Pakistan: Punjab govt begins third phase of deporting Afghan nationals

IANS | October 12, 2025 6:46 PM

Islamabad, Oct 12 (IANS) The Punjab province government has launched the third phase of deporting illegal Afghan nationals from Pakistan after identifying about 123 more such people and bringing them to holding centres for their deportation, local media reported on Sunday.

Pakistan’s soldiers are dying as Army fights wrong battles: Report

IANS | October 12, 2025 5:36 PM

Islamabad, Oct 12 (IANS) Pakistani soldiers are paying the price for a leadership that has lost its sense of responsibility, said a media report in the backdrop of the October 7-8 incident in which 11 soldiers were killed in an anti-militancy operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Orakzai district.

Airstrikes test Pak-Afghan relations; India backs collective fight against terror

IANS | October 12, 2025 5:05 PM

Kabul, Oct 12 (IANS) The evolving situation following the airstrikes in Kabul and the underlying diplomatic dynamics are testing Pakistan-Afghanistan relations, with India accusing Islamabad’s actions of undermining regional stability and calling for collective efforts to address terrorism in all its forms, said a media report on Sunday.