report in The Island, Dec 25, 2023BBC has reported that Police in Sri Lanka have claimed to have arrested almost 15,000 people during a week-long drive against drug traffickers across the country. The police also say the operation led to the seizure of almost 440kg of various types of narcotics, including heroin. Local media showed footage of officers using sniffer dogs to search homes in Colombo and other places. Rights activists said the raids were…
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report in Dawn, November 15th, 2023• FM Jilani calls for collective action against terrorism• Azizi seeks release of thousands of Afghanistan-bound containers stuck at portISLAMABAD: The Taliban’s acting commerce minister met Pakistan’s foreign minister in Islamabad this week, an Afghan embassy statement said on Tuesday, discussing trade and how the thousands of Afghan citizens Pakistan is expelling could take cash and other assets back to their homeland. The visit takes place less than a week…
Edit in Pakistan Today,Nov 7, 2023They’re not going back where they came from. As you read this, hundreds of thousands of human beings who have never even seen Afghanistan are being sent to the country of their ethnic origin. Brace yourselves as news of one of the largest cases of forced migration on the planet unfolds, because sad stories abound. We are not merely talking about the political activists, artists and people associated with the…
Reuters report, Nov 1, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will start rounding up and expelling undocumented immigrants, including hundreds of thousands of people from neighbouring Afghanistan, on Thursday, the caretaker government’s interior minister said. Islamabad announced the plan earlier this month, saying Afghan nationals had been behind attacks, smuggling and other crimes in its territory. Kabul dismissed the accusations and rights groups protested, asking Pakistan to reconsider. “Only two days are left for a voluntary return,” Sarfraz Bugti…
Report in Dawn, October 30th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The government’s position on the situation in Gaza was criticised on Sunday as tens of thousands of people attended protests organised to condemn Israeli atrocities against Palestinians. The biggest gathering was held by Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) at the Embassy Road in Islamabad, attended by thousands of party workers and leaders.Addressing the gathering, JI emir Sirajul Haq lamented the government for not playing the role which was required on the Gaza…