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, November 1, 2023The Interim government of Afghanistan has condemned the mass expulsion of Afghan refugees from Pakistan, calling it “inhumane.” They have warned that if the Pakistani government does not address this issue, they will be forced to take action in response. Shir Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban administration, in his latest statements regarding Pakistan, has issued a warning and…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 01, 2023 at 10:02 PMWith the arrival of the November 1 deadline for Afghan migrants to leave Pakistan, some lawyers say that the interim government should be limited to just advancing the daily affairs of the country. The analysts said that the interim government should not make decisions that are controversial. “In Pakistan’s law when an interim prime minister come into power, they cannot do things like this, this is…