Govt tightens noose around migrants as ‘refoulement’ commences Continued from Page 1 toaddrets complaints of mistreatment or ‘manhandling. The UAN timber Is O51 TH300.326 white me beeline number ie os1.92ii688. allagencies and officals cotreat women, children and elders with special care Su respocts” tke inter sk aig {hat sreangemants fr food and medical facies were beau made ithe holding ‘Bt even as he spoke, authorities in Taamabad pared aetiements where ‘Afghans lived, leaving. thom. co. sit ‘igh the rubble for their elon. Foreigners Act ‘Legal cover for the deportation exer cigs bins provided bythe invocation ‘t Section 3 ofthe Foreiuners Act 1946, which wa akayedby the federal cabinet ay earlier ‘Section 7 (D of the Foreigners Act read “Bederel Goverunment tay Uy ‘der make provision either generally oF wnt respect to all foreigners or With Fospect to any particular foreiguer oF ty ovencibet! Cae or doesent bE {orelgner, for prohibiting rewulating oF restricting the enty of foelgners into Pakistan or their departure there fom fr thaie presence oe conlmied presence “As be the deportation plan shared by pollo ville approach Afghan naan ‘eaugh biometric verification, ‘All those possessing Poof of Replsiration, Afghan Citizen Cards or ‘thor travel oeumonts wold be pared Inthe Firat please, while those not por sessing any val documentation woud ‘be taken to holding centres for onward Seportstion ‘tthe holding contrs, the ospoctive deputy comminsioncrs will cus peep Stratton of logal docurponts and recor {ng of credentials af legal foretgacrs rocessary Tor hele daportation The fo ‘resent ther for completion of ial or "in caso of complex cases, for Instance, where illegal migrants had married Pakistan! eitzens, they. would not be Seported inthe frst phase, However, Stich cases wil be reaatered, nomethe {ot for ation as por governmont policy inthe subsequent phases "Incase legal forelaners ether refuse ‘or country of origin refuses Yo. accept erred to holding centres none the iter ational borden, az designated by The Drovines in question, Ing also finalised day ive Schedule af ‘oud confusion daring the Geportstion Situation atthe borders ‘Thesieodhs of ideal Afsh returned to, theit_homeland vit the ‘Torkhom border crossing on Tuesday {aking the total (9_over ome hundred {hoaand since mi September a “Tuesy say anuptick nthe numbor of scturning Afghans wth Looming dead Tine Oli statistics in the even sw ‘2896 afar veer tft beer inh the total comprises 885 families Inching 7202 scm nd 8,964 chaleen ‘The number is nearly “double of he returning Afpharse on Monday, off dai “The total number of undocumented ‘Athans returning to Afghanistan since September now stands at 104085, tho aentet ‘Mearivhlle, caretaker Balochistan Information Minister Jan Achakeai said thot legal immisrants could contense ovoluniariy cress the border unt Feeenco, he sid thav over 30,000 legs) i Alghans, hed returned to thelr “Hs ania that Noveraber 1 sas te last date for illegal immigrants to cross abd {ror this evening, cases would be resi {ered under the Foreigners Act against those who stayed behind, while thear {tscre wold be confiscated RCP concerned Bat while tho government continued torampupltedepertation lors amt Fights groups an evil soclery organi. ‘ction, with the Human Rights (Commeson of Pstan (HRCE) trains UNHCR to ensure procection for Afghan Inv letter addressed o the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Pili (Geandi, HRP Chairperson Hina Is {iid the move to expel Afghans eould "rage umanitatin esi Salzem Shahid in Queeta, Mansoor Mal tn Leahoreand our bureau in Peshawar ad Sonera hte roporegee camp te covered in write Desperate Israel erases 50 eee in Jabalia camp strike [er stiff resistance as Tel stinian death toll cros ‘Continued on Page 11Desperate Israel erases 50 lives in Jabalia camp strike Continued from Page 1 Aiplaced fais. 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If their wins in the opening two matches of the 50-over showpiece are to be credited to beginner’s luck, the Babar Azam-led side’s journey actu- ally started with the high-volt- age clash against India. Since then, Pakistan have been in search of a path. Against the hosts at an intimidating venue in Ahmedabad, they were lost. In Bangalore, against Australia they were too errone- ous. Against Afghanistan in Chennai, they were too fearful. It was only against South Africa in the Tamil Nadu capi- Deed Cricket drama: Editorial on Page 6 Bowlers, Fakhar shine as Pakistan rout Bangladesh to stay alive: Page 18 tal, that Pakistan seemed to have direction. Here on Tuesday, although facing a less challeng- ing Bangladesh, the team moved Continued on Page 5Fakhar sets the pace as Pakistan return to winning ways Continued from Page 1 forward porposefully and, Bab fri charges Finally looked ke having clear atlneay to cot aebondveserneniacewin ‘The bowlers, especially the pacers, hd clog plans to kaoek fu the Bangladesh line-up. The ating ranks were boosted by ‘he return of Fakher Zaman ‘cd by spenttead Shahcen Shah AfPidy the Pakistan pace fattack comprising Mohammad ‘Wasim Jrand Haris Raul were Dovwlng’ hard lengths line They had strug to produce ‘with consisteney so far "Atri eather than going foe hnssanacnre tr-swinger, mixed his tines, up, keeping the Bengladeeht Dacars guessing. The wickets he took were mors forthe kil traaht up. express pace to fll use, taking ihe" wiekors of “experienced Bangladesh batters Mushfiqur Ral oe Shake Altea "Wasim, who had been ating Soinst South Africa, “mnplayublewithareversingtall ‘When the pace battery had done its ob, Zaman hit form The southpaw believed Pakistan “had finally learnt fnoush during thee time India to be able to be an effoe: “When Sou spend some time in any placo, you got an Wea of the coadtioen foe baph ths bowers. and. batters the Dress conference "Afri who had a big emileon histace that of relief and joy Site walked fot te mised, one after the match, echoed fae light “on the bowlors {tseeament ofthe Indian cond “The bowl iene. swinging ‘ruclal” the lanky pacer said of Iisiearninss ‘Air was impressed by how anf and Wasim hed edusted to he conditions “Hiarisand Wnaim have pace, ipgall about variation.” he seid Sitar wu lover ore: woe Isworking very hard in the nets ‘owe dertand” Zaman, meamhile, a8 av Inga recovery ofhison— from stinjury well poe form “The lefehander.reflocting ft dangarous.sde, 1 perhaps Back to iste ‘He had mencioned days ago hove ho fale ding practice thet, lation of hla belle agalnat ladeshsuzeested the bat- Terliad more togive “Te wey Tw Dating the ets you gt thee tha the all ‘egming well he sid Pakistan have hi oem, but i ia too Ite to ave thelr World ‘against New Zealand and England to Keep their hopes for place in the semifinal alive, whale slo hope other contenders for the egg rable faltor “in World Cup each win gives you ‘confidence snd we Were alcing for thie ein? sid Susie mov, bore wily to win boat matches with good ron tes Our target i semifinal Sand wo will ty for that”SC ‘may be willing’ to hear NAB law case afresh Apex court stops judges from giving verdicts in graft cases until next hearing of appeals By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: Since earlier proceedings, taken up by a three-member bench challeng- ing changes made by parliament to the NAB law, did nor to satisfy the requirements of the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act 2023, proceedings in the matter could be started afresh if the counsel managed to “make a solid case” for the same. Such were the hints dropped by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa as a five-member bench took up intra-court appeals (ICA) against the Sept 15 judgement which restored corruption cases against public representatives by strik- ing down some sections of the amendments made to the accountability law by the PDM government, Though it refused to stay proceedings in corruption cases underway in accountability courts, the apex court restrained trial courts from announcing their final orders till the next hearing of the appeals in the matter. These trial courts had resumed the hear- ings after the Sept 15 majority verdict restored corruption cases against public rep- resentatives. ‘The apex court was seized with a number of ICAs moved by the federal government as Continued on Page 5SC ‘willing’ to hear NAB law case Continued from Page 1 well as by a private citizen Zuhair Ahmed Siddiqui, who was an accused in a corruption case but not a party to the challenges to NAB amendments case. ‘The larger bench also issued notices to the respondent, PTI Chairman Imran Khan, with a direction that since he was incarcerated, the notice should be deliv- ered to him through the jail superinten- dent concerned. Notices were also issued to Attorney General for Pakistan Mansoor Usman Awan and advocate generals of the prov- inces through Section 27A of the Civil Procedure Code. Senior counsel Farooq H. Naek repre- sented the private citizen, whereas Advocate Saad Hashmi appeared on behalf of the federal government since lawyer Makhdoom Ali Khan was on a general adjournment. ‘The ICA appeals were taken up by the five.judge Supreme Court bench in line with its Oct 11 short order of upholding the lawmade by the PDM government to regulate the affairs of the top court namely the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act 2023. ‘The larger bench, however, postponed further proceedings the detailed rea- sons in the Oet 11 judgement by the full court are issued since such reasons may impact the present hearings in the ICAs, therefore it would be appropriate if the present hearing was fixed after the issuance of the detailed reasons. Advocate Hashmi pointed out that the full court, which upheld the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act 2023 for being in accordance with the Constitution, provided a mechanism for the constitution of the bench which may be procedural but Section 4 of the Act suggested that any petition moved under Article 184(3) and requires a constitu- tional interpretation, should be heard by a bench not less than five judges. “Thus the Sept 15 judgment was a coram non judice (illegal from the beginning).” ‘The CJP observed that if the counsel presses his ICA then the challenges to the NAB amendments will likely be revived for hearing afresh. ‘The counsel also argued that the act ‘was passed by parliament on April 21, 2023, whereas the NAB amendments judgement was decided by a three-judge bench on Sept 15 when it should have been considered by a larger bench, Mr Naek contended that the Sept 15 judgement had adversely affected the interest of his client since the apex court while deciding the challenges to the NAB amendments did not issue any notice to him,