Umer Farooq

3 weeks ago | themuslimtimes.info | Rafiq A. Tschannen |Umer Farooq

Umer Farooq Published April 3, 2025 Updated about an hour ago Join our Whatsapp channel • Official says Afghan repatriation process delayed due to Eid holidays • UNHCR spokesperson says some ACC holders may require ‘protection’, urges Islamabad to view their cases sympathetically PESHAWAR: The second phase of sending back Afghan refugees is set to begin in earnest from today (Thursday) following the expiration of a government deadline for Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders to leave the country...

1 month ago | dawn.com | Umer Farooq |Jawed Naqvi

PESHAWAR: Treasury members in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday resented “restrictions” on meetings with incarcerated PTI leader Imran Khan despite court orders and called for a sitting of the house outside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail where the former prime minister has been detained.

2 months ago | dawn.com | Umer Farooq |Abbas Nasir

PESHAWAR: A consultative meeting hosted by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur here on Saturday emphasised the need for government-level dialogue with Afghanistan to ensure peace in the country. It also proposed the formation of a jirga of religious and political leaders to facilitate the process.

Jan 15, 2025 | thefridaytimes.com | Umer Farooq

The public discourse might indicate otherwise but the issues of war and peace are never off-focus from Pakistani decision-making processes. Pakistani decision-makers always find themselves dealing with the issues of war and peace. Never a decade passed in our history when Pakistani decision-makers were not stuck in one security situation or another which could ultimately and potentially could have led to a full-fledged war.

Jan 14, 2025 | dawn.com | Umer Farooq

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday constituted a special committee for a detailed discussion on the KP Laws Amendment Bill, 2024, which was returned by Governor Faisal Karim Kundi over objections about the move to equate the chief minister’s advisers and special assistance with the ministers. The development came during a session chaired by Speaker Babar Saleem Swati. The speaker said the governor had returned the bill and wanted it to be reconsidered by the house.