Elections Canada is offering over 200,000 temporary jobs ahead of the federal election on April 28. Jobs include roles like poll workers, registration officers, and information officers. Pay starts at $20 an hour, with some supervisor roles paying over $26 an hour. All positions include paid training. To apply, you must be a Canadian citizen More
Pakistan has put in place arrangements for repatriating Afghan nationals to their homeland, ignoring calls from human rights groups to postpone deportations. At a high-level meeting in Islamabad on Friday, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi was informed Afghan citizens would be detained and deported after the March 31 deadline. The government has already ordered illegal immigrants, More
More than 1,000 people have been killed as a result of a massive earthquake that rattled Myanmar and Thailand, a media report said on Saturday. Myanmar’s military rulers said in a statement at least 1,002 people were killed and about 2,400 injured in the isolated country. With rescuers digging through the debris of buildings in More
The U-17 national football team has left for Jeddah, the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) said on Saturday. In a statement on its Facebook account, AFF said the national squad departed for Saudi Arabia Saturday morning. The 2025 U-17 Asian Cup, featuring a total of 16 teams, will be hosted by Saudi Arabia from April 3 More
Pakistan has recently expelled 213 Afghan nationals as part of its ongoing campaign against illegal immigrants, says a media report. A total of 923 Afghan nationals were arrested in Rawalpindi on Thursday, with 213 of them repatriated to Afghanistan, Dawn reported, citing an unnamed source. The report added that since the launch of the crackdown More
Amnesty International (AI) has condemned the widespread harassment, detention, and forced expulsion of Afghan refugees in Pakistan. In a post on X, AI wrote since 2023, over 840,000 Afghan refugees have been forced to leave the country. As part of an escalating deportation campaign, Pakistani authorities are intensifying efforts to expel Afghan nationals from Islamabad More
About 174 Afghan nationals have arrived in Germany on a chartered flight from Pakistan, says a media report. The flight, carrying 82 women and 92 men, landed at Hannover Airport on Thursday afternoon, as confirmed by the German Interior Ministry. Deutsche Welle (DW) reported that all those arriving in Hannover had already been granted admission More
In the hope of sealing a deal for TikTok’s sale, US President Donald Trump has suggested a cut in tariffs on China, a media report said on Thursday. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, the US leader signaled his willingness to extend the April 5 deadline for finding a non-Chinese buyer for short video app. “With More
Pakistan has ruled out any extension the March 31 deadline for the expulsion of Afghan nationals residing illegally in the country. The decision came at a meeting held at the interior ministry in Islamabad on Thursday, The News International reported, citing unnamed sources. The newspaper said the federal government had decided to strictly enforce the More
Sixteen people have been killed in two separate attacks targeting bus passengers and a house in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province. In the port city of Gwadar, unknown gunmen blocked the main highway and killing at least five passengers. Several goods-laden vehicles were set alight, a highway police official said. Dawn quoted Senior Superintendent of Police More
