S.Muddasir Ali Shah

Pakistan plans to quietly move legal Afghan refugees out of Islamabad and Rawalpindi before sending them back to their country, a media report said on Tuesday.

The Awami National Party (ANP) has accused the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government of bartering peace on the Pakhtun land for US dollars.

The Afghanistan squad will arrive in Lahore on Feb 12 to participate in the eight-nation ICC Champions Trophy.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur says he will dispatch a delegation to Afghanistan within two weeks for talks on bilateral issues.

Hamas says it will free another group of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners on January 25.

Pakistan has been supporting and will continue to back efforts for addressing the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and bringing peace and stability to the country.

An integrated transit trade management system (ITTMS) will be put in place at Torkham within three months.

Afghanistan and Qatar have held discussions on issues including developments in the labour sector, Gulf Times reported.

Pakistan’s mainstream political parties have expressed their support for engagement with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), calling on Islamabad to open discussions with Kabul on security-related issues.

As the Afghan embassy expressed concerns over the arbitrary detention of Afghan nationals, more than 180 Afghan nationals have been deported from Islamabad in a week in a crackdown on undocumented foreigners, officials say.

Dozens of people have been killed and wounded in a suicide bombing in Pakistan’s troubled southwestern Balochistan province, officials say.

A top administrator for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district was wounded in a gun attack on Saturday, a government official said.