15-11-2023 By SJA Jafri LONDON: Suella Braverman was removed as the Home Secretary Monday in a turn of events after she incited hate against minority communities, putting her once again in the limelight. Braverman labels pro-Palestinian Marches as “Hate Marches,” leading to accusations of political interference in policing and ultimately, …

14-11-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ MEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Responding to a question that “who is Suella Braverman and why she is sacked again?” experts answered Press Media of India (PMI) that ‘Suella Braverman acted like a Jews bitch but she has been acting like an …

04-11-2023 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ QUETTA: More than 165,000 Afghans have fled Pakistan in the month since its government ordered 1.7 million people to leave or face arrest and deportation, officials said Thursday. The majority rushed to the border in the past several days as the November 1 deadline approached …

02-11-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ QUETTA: Thousands of Afghans living in Pakistan raced to the border on Tuesday ahead of a midnight deadline for undocumented foreigners to leave the country. Pakistan says 1.7 million such people must leave by 1 November or face arrest and deportation. Most …

By SJA Jafri 30-10-2023 QUETTA/ KARACHI: “There is nothing to be worried about. Whether they’re 12 or 18 years old, we take guys of these ages too.” A people smuggler in Quetta, who arranges illegal routes out of Pakistan, is explaining his business model to an undercover journalist. For 2.5m …

24-10-2023 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ NAIROBI: After investigating the circumstances of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif’s murder in Kenya one year ago, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) accuses the authorities in both countries of duplicity. What with opaque or misleading investigations, a lack of cooperation and failure to arrest suspects, everyone is …

By SJA Jafri 22-10-2023 ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE: Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s thrice-elected former prime minister, has returned home after four years of self-exile in the United Kingdom to stand in next year’s elections against his biggest rival, former premier Imran Khan. The 73-year-old veteran politician arrived by chartered flight to Pakistan’s capital …

08-10-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL: A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has hit western Afghanistan and Pakistani regions, killing and injuring dozens, an official said, with predictions the death toll could rise after reports of landslides and victims being trapped under collapsed buildings. The epicentre was 24.8 miles (40km) …

06-10-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Taliban administration in Kabul on Wednesday said that they strongly condemn Pakistan’s threat to forcibly expel illegal Afghan immigrants saying “Afghan refugees are not involved in Pakistan’s security problems.” Pakistan’s caretaker government had set a November 1 deadline for approximately 1.73 …

05-10-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Pakistan has ordered all unauthorized Afghan asylum seekers, an estimated 1.7 million people to leave the country by November. A spike in attacks along the two countries’ border, which Islamabad blames on Afghanistan-based operatives, has escalated tensions this year. It has …