In late May, Iran said undocumented Afghans must leave the country by July 6, potentially impacting four million people out of the around six million Afghans Tehran says live in the country. The number of people crossing the border has surged since mid-June, with some days seeing around 40,000 people crossing at Islam Qala in […]
Khawaja Asif said that at the canal where he frequently swims, dump trucks (dumpers) are parked along the banks, owned by Afghans who live in makeshift shelters but have illegally occupied irrigation land. He alleged, “These Afghan dumper owners probably bribe the irrigation department.” He said, “Dumpers enter Pakistan in three parts without paying any […]
“Terrorism emanating from Afghanistan remains a serious threat to its neighbours, particularly Pakistan,” Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN, said in an address to the 15-member Council, pointing out that TTP has safe havens close to the Pakistani border. Speaking in a debate on the situation in Afghanistan, the Pakistani […]
A sequence of multiple earthquake shocks jolted the port city’s Malir, Quaidabad, Landhi, and Gadap areas. The National Seismic Monitoring Centre, Pakistan, reported a maximum 3.6 intensity quake on the Richter scale to a minimum 2 magnitude jolt in Karachi since the first tremor on Sunday. Chief Meteorologist Ameer Haider stated that “the seismic energy […]
He was welcomed at the airport by the dignitaries of the Afghan government, including Minister for Finance and Administration, MoFA Dr.Mohammad Naeem Wardag, DG MoFA Mufti Noor Ahmad, and Chief of State Protocol Faisal Jalali. During the day-long visit, he will call on the Afghan Acting Prime Minister Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund; meet Afghan Acting […]
The announcement was made on Friday following high-level discussions in Bangkok between representatives of Bangladesh’s interim government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, and Myanmar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Than Swe. The confirmation of the Rohingya Repatriation Myanmar process comes as a relief to many Rohingya refugees, who have been living in overcrowded […]
As per details, security forces conducted an operation on Wednesday in Toba Kakri, an area near the Pak-Afghan border in Balochistan, and arrested the terrorists. The arrested Afghan terrorists confessed to planning a major terrorist attack. Authorities recovered a cache of weapons, including Kalashnikov rifles and hand grenades, from their possession. In his confessional statement, […]
According to an ISPR news release, the individual was later identified as Luqman Khan alias Nusrat (Afghan National), son of Kamal Khan, resident of Spera District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Interim Afghan government authorities are being approached to take over the body of the individual, being an Afghan citizen. Such incidents are irrefutable evidence of the […]
According to a notification letter issued by the Prime Minister’s House, the refugees will be relocated by March 31. The decision is part of a phased repatriation plan, which will initially focus on refugees living in the twin cities. The government has assured that Proof of Registration (PoR) cardholders will not be forcibly evicted. Approximately […]
Hundreds of athletes fled Afghanistan after the Taliban reclaimed power in 2021 and effected sweeping restrictions on women in the country. Of the 25 Afghan women contracted by the country’s cricket board in 2020, most have settled in Australia and played their first match on Thursday. The MCC’s global refugee cricket fund, which aims to […]
