16-12-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom reiterated its request to the Biden administration to designate India as a “country of particular concern” under the US Religious Freedom Act, citing its transnational repression against religious minorities. …

12-12-2023 By SJA Jafri + Agencies DARABAN, DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Fighters have stormed a military post in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 23 people in a gun and suicide bomb attack, according to the Pakistani military. The incident took place on Tuesday in the town of Daraban, about 60km (37 …

09-12-2023 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BEIRUT/ KARACHI/ GAZA CITY: Senior political leader of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh Wednesday sought Pakistan’s intervention in halting ongoing Israeli atrocities, saying that it is a “brave” nation. In his address to the national dialogue on ‘The Sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque and Responsibility of the …

30-11-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report DOHA/ GAZA CITY/ JERUSALEM/ QUETTA: The Heads of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel’s Mossad have met in Qatar to discuss the extension of a truce between Israel and Hamas as well as the captives being held by the Palestinian group …

25-11-2023 By SJA Jafri + Agencies PARIS/ JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Israeli forces have been killed 63 journalists and injured dozens during the period of 44 days while 11 are still missing since October 07, 2023, NGOs, victims’ families, officials and independent sources told PMI. Journalism is in the process of …

25-11-2023 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ QUETTA/ KARACHI: Pakistan has confirmed that it is charging an $830 fee to undocumented refugees who want to leave the country. The exit fee applies to people who arrived without a visa. In October Pakistan announced that it would deport 1.7 million undocumented …

20-11-2023 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TORONTO: Chandler Marshall, a Canadian man, has been arrested by police in Toronto after being charged with several counts in connection with hate-motivated crimes that occurred outside a Toronto mosque and two other areas. In a statement released on Saturday night, Toronto Police said …

19-11-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: A whistleblower who helped expose allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan has pleaded guilty to leaking classified information. David McBride was due to face trial next week, but changed his plea after a legal ruling scuppered his …

16-11-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: Eighty (80) people, including convicted criminals considered dangerous, have been released from Australian migrant detention centers since the High Court ruled last week that their indefinite detention was unconstitutional, the immigration minister said Monday. A member of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim …

16-11-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON: Suella Braverman has launched a full-scale attack on her old boss Rishi Sunak, a day after he sacked her as home secretary. In a blistering letter to the prime minister, she said he had repeatedly failed on key policies and …