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Greece to Send 250 Migrants Back to Bangladesh and Pakistan

Greece is currently talking to officials from Pakistan and Bangladesh in the hopes of arranging a way for migrants from the two countries to return home after a cargo ship they were traveling on docked at Kos Port on...

Turkey and Pakistan Conduct Joint Military Exercises off Greece's Castellorizo

Turkey and Pakistan have been conducting joint military exercises in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea in the last few days, off the small Greek archipelago of Castellorizo. This is seen by many experts as a Turkish response to the ongoing strategic...

Greek Football Hooligans Attack Pakistani Immigrants in Athens (video)

Members of the Athens Pakistani community were attacked by football hooligans in the centre of Athens on Sunday. Supporters of soccer club PAOK, had gathered early Sunday afternoon in Omonia Square in Athens center, before a league game against Panionios. Simultaneously,...

Thessaloniki Police Rescue 14 Pakistan Migrants Detained by Compatriots

Police in Thessaloniki announced that they freed 14 Pakistan migrants held captive by five compatriots of theirs who demanded money for their release. All 14 men had crossed into Greece over its land border with Turkey on Tuesday. They had...

Alexander the Great Monument in Pakistan

It is about a two and a half hour drive from Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. The closest town is called Jalalpur Sharif, in the Jhelum district. It is remote and isolated, yet it is an Alexander the Great monument. There are...

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Indo-Greek City in Pakistan

Italian and Pakistani Archaeologists have discovered large layers of an Indo-Greek city with weapons, coins and pottery forms, in Barikot, Pakistan, according to a Dawn report. Barikot was called Bazira in ancient times, a city captured by Alexander the Great during...

Greece to Send Back 150 Illegal Migrants

Around 150 illegal migrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan arrived in custody at Piraeus Port on Tuesday in order to be transferred to a migrant detention center before they are sent back to their countries. The migrants arrived handcuffed in Hellenic...

One Dead, Two Injured After Migrant Fight in Northern Greece

One man was found dead and two were injured after a bloody altercation between migrants, which took place around 2am on Monday, in Kilkis, northern Greece. The man who died and the two injured men were Pakistani nationals. The two...

Pakistan Rejects Sends Back 30 Deportees Coming From Greece

Pakistan sent 30 deportees back to Greece, demonstrating its resolve to enforce a newly announced policy not to take in deportees without mandated prior verification of national status. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) of Pakistan detained 49 deportees aboard a chartered...

Greek Foreign Minister Raises Issue of Migrant Care Facilities at EU Council

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Tuesday there is an imperative need to address health concerns and the care of migrants arriving in Greece, during a meeting of the EU General Affairs Council in Luxembourg that discussed migration; the...