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Pakistan’s great fall: How former hockey giant failed Olympics test, again
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Pakistan’s great fall: How former hockey giant failed Olympics test, again

Al Jazeera  

What caused the downfall of one of the world’s most successful hockey-playing nations, and does it have a plan to reclaim its lost glory? To be so close and yet so far once again was difficult to get over,” Pakistan’s ace forward, Rana Waheed Ashraf, told Al Jazeera. ‘Victim of own success’ Salman Akbar led Pakistan to their last major …

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Why is Pakistan deporting Afghan migrants and refugees? | Explained
1 year, 1 month ago

Why is Pakistan deporting Afghan migrants and refugees? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: On October 31, the Torkham Crossing — five kilometres west of Khyber Pass, on the border connecting Pakistan’s Peshawar with Afghanistan’s Jalalabad — saw a sudden influx of at least 24,000 Afghan refugees packed in trucks and convoys, with whatever luggage they could take from demolished homes. As things stand, Afghan nationals in Pakistan are caught …

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Why is Pakistan driving out 1.7 million Afghan nationals?
1 year, 1 month ago

Why is Pakistan driving out 1.7 million Afghan nationals?

Firstpost  

Thousands of Afghan nationals are waiting at the borders, trying to find their way out, after Pakistan issued an order of deportation for all undocumented migrants. If I go back to Afghanistan, there’s also no guarantee for me to stay alive.” Another Afghan national, Khan Afzal Wafadar, who left Pakistan after his boss told him to either provide legal immigration …

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Pakistan sets up deportation centres to hold migrants who are in the country illegally
1 year, 1 month ago

Pakistan sets up deportation centres to hold migrants who are in the country illegally

The Hindu  

Pakistan is setting up deportation centres for migrants who are in the country illegally, including an estimated 1.7 million Afghans, officials said on October 26. Azam Khan, the caretaker Chief Minister for northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said the region also would have three deportation centres. Mr. Bugti said during a news conference on October 26 that no migrants living …

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Pakistan announces big crackdown on migrants in the country illegally, including 1.7 million Afghans
1 year, 2 months ago

Pakistan announces big crackdown on migrants in the country illegally, including 1.7 million Afghans

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s government announced a major crackdown Tuesday on migrants in the country illegally, saying it would expel them starting next month and raising alarm among foreigners without documentation who include an estimated 1.7 million Afghans. The country’s caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti said the crackdown was not aimed at Afghans and would apply to all nationalities, though the …

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PSL exhibition game in Quetta featuring Pakistan stars reportedly stopped due to fan violence
1 year, 10 months ago

PSL exhibition game in Quetta featuring Pakistan stars reportedly stopped due to fan violence

Firstpost  

An exhibition game between the Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators had to be halted due to crowd violence at the Bugti Stadium in the provincial capital, hosting its first competitive game in more than two decades. A Pakistan Super League exhibition match in Quetta’s Bugti Stadium on Sunday reportedly had to be stopped due to crowd issues, with trouble also …

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Bugti: Coke Studio Pakistan singer left homeless after floods
2 years, 3 months ago

Bugti: Coke Studio Pakistan singer left homeless after floods

Al Jazeera  

People come forward to help Wahab Bugti, who became a household name after appearing on a popular music show. Islamabad, Pakistan – When 36-year-old Wahab Bugti got his big break this January by appearing on Pakistan’s Coke Studio, the popular music programme, it was like a dream come true for him. This was followed by an appeal by the Coke …

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Families of missing Baloch people protest on the Eid for the 10th year
4 years, 4 months ago

Families of missing Baloch people protest on the Eid for the 10th year

Op India  

Like every other religious festival, Eid al-Adha is one of the most important and symbolic Islamic festivals to commemorate the sacrifice of Prophet Ibrahim and his son Prophet Ismail. For the last 10 years on every Eid, the families of Baloch missing persons have been protesting on the first days of Eid to remind the Pakistani state, its judiciary, its …

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