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The term census was originally coined by Romans to keep a count of the male population fit for military services. But during the socio-historical evolution of the world it mainly came to mean national population and housing censuses that provides a picture of levels of education, age, sex, social status and other characteristics of the people. By now it has ...

It is interesting to note that electronic media has taken longer strides than print media in the war-torn country. The evolution of the concept of civil society over the past several hundred years makes an interesting study.  Hobbes, Locke, Hegel, Marx, Tocqueville and Gramsci took hard efforts to construct the concept of civil society at various phases and eras of ...

PESHAWAR: At least 23 persons were killed and more than 100 other injured as a result of high intensity car bomb explosion in most busy and congested Bazaar at Parachinar, headquarter of Kurram Agency on Friday. The killed persons included two women and a baby girl.  Conditions of several injured stated precarious and on such grounds, increase in number of ...

The visiting Russian delegation. -ISPR A Russian military delegation, accompanied by senior officers of the Pakistan Army, visited Miran Shah in North Waziristan Agency and Wanna in South Waziristan Agency, said a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The delegation of the Russian army, the first ever to visit the conflict-stricken areas, was led by Deputy Chief of General ...

KABUL: The restive eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan once again witnessed artillery shelling from the other side of the Durand Line as dozens of shells landed in its two districts in the past twenty four hours. According to the local officials, the artillery shelling took place on Sarkano and Khas Kunar districts. Provincial police spokesman Faridullah Dehqan confirmed that more ...

The case of Balochistan — when human life and reason are both collateral damage While only states — both authoritarian and democratic— hold the monopoly over ‘legitimate’ violence, the business of human rights works according to the principles of the market. Of course, it is not as simple as that. There are mechanisms and processes — especially in democratic states ...

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May, signs the official letter to European Council President Donald Tusk, invoking Article 50 and signalling the United Kingdom’s intention to leave the EU, in the cabinet office inside 10 Downing Street.─AFP Britain is set to formally file for divorce from the European Union Wednesday, walking out on a 44-year relationship, enacting the decision made by ...

Tennis star Maria Sharapova said on Tuesday she is excited about her return to competition next month, feeling vindicated by the reduction of her doping suspension and empowered by her time away. Russia’s former world number one was initially barred for two years after testing positive at the 2016 Australian Open for meldonium, a medication she had been taking for ...

HEIDELBERG: The German police have arrested a Taliban commander identified as Abdullah who is accused of killing of 16 American and Afghan soldiers, German media reported on Wednesday. Notorious commander Abdullah, 30, old has been taken in custody in southern Bavaria province of Germany during an investigation on March 23, local media said. German attorney office said that Abdullah had ...

پښتو د کروړونو پښتنو يوه داسې ژبه ده چې ويونکې، اوريدونکې او ليکونکې يې شته خو لوستونکې يې د نيشت برابر دې د پښتو لوستونکې ولې کم يا نشته؟ دا يو داسې اهم سوال دے چې د پښتنو مشرانو حکمرانانو او دانشورانو نه جواب غواړې عام ولس خو پريږده زمونږ کوم خلق چې تعليم يافته ګڼلې شې لکه وکيلان، ډاکټران، ...