Amid the brewing tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, reports are emerging that Islamabad has commenced the second phase of Afghan deportation. The controversial plan aims to send undocumented Afghan refugees back to their own country. Pakistan began the second phase of deportation on Sunday. With this phase, the authorities are...
India has slammed Pakistan for its “baseless and deceitful narratives” as Islamabad’s envoy here made references to Kashmir in the UN General Assembly. “Earlier in the day, one delegation misused this forum to spread baseless and deceitful narratives, which is not a surprise,” Minister in India’s Permanent Mission to the...
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has issued a detailed statement regarding the recent major attack on the Pakistani military camp in Iskalko, claiming that the operation resulted in the deaths of 11 Pakistani soldiers and injuries to several others. BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said the attack began at 10:30 PM...
Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Monday acknowledged that minorities are facing “targeted violence in the name of religion”. During a national assembly session, Asif expressed concern over minorities killing in Pakistan, saying they are not safe under the guise of Islam. “Every day, minorities are being killed. They are...
Pakistani media have reported that over the past ten days, 13,815 Afghan migrants have been deported from the country and returned to Afghanistan. Radio Pakistan stated on Saturday, June 22, that since the start of the deportation initiative, a total of 620,981 Afghan citizens, including women and children, have been...
FAISALABAD: Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has published a detailed fact-finding report uncovering disturbing incidents of religious persecution against Christians, particularly in Sargodha. HRFP is a group that raises the voices of minorities, women, and marginalized communities in Pakistan. This comes in the wake of a mob attack last month, where...
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif congratulated his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for taking over as prime minister for the third time but more significant was a felicitation message from the elder Sharif - former PM Nawaz Sharif who spoke about replacing hate with hope and seizing this "opportunity to shape...
ISLAMABAD: Cash-strapped Pakistan witnessed the highest-ever single-year increase in tax exemptions or concessions, surging by 73.24 per cent or Rs1.64 trillion in the outgoing fiscal year. The Pakistan Economic Survey 2023-24, released by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Tuesday, showed that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) doled out a...
“My husband, Ghulam, used to put a stall with samosas outside Empress Market. Last time when an anti-encroachment drive took place, police seized his cart without any prior notice,” said Sakina Wali, a 43-year-old domestic worker in Karachi. “My husband was abused and humiliated by the staff concerned, and we...
The last major Arabic-style mosque in China has lost its dome and had its minarets radically modified raising concerns about the growing intolerance in the country. The recent modifications are part of the Chinese government’s campaign to sinicise the country’s Muslim places of worship. The mosque in question is the...