report in Dawn, December 29th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is committed to a peaceful neighbourhood and would like to have peaceful relations with all countries in the region, including India, the Foreign Office said on Thursday. When asked if the coming year held any prospects of resumption of ties with the eastern neighbour, Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch told a weekly press briefing that India needed to take steps to create an environment for dialogue. She,…
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By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, December 8, 2023Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, currently in jail, criticized the deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan on Thursday. “1.5 million refugees are not much of a burden for a nation of 250 million people. There is a fear of a permanent rift in the long-standing relationship between the two countries, considering the way Afghan refugees are being expelled,” Imran Khan wrote on his social media…
by Wajih Ahmad Sheikh | Malik Asad in Dawn, November 24th, 2023ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Proceedings in the cipher case recommenced in the open court on Thursday as the judge of Special Court (Official Secrets Act) issued summons for appearance of former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) on Nov 28. It would be the first appearance of Mr Khan in an open court since his detention following…
by Ali Hamza in The Nation, November 24, 2023ISLAMABAD – Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday ruled that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) intra- party polls lacked transparency, directing the party to conduct new elections if it wanted to keep its “bat” symbol. A four-member bench, headed by Nisar Ahmed Durrani and comprising Shah Mohammad Jatoi, Babar Hussain Bharwana, and Justice (Retd) Ikramullah Khan, issued a reserved judegment instructing PTI to conduct new elections within…
By Mariana Baabar in The News, November 17, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reiterated on Thursday it had not sold any weapons to Ukraine or Russia. The allegations surfaced once again, this time in a BBC Urdu report, which claimed Pakistan sold weapons to two US arms firms, which were then sent onwards to Ukraine. The spokeswoman at the Foreign Office was asked during the weekly presser whether the BBC Urdu report indicated it was a fact that…
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 27th, 2023KURRAM: Four persons died and six others sustained injuries when two vehicles being escorted by police came under attack in Charkhel area of Lower Kurram on Thursday. Police sources said the vehicles were on way from Thal area of district Hangu to Parachinar, headquarters of Kurram district, when it came under attack, adding the injured persons were shifted to Combined Military Hospital Thal. An eyewitness, Tahir Hussain, who escaped the…
by Abdul Wahid Shahwani Report in Dawn, Sept 8th, 2023KHUZDAR: A Levies official was gunned down by unidentified men in Mastung on Thursday. According to Levies officials, armed men riding motorcycles targeted the man on the city’s bus stand. He died on the spot. Two other people who were passing by were injured….. The deceased was identified as Abdul Zahir. The attack has been classified as targeted killing and the police have initiated an investigation.…
by Ibrahim Shinwari in Dawn, August 25th, 2023KHYBER: Suspect militants abducted two employees of a private consultant firm from their site office in Tirah valley during the night between Wednesday and Thursday. Police in the valley said they received a written complaint from the contractor of Tirah Sports ground project that some armed men under the command of one Najeed entered the rented living quarters of Eng Aamir Suhail in the Peer Mela locality of…
AFP in Dawn, August 25th, 2023KABUL: Dozens of Afghan women granted scholarships to study in the United Arab Emirates have been blocked from leaving Afghanistan, one of the women said on Thursday, following outcry from their Emirati sponsor. Laila, 22, was one of around 30 women who had been sponsored to study in the UAE by prominent Emirati businessman Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, but were stopped from departing on their flights from Kabul airport on…
Report in Dawn, August 25th, 2023ISLAMABAD: US Ambassador Donald Blome on Thursday met Chief Election Commissioner Sikander Sultan Raja to reaffirm the United States’ support for free and fair elections “conducted in accordance with Pakistan’s laws and Constitution”. According to a press release issued by the US Embassy, the US ambassador reaffirmed that Pakistan’s leaders are the people’s choice, underscoring commitment to enhancing US-Pakistan ties regardless of the chosen leadership. Though not explicitly stated, concerns…