--- title: "Peshawar High Court halts deportation of two Afghan journalists and their families" description: "Most outlets led with the court's decision to stop the deportation of the Afghan journalists and their families, noting the Peshawar High Court's intervention. Dawn and 24 News HD mentioned the court's directive to the federal government to decide the cases within 60 days, while ARY News only stated the court’s action without specifying the timeframe." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/2520-phc-restrains-afghan-journalists-deportation site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Peshawar High Court halts deportation of two Afghan journalists and their families pakistan · latest filing 11 Aug 2026, 8:26 AM PKT · 10–11 Aug 2026 · 4 articles from 4 outlets over 2 developments **HarZaviya summary** — how 4 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that the Peshawar High Court halted the arrest and deportation of two Afghan journalists and their families. Dawn provided additional context, mentioning the court referred the cases to the federal level and that the individuals are awaiting resettlement in a third country. ARY News (English) offered a more concise headline without elaborating further. ## How it developed Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it. ### 11 Aug 2026 — PHC halts deportation of two Afghan journalists (1 outlet) - **Daily Times** — [PHC halts deportation of two Afghan journalists](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1536613/phc-halts-deportation-of-two-afghan-journalists/) · 11 Aug 2026, 8:26 AM PKT > The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has halted the deportation of two Afghan journalists to Afghanistan for the time being and directed the federal government to decide their cases within 60 days. The court issued a detailed written judgment on petitions filed by Afghan journalists Syed Ehsanullah Salehi and Syed Munir Ahmad. According to the judgment […] ### 10 Aug 2026 — Peshawar High Court halts deportation of two Afghan journalists and their families (3 outlets) > Most outlets led with the court's decision to stop the deportation of the Afghan journalists and their families, noting the Peshawar High Court's intervention. Dawn and 24 News HD mentioned the court's directive to the federal government to decide the cases within 60 days, while ARY News only stated the court’s action without specifying the timeframe. - **24 News HD** — [Peshawar High Court stops govt from deporting two Afghan journalists](https://www.24newshd.tv/10-Aug-2026/peshawar-high-court-stops-govt-deporting-two-afghan-journalists) · 10 Aug 2026, 6:56 PM PKT > The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has stopped the deportation of two Afghan journalists residing in Pakistan and directed the federal government to decide their cases within 60 days. - **ARY News (English)** — [PHC restrains Afghan journalists’ deportation](https://arynews.tv/phc-restrains-afghan-journalists-deportation) · 10 Aug 2026, 12:22 PM PKT · 80% identical wording to the newest filing - **Dawn** — [PHC stops arrest, deportation of two Afghan journalists, their families](https://www.dawn.com/news/2021745/phc-stops-arrest-deportation-of-two-afghan-journalists-their-families) · 10 Aug 2026, 9:54 AM PKT · 88% identical wording to the newest filing > PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court has stopped law enforcement agencies from arresting or deporting two Afghan journalists and their families awaiting resettlement in a third country and referred their cases to the federal government for granting them permission of temporary stay or asylum here. A bench consisting of Justice Wiqar Ahmad and Justice Kamran Hayat Miankhel disposed of two almost identi... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Peshawar High Court dismisses pleas of two ex-Afghan officials seeking stay in Pakistan](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2117-phc-rejects-pleas-of-two-ex-afghan-generals-seeking-stay) · 8 Aug 2026 · 3 outlets · 2 developments · 79% related 4 articles from 4 outlets, 10–11 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.