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New, more powerful task force formed to probe ‘passports for Afghans’ scandal


October 26, 2023

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior formed a nine-member joint task force on Wednesday to investigate the issuance of over 12,000 passports to Afghan immigrants. The joint director general of the Intelligence Bureau is the convener of the task force, which also includes Grade-20 officers of Military Intelligence, Inter-Services Intelligence and Federal Investigation Agency, a notification seen by Dawn showed. Other members include …

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New, used car imports surge to $244m


April 28, 2022

KARACHI: A massive increase in car imports has opened a debate in the auto market whether the arrival of used cars is again on the rise or it is due to the import of 12,000 units of a Chinese SUV by a new entrant. As per the figures of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the import of cars in …

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New, civilised Afghan Taliban may prefer talks to guns: Rashid


July 12, 2021

RAWALPINDI: Federal Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed believes that “new, civilised Afghan Taliban” would prefer talks to guns after Afghanistan suffered violence, civil war and repeated invasions by foreign forces in recent decades. In an informal interaction with reporters during the Azad Jammu and Kashmir election campaign on Sunday, the minister stated Islamabad would accept any government in Afghanistan …

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