Passport controls to stop illegal immigration and beggary: Naqvi
Pakistan’s Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi visited the Directorate General of Immigration and Passports (DGIP) today and chaired a high-level meeting focusing on enhanced passport security and the crackdown on illegal immigration. The meeting, attended by key officials including Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry, Secretary Interior Muhammad Khurram Agha, DG FIA Rifat Mukhtar […]
Taliban ask refugees to return home ‘with dignity’
An Afghan official has asked refugees to return from Pakistan ‘with dignity’ inside the deadline imposed by the Pakistani government. In a statement issued on X on Friday, Mohammad Sadiq Akif Muhajir, spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture, said that as per information received from diplomatic sources Afghan refugees holding Proof of […]
Trade between Afghanistan and Pakistan to increase by over 100%, special envoy says
Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq said on Friday that trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan will increase by more than 100% in the coming year. Sadiq made the statement in a post on X, along with a video of dozens of trucks carrying goods across the border. The Torkham border is one of eight […]
Major TTP commander killed in Dir
A major commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan was killed in an intelligence-based operation in Lower Dir, Khyber Pakthunkhwa on Thursday, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations. Security forces received a tip-off about a TTP fighting unit travelling on motorcycles in Timergara, Dir. The unit was asked to stop but refused resulting in engagement. During the […]
Terror plot aimed at PAF Masroor Airbase foiled: report
Action by an intelligence agency has foiled plans for a major attack on Pakistan Air Force Masroor Airbase in Karachi. According to a report in The News, the plan involved nine terrorists including five of Afghan origin. The mastermind and leader of the attack was a highly-wanted commander, who is based in Afghanistan. The report […]