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ISLAMABAD: Prominent academic and human rights activist Salman Haider who went missing earlier this month from Islamabad is “fine and safe”, his brother Zeeshan Haider confirmed to media. Zeeshan Haider provided no details about his brother Salman’s whereabouts. Haider was one of five who disappeared in early January from different cities, including bloggers Waqas Goraya, Aasim Saeed and Ahmed Raza ...

US President Donald Trump signed a sweeping new executive order Friday to suspend refugee arrivals and impose tough new controls on travellers from seven Muslim countries. Making good on one of his most controversial campaign promises, and to the horror of human rights groups, Trump said he was making America safe from “radical Islamic terrorists”. “This is big stuff,” he ...

BY FARHAT TAJ: In support and honour of Bakhtyar Orakzai, my student from KUST, kidnapped by intelligence agencies of Pakistan Bakhtyar Khan Orakzai, born in1986, is from the Mishti tribe of Orakzai agency in FATA. The intelligence agencies of Pakistan abducted him in 2015 apparently on suspicion of his connection with the Taliban. At the time of abduction, he was ...

KABUL: The Afghan and Pakistani security forces exchanged fire in Spin Boldak district located close to Durand Line, the local officials said. The incident took place late on Thursday after the Afghan border guards opened fire on a number of militants who were trying to enter the district from the other side of the line. Provincial police spokesman Zia Durani ...

NEW DELHI: The UAE and India signed 14 pacts, including defense and energy, as part of groundwork for a strategic partnership between the two countries. The pacts were signed following a meeting between Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New ...

Afghanistan is passing through critical juncture. Friends are rare and a few but enemies are in abundance and very close. Perhaps, it is the most difficult for Afghans to stay together, united and in peace. National unity is under attack. Stability and peace are distant dreams because some of its neighbors see Afghanistan as a good ground for proxy war. ...

Afrasiab Khan Khattak is a regular contributor to THE PASHTUN TIMES. He is a retired senator and a leader of Awami National Party (ANP). He tweets    @a_siab  THE PASHTUN TIMES

KARACHI: Columnist, historian and cultural critic Nadeem F. Paracha published his second book, ‘The Pakistan Anti-Hero’ on Friday. Paracha’s second offering, published by Vanguard Publications, explores the political and social evolution of Pakistan’s polity, which he first wrote about in his debut, ‘End of the Past’. According to a press release issued by Vanguard, ‘The Pakistan Anti-Hero’ digs into the ...

ISLAMABAD: A scuffle broke out in the National Assembly on Thursday when five members from the opposition parties requested the speaker to submit a privileged motion against the prime minister. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jddDoNQHaQk During Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s address in the house, PTI lawmakers reportedly indulged in sloganeering against the government. PML-N’s Shahid Khaqan Abbasi approached Qureshi and requested him ...

KABUL: The Afghan nation will never forget the aid and cooperation delivered by the Indian people and government, Afghan National Security Adviser (NSA) Mohammad Hanif Atmar said Thursday. In his statement released on the occasion of the Republic Day in India, Atmar said “On this auspicious occasion and important day, let me convey my best wishes and happiest moments for ...