ISLAMABAD (AA) – Thousands of Afghan nationals are returning to their home country as Pakistan has launched a crackdown against illegal migrants. According to Pakistani officials, around 10,000 people crossed the borders on Wednesday and thousands more were waiting at checkpoints on Thursday. “Some 35,000 people have already left t...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan has launched a crackdown on undocumented foreigners across the country, as the deadline for them to leave the country ended. The first group of foreigners who were arrested by Islamabad police during the last few days was deported Wednesday morning. “Today, we said goodbye to 64 Afghan nationals as they be...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Pakistan has reiterated its commitment to removing illegal immigrants as a deadline approaches, emphasizing that its actions align with international norms. The decision to repatriate “illegal foreigners,” said the nation’s Foreign Ministry, “is in exercise of Pakistan’s sovereign domestic laws, and compliant ...
– ANKARA (AA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in New York has condemned Israel’s recent criticism of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Israeli top officials criticized recent remarks of Guterres on the recent escalations in Gaza, including Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan, who demanded that Guterr...
The UN is reporting that in a powerful speech, Pakistan’s ambassador Munir Akram said “We all know who started this. It is 50 years of Israeli occupation and the killing of Palestinians with impunity, he said. Israel can’t face the truth or face justice. The Israeli occupation is the original sin, not what happened on 7 October. [&hellip...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Thousands of people on Thursday staged a protest at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in southwestern Balochistan province against Islamabad’s decision to restrict border crossing for those having no visa and passport. The protesters blocked the main route at the Chaman border, demanding the Pakistani authorities reverse the dec...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan’s three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday returned to his country after nearly four years in self-exile. His special chartered plane landed in the capital Islamabad as he was accompanied by party leaders and a group of journalists. Ahead of Sharif’s arrival, several streets in cities across Pak...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Thousands marched in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Tuesday in a show of solidarity with Palestinians, amid the Israeli attacks on Gaza. Carrying Palestinian flags and wearing headbands engraved with the slogan “Labbaik ya Gaza,” (We are here, Gaza), marchers, including women and children, chan...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – A Pakistani court has issued notices to former army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa, ex-intelligence chief Faiz Hamid and two journalists to appear for allegedly flouting the Official Secrets Act. Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamer Farooq has issued the notices. The petitioner, Atif Ali, a resident of Rawalpindi, a garriso...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Amid tensions over Islamabad’s move to expel illegal migrants, Afghanistan has told Pakistan that “mishandling” Afghan refugees can “adversely affect” bilateral relations. Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met Pakistan’s caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani in Tibet’s Xizang city on the sidelines ...
