By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 31, 2023The Federation of Organizations Supporting Journalists’ Rights in Exile has urgently appealed to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration, urging them to intervene and prevent the forced deportation of Afghan journalists and media activists currently residing in Pakistan. On Monday, the Federation issued a joint statement with international media and journalist advocacy organizations, calling for collective action to…
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Report in TOLOnews Online, Oct 31, 2023 at 8:52 PMPoliticians, religious scholars and influential ethnic leaders gathered in Kabul and called Pakistan’s decision to expel Afghan refugees “unjust”. Participants of the gathering asked the Pakistani government to reconsider their decision and stop the deportation of Afghan refugees. “It will be best if Pakistan’s government recognizes the problem and reverses its decision and lets the Afghan refugees return voluntarily, with dignity and based on the agreement…
by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, Oct 31st, 2023.ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif started on Monday formally calling the shots as he summoned a high-level meeting of the party to deliberate on the ongoing political situation, upcoming general elections and resumption of his political activities after returning to Pakistan. Party officials revealed that the three-time former premier will hold a PML-N meeting on October 31 (today) in Pakistan after a gap…
Reuters in The Express Tribune, Oct 31st, 2023.KARACHI: As the clock ticked down to the Nov. 1 deadline Pakistan set for undocumented migrants to leave the country, Muhammad Rahim boarded a bus from Karachi to the Afghan border. “We’d live here our whole life if they didn’t send us back,” said the 35-year-old Afghan national, who was born in Pakistan, married a Pakistani woman and raised his Pakistan-born children in the port city – but…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press Online, Oct 30, 2023On Monday, a group of Afghan migrants protested outside the office of the United Nations Human Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Islamabad. These protests coincided with the Pakistani government’s impending deadline to expel undocumented migrants from the country. The protesters, which include defence lawyers, journalists, human rights activists, and individuals vulnerable to the Taliban, argue that the UNHCR hasn’t properly examined their cases over the last…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press, October 31, 2023In Pakistan, schools teaching Afghan children have started closing their doors as families go into hiding to avoid deportation before the looming deadline set by Islamabad. The Pakistani government has initiated an extensive crackdown on the estimated 1.7 million Afghans residing in the country without legal status, and it has given them until Wednesday to leave or face mass arrests. This development is particularly distressing for…
edit in Daily Times, Oct 23, 2023After the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, concerns are growing over the increasing activities of terrorists in areas bordering Afghanistan. It’s a cause for alarm not only for Pakistan but for the entire international community. The interim Afghan government shares responsibility for this situation, as it has allowed banned groups like Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and various other terrorist organizations to thrive within its borders. Pakistan’s security forces stand vigilant…
by Kamran Yousaf . in The Express Tribune, Oct 23, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has allayed concerns of the Western nations over its plan to evict all foreigners living illegally in the country after some states feared that deportees might face reprisals from the Afghan Taliban government. Official sources told The Express Tribune that after Pakistan’s crackdown against illegal immigrants, Western countries approached the government seeking clarity with certain nations seeking review of the decision. Pakistan has…
Report in Dawn, October 23rd, 2023LAHORE: Iranian Ambassador Dr Reza Amiri Moghaddam has identified a lack of banking channel, behaviour of some bureaucrats both in Pakistan and Iran, and an international currency, as major hurdles to the promotion of trade between Tehran and Islamabad. “Besides the currency problem, other issues that need immediate attention are establishing a formal banking channel, the main trade infrastructure, for business transactions between Pakistan and Iran, and bringing a change…
report in Daily Times, Oct 23, 2023Terming Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif a “fugitive and criminal”, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday claimed that the three-time former prime minister returned to the country under a “deal” and after changing his “narrative”. A day earlier, the PML-N supremo landed in Pakistan – ending a four-year self-imposed exile in London – and addressed a massive power show at the Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore. During his maiden…
by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, Oct 23, 2023ISLAMABAD: n Tuesday, two former prime ministers, Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan, will be in Islamabad, using Constitution Avenue as they separately appear before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) as accused individuals. Constitution Avenue, situated in the capital’s Red Zone, is adorned with various key buildings, including Parliament, the Prime Minister’s House, the Supreme Court, the Foreign Office, the…