The German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development says four local employees of aid agency GIZ have been detained in Afghanistan. However, the Islamic Emirate has not yet commented on the arrests. “I can confirm that the local employees of GIZ are in custody, although we have not received any official information on why they More
Pakistan’s apex court will rule within a week on the maintainability of a petition against the deportation of undocumented Afghan migrants. A Supreme Court bench will take up the petition filed by former PPP senator Farhatullah Babar through his counsel Umer Ijaz Gilani Headed by Justice Sardar Tariq Masood, the bench is comprised of Justice More
Pakistan’s apex court has ordered the fixing of identical petitions challenging the forcible deportation of Afghan nationals. Supreme Court judge Justice Yahya Afridi, allowing identical chamber appeals filed against objections from the registrar’s office to the petitions, ordered their fixing it before an open court. The petitions had been filed by former senator and Pakistan More
Foreign ministers from five Islamic countries, including Saudi Arabia and Egypt, have called for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. Ministers from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Indonesia, the Palestinian Authority and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, among others, visited Beijing and met the top Chinese diplomat there. Urging an end to the hostilities in Gaza, the More
Pakistan has announced it will launch a campaign for the expulsion of all Afghan refugees after January 2024. Baluchistan Information Minister Jan Muhammad Achakzai told a press conference the eviction of undocumented Afghan migrants would end in January next. The caretaker government would then announce a fresh schedule for the eviction of documented Afghan refugees More
Australia wins One Day International (ODI) World Cup (WC) final by six wickets beating host and tournament favourite India in Ahmadabad on Sunday. After winning the toss, Aussies Captain Pat Cummins Invited India to bat first on a wicket that had something for the bowlers and the dew factor which help the side batting second in More
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has called for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses in fighting between Israel and Hamas to allow aid access. The 15-member council overcame a standoff, which saw four unsuccessful attempts to take action last month, to adopt a resolution that also calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all More
At least 25 people were killed and 51 others sustained burn injuries when a fire broke out in a coal’s company office building in northern China, media reports said on Thursday. The fire broke out at 6:50 am Thursday in the second floor on the four stories high building in the northern province of Shanxi. More
The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says more than 300 Afghan refugees have been transferred from Pakistan to Canada. IRCC wrote on its X handle on Wednesday 325 Afghan refugees were transferred to Calgary, Canada, from Pakistan. It said at least 40,000 Afghans had arrived in Canada since August 2021. hz/ma Views: 11
At least 1,910 environmental activists have been killed for their efforts to protect nature against business and criminal interests between 2012 and 2022, a UK-based watchdog Global Witness has said in a report. According to Reuters, the group said these environmental activists were murdered because they advocated for protection of nature against commercial and illegal More
