Pak Afghan Ties
Details to be submitted to task force set up in interior ministry; properties, businesses acquired through forged documents to be confiscated.
Updated 11 Oct, 2023 12:37pm
He made the remarks at the 27th ECO Council of Ministers meeting held in Shusha, Azerbaijan.
Updated 11 Oct, 2023 10:15am
Brig Haris Nawaz says "all illegal immigrants living in Sindh will be deported".
Published 09 Oct, 2023 06:36pm
Sending hundreds of thousands of Afghans back to an uncertain future defined by terror and turmoil seems unnecessarily cold.
Updated 09 Oct, 2023 03:47pm
Three camps set up in border town to house undocumented immigrants.
Published 09 Oct, 2023 07:13am
Transit cargo grows in the second year of Taliban rule; cargo flow jumps 39pc, number of containers up from 74,316 last year.
Updated 08 Oct, 2023 07:57am
Islamabad asked to ensure protection for the vulnerable; HRCP slams harassment of Afghans.
Updated 08 Oct, 2023 07:49am
UNHCR, IOM urge countries to "suspend forcible returns" of Afghan nationals and ensure it takes place in "safe, dignified and voluntary manner".
Updated 07 Oct, 2023 01:27pm
Operation carried out on information about presence of "criminal elements", SSP East says; 10 "suspicious" motorcycles also seized.
Updated 07 Oct, 2023 12:31pm
Punjab CM claims data of all foreign residents compiled; FO says expulsion plan to be carried out in phases.
Updated 07 Oct, 2023 09:36am
In an interview with Hong Kong’s Phoenix TV, minister says decision is in line with international practice; 51 "illegal" Afghan residents held in Karachi.
Updated 06 Oct, 2023 09:59pm
“The UNHCR officials did their counselling regarding their concerns, after which they returned," a UNHCR official says.
Updated 06 Oct, 2023 09:58am
Sources say numbers would rise as deadline to leave nears, refugees in KP contemplating going back to home country.
Updated 06 Oct, 2023 08:46am
Underscores addressing challenges in a “collaborative spirit through collective strategies”; FO says drive against illegal immigrants not targeted at any particular nationality.
Updated 05 Oct, 2023 11:22pm
Afghans are part of the region’s sociopolitical fabric and cannot be wished away. Abandoning them in haste will only sow seeds of future discord.
Updated 05 Oct, 2023 08:58am
Fate of millions of Afghan migrants, as well as those awaiting visas, still uncertain; Officials note lack of concrete plan to handle massive undertaking.
Updated 05 Oct, 2023 07:39am
Says "own troops exercised extreme restraint and avoided any exchange of fire in the presence of innocent passengers to avoid collateral damage".
Updated 04 Oct, 2023 10:53pm
Afghan minister Zabihullah Mujahid asks Islamabad to reconsider policy, says Afghan refugees "are not involved in Pakistan's security problems".
Updated 04 Oct, 2023 08:55pm
Embassy decries "harassment" of its nationals; UN official says refugees’ return must be "voluntary".
Updated 04 Oct, 2023 09:57am
10pc processing charges to be paid in advance at time of declaration for commercial goods imported via Pakistan.
Updated 04 Oct, 2023 08:01am
Consultative meeting urges Taliban govt to "dismantle" all sorts of terrorist groups based in Afghanistan.
Published 30 Sep, 2023 01:58pm
Compares Pakistan's "effective response" to Jaranwala riots with India's inaction to Manipur violence; says US businesses showed interest in SIFC.
Published 23 Sep, 2023 03:31pm
Afghan spokesperson says the two leaders underlined the need to take urgent measures for solution to problems.
Published 21 Sep, 2023 10:11pm
"We are sure we will control the situation [at borders] and complete the electoral process at the same time," he says.
Updated 16 Sep, 2023 07:45pm
PM’s special representative for Afghanistan says Pakistan is committed to expanding trade ties with neighbour.
Updated 16 Sep, 2023 09:55am
Khyber DC Abdul Nasir Khan says the road has been opened for pedestrian and vehicular traffic after a closure of nine days.
Published 15 Sep, 2023 09:24pm
Forum encourages diplomatic engagement to resolve issues instead of media allegations and blame games.
Updated 15 Sep, 2023 10:33am
Afghan foreign ministry assured Pakistan that "the Afghan territory shall not be employed for hostile actions against Pakistan”, sources say.
Updated 15 Sep, 2023 08:40am
Spokesperson advises diplomats to ponder how their activities are seen by the public at large; says Afghan transit trade deal "being misused".
Updated 30 Oct, 2023 01:02pm
Says Pakistan has some concerns regarding the misuse of transit trade agreement; Ubaidur Rehman Nizamani, Afghan FM hold meeting in Kabul.
Updated 14 Sep, 2023 09:27pm
