By Saleem Shahid in Dawn, November 17th, 2023QUETTA: Despite weeks-long protests by locals, traders and political parties, the government has started the implementation of new visa regime on the Chaman border crossing with Afghanistan. In November, the national apex committee, comprising civil and military officials, decided that only those with valid passports and visas would be allowed to cross the border. Earlier, Pakistanis and Afghans would cross the border upon showing either Pakistani or Afghan…
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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 Laxmi Gautam in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 12, 2023Nara Bahadur Tumbapo, a permanent resident of ward 5 in Phidim Municipality, reached the municipal office at around 10am on Wednesday to pay land tax. But he had to leave without making the payment as the office was closed due to employees’ protest. Tumbapo’s house is around one hour walk from the municipality office in Phidim. “I urgently needed the receipt of land tax clearance to…
report in Dawn, September 25th, 2023THATTA: A large number of Christian community members, employees of revenue department and members of civil society organisations took out a rally and converged on the local press club on Sunday as part of their continuing protest over the recent kidnapping of a man, Irfan Masih. The victim was lured into a honey-trap about a week ago and called to an area in Kandhkot, where he was kidnapped and held…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Sept 17th, 2023QUETTA: Hundreds of thousands of people, including workers and supporters of the National Party, Haq Do Tehreek, and other parties, participated in a protest rally and staged a sit-in in Turbat town against the ban on trade activities at the Pak-Iran border areas on Saturday. Party leaders, workers and supporters marched in Turbat town, taking to various roads and streets while carrying placards and banners inscribed with their…
By Mohammad Amin Pacha in ToloNews, Sept 11, 2023 at 8:33 PMDozens of people held a demonstration around Torkham area in Nangarhar province to protest the closing of the crossing by Pakistan. The protestors said that Pakistan has been repeatedly closing the Torkham crossing under various pretexts during fruits and vegetable season. They called on the officials of Afghanistan and Pakistan to resolve their political issues through diplomatic paths. “When the season of fruits and…
Report in The Daily Star, Sept 11, 2023The BNP is going to bring changes in the protest programmes to press home its one-point demand of election under a non-partisan administration. Party sources said this strategy is to make successful its ongoing movement demanding resignation of the government and election under a caretaker government in the coming months. The party has already chalked out some court-centric protest programmes and the front and associate organisations — Chhatra…
by Kamran Yousuf in The Express Tribune, Sept 10, 2023ISLAMABAD: Interim Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani on Saturday confirmed that Pakistan lodged a strong protest with the Afghan government over the recent cross-border attack in Chitral, urging Kabul not to allow its soil for such terrorist incidents. Jilani, who was addressing a news conference after the meeting of the apex committee or the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC), told the media that the Afghan chargé…
By Adam Khan Wazir in The News, Sept 2, 2023WANA: The protest of various trade unions for providing facilities and solving legitimate demands on the Pak-Afghan border Angoor Adda continues for the ninth day. The protesters include local leaders of South Waziristan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Trade Union, Fresh Fruit Union and Waziristan Transport Union and various other unions. In this regard, Taj Muhammad Wazir, who participated in the protest, said that due to…
Report in Dawn, August 21st, 2023TOBA TEK SINGH: Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad Vicar General Fr Abid Tanveer says that hundreds of Catholic Christians of Jaranwala waited in Christian Colony for caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi but he visited an area of a small community and ignored the Christian Colony. He said the biggest church of Jaranwala, Catholic Church, located in Christian Colony, was burnt and demolished in the riots and 200 houses were damaged in…
AFP in The News, August 20, 2023LAHORE: A Muslim cleric is among a dozen people being investigated for using mosque loudspeakers to order protests against alleged blasphemy by Christians which erupted into mob violence in Jaranwala earlier this week, a senior police official said. More than 80 Christian homes and 19 churches were vandalised when hundreds rampaged through a Christian neighbourhood in Jaranwala in Punjab province on Wednesday. Reports that a Quran had been desecrated…