report in The Express Tribune, Dec 31, 2023PESHAWAR: In a bid to alleviate escalating tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a delegation of religious scholars, headed by the Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F) chief Mullana Fazal Ur Rehman, is set to depart for the Afghan capital on January 3, a reliable source from Kabul confirmed. The source, in a conversation over the phone, told The Express Tribune that the Ministry of Interior and the Foreign Office have finalised…
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by Imtiaz Ali in Dawn, October 2nd, 2023• Latest victim targeted in Sohrab Goth was JUI-F supporter• CTD finds no connection in murders of three religious scholarsKARACHI: The targeted killings of three religious scholars in the metropolis in a short span of one month put a question mark over the performance of police, Rangers and many other intelligence agencies, as they appear to have made no headway in the investigations despite their initial findings leading…
By Mitra Majeedy in ToloNews, Sept 2, 2023 at 7:59 PMA delegation of scholars and thinkers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has come to Kabul, with the aim of sharing the concerns of the member countries of the OIC with officials of the Islamic Emirate and religious scholars. The OIC said on X social media platform that these scholars will meet and discuss various issues including women’s education and work from the perspective…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press online, March 31, 2023Taliban’s Foreign Ministry officials in Nimruz province said that 20 Afghan inmates, including students, scholars and ordinary citizens were released from Iran’s Zahedan province. The Directorate of Information and Culture in western Nimruz province in an announcement said that after being released, the inmates were handed over to the Taliban officials in Zaranj the provincial capital of Nimruz province. According to Taliban officials, these individuals were…
report in The Express Tribune, Jan 8, 2023KARACHI: Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, chief of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has said that his group is “open to guidance” from Pakistan’s religious scholars if they believe “the direction of our jihad” is wrong. In a video message addressed to the religious scholars, Noor Wali Mehsud, who also uses the nom de guerre of Abu Mansour Asim, sought to justify the TTP’s violent campaign against “the international…