A roadside bomb exploded in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province, killing three people, police said. Police officer Mohammad Rahim said the bomb was planted on a dirt road in the Balgatar area of Kech district and was detonated remotely. Three men, two of whom were brothers, were killed while on their way to a family gathering, and a privately owned car […]

In a strong message to the government in Kabul, Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar has asked the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to decide whether they will take action against terrorists using Afghanistan’s soil to carry out attacks in Pakistan or hand them over to Islamabad. In an exclusive interview with Pakistan’s Geo News on Sunday, Kakar said the […]

Tensions over anti-Pakistan TTP terrorist group, expulsion of Afghan refugees will have implications for U.S. interests. On November 8, in an unprecedented press conference, Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwar ul-Haq Kakar offered a blistering critique of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. He announced that the Taliban leadership was supporting the anti-Pakistan insurgency of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and that had […]

Pakistan’s interim government will deport all illegal Afghan refugees by January next year, Balochistan Information Minister Jan Achakzai said on Friday. “The caretaker government is trying to deport all illegal Afghan immigrants by January. After that the government would announce a time frame for repatriating the remaining Afghan immigrants,” Achakzai said at a press conference in Quetta. He also reiterated […]

Pakistan Interim Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti rejected reports of mistreatment of Afghan migrants by the country’s security forces, and said refugees with immigration cards will not be deported from Pakistan. Bugti made these remarks in a session in the Pakistani Senate on Monday, November 13. He stated that approximately 300,000 illegal Afghan migrants have voluntarily returned to their home country […]

Local officials in Balkh province say preparations are made to support and address the issues of immigrants who have been recently evicted from Pakistan. The deputy governor of Balkh Noorul Hadi Abu Idris said that the establishment of a camp with tents, the provision of health services, and the provision of food items are among the most important preparations of […]

Pakistan will begin the process of returning “registered refugees” to their home countries once it completes the deportation of all illegal immigrants in the country, Balochistan’s acting Minister for Information Jan Achakzai said on Thursday, amid nationwide sweeps to round up foreigners staying illegally in the South Asian country. “So far, 80,000 immigrants from Balochistan have left Pakistan. After this, […]

In its statement on last Saturday’s terrorist attack on the Mianwali Pakistan Air Force [PAF] training base, Pakistan army’s media wing Inter Services Public Relations [ISPR] mentioned that “3 terrorists were neutralised while entering the base, while remaining 3 terrorists have been cornered/isolated due to timely and effective response by the troops.” It also went on to add that “during […]

Recently, Pakistan has grappled with a complex and precarious security landscape, marred by a surge in militant attacks, political turbulence, and challenges along its borders. The country’s military recently thwarted an attack by a group of fighters on an air force training base in the Mianwali area. Although the attack was successfully averted, the damage caused to three grounded aircraft […]

Pakistan’s prime minister on Wednesday sought to reassure thousands of Afghans waiting in Pakistan for resettlement in the United States that they won’t be deported as part of his government’s widely criticized crackdown on undocumented migrants in the country. Islamabad has launched a crackdown on illegal migration, saying any unregistered foreign national and migrant lacking proper documentation would face arrest […]