Author Archives: The Pashtun Times

اسلام اباد د کابل د پخلا کولو لپاره بیا پښتانه مشران رالېږي

د روهي ویب پاڼې د رپورټ ترمخه د پاکستان حکومت یو ځل بیا هڅه کوي چې له افغانستان سره د اړیکو د عادي کولو لپاره د پاکستان او پښتونخوا د ملي او اسلامي ګوندونو پښتانه مشران افغانستان ته ولېږي. د پاکستان اُمت ورځپاڼې لیکلي چې حکومت له پښتنو مشرانو غوښتي چې د هغه خپګان ختمولو لپاره افغانستان ته ولاړ شي ...

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Pakistani airlines: Unsafe at any altitude

Even after hours of smooth flying, you shouldn’t get very comfy. Why? Well, if you were to believe the world’s foremost authority on airline safety, Professor Arnold Barnett of MIT, the riskiest segment of the flight, i.e., the landing, is still ahead of you. The hundred-plus passengers and crew flying Shaheen Airlines learnt the hard lesson when their plane crash-landed ...

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Pakistan suppressing our freedom movement by force: JSMM

DUBAI: The Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), a party struggling for freedom, said on Wednesday that Pakistani secret services agencies including Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) were abducting its party members aimed at suppressing the independence movement. Chairman JSMM, Shafi Muhammad Burfat, urged the United Nations and human rights organizations to take serious notice of large-scale violation of the human rights by ...

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مکان زمان ملى سياست

[pukhto_lek] د اسيا زړه غونډه کې د اولسمشر محمد اشرف غنى پاکستان ته ګوتڅنډنه ددى لامل شول، چې د پاکستان زياترو رسنيو د تودو بحثونو خپرونو موضوع د اولسمشر غني هغه دوې غونډلې دي چې هغه په خپله وينا کې د پاکستان د بهرنيو چارو صلاح کار سرتاج عزيز ته کړي دي چې پاکستان د هغه 500 مليونه ډالره ژمنه ...

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نیا علاقائی منظر نامہ اور افغان مسلہ

[pukhto_lek] ایک طرف علاقے میں ابھرتی ھوئی نئی سٹیرٹیجک صورتحال کی وجہ سے افغان مسلے کے حوالے سے کافی علاقائی اور بین الاقومی گہماگہمی دیکھنے میں آرہی ہے تو دوسری طرف افغان مسلح اپوزیشن بھی اندرونی اور بیرونی دباؤ کی وجہ سے سیاسی انداز فکر اختیار کر رہی ہے ۔ حزب اسلامی حکمتیار گروپ نے کامیاب امن مذاکرات کے بعد ...

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Angela Merkel Calls for Ban on Full-Face Veils in Germany

ESSEN, Germany — To loud applause, Chancellor Angela Merkel told her party members on Tuesday that Germany should ban full-face veils “wherever legally possible” and that it would not tolerate any application of Shariah law over German justice. Accepting her party’s nomination as its candidate for another four-year term, the chancellor used the moment to broaden her stance on banning ...

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The Fallacy of the Pakistani Moral Outrage on the Kashmir Issue: An essay on the political-geography of an emotional dog and its rational tail

RRESEARCH PAPER By Usman Mahar Heidelberg University, Germany 6th March 2016 The Fallacy of the Pakistani Moral Outrage on the Kashmir Issue: An essay on the political-geography of an emotional dog and its rational tail Introduction Jonathan Haidt (2001) explains his social Intuitionist model (SIM) in a social psychology essay titled: ‘the emotional dog and its rational tail: a social ...

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‘Want dignified relations, not charity’, Ghani says after rejecting Pakistan’s $500m

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said Wednesday that Afghanistan wants dignified relations with its neighbors and not charity, days after he rejected Pakistan’s $500 million aid during the Heart of Asia conference. Speaking during a campaign held for the Afghan youths, President Ghani said “Afghanistan will live with dignity and will not ask for charity from anyone.” His remarks were apparently ...

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Afghan war not winnable due to Pak policy

The war on terrorism in Afghanistan cannot be won as long as militant safe havens exist in neighbouring Pakistan, a former American general told lawmakers on Tuesday. “The war is not winnable under the current policy. We cannot win, and that’s the reality of it. We’ve got sanctuaries in Pakistan,” said the former vice-chief of the army, General (R) John ...

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US cannot eliminate Taliban in Afghanistan: Obama

KABUL: US President Barack Obama disclosed that the United States cannot wipe out the Taliban or end violence in Afghanistan. “I don’t want to paint too rosy a picture. The situation in Afghanistan is still tough. War has been a part of life in Afghanistan for over 30 years, and the United States cannot eliminate the Taliban or end violence ...

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