Author Archives: The Pashtun Times

پښتین: غوښتنې مو نه دي منل شوې، د کوټې جلسه کې تګلاره ټاکو، کېدای شي احتجاج پیل کړو

د پښتون ژغورنې غورځنګ مشر منظور پښتین وایي، د اسلام اباد احتجاج د ځنډېدو میاشت یې پوره کېدونکې ده، خو حکومت ورسره کړې ژمنې نه دي پوره کړې او یواځې له وزیرستانه د ماینونو د ایستلو کار څه نه څه پیل شوی، خو پر نورو څلورو غوښتنو یې کار نه دی شوی. منظور پښتین د نهې-سه شنبې په ورځ لاهور ...

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Missing persons’ saga: Assistant Professor has gone missing since 2016

BANNU: Saadullah Shah, a resident of village and post office Bizenkhel, district Bannu Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has gone missing since 2016. He was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Government Post Graduate College Bannu. A letter and more information has been provided by his brother to The Pashtun Times. To The Editor, The Pashtun Times.   Subject:   Mysterious missing ...

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Collision inescapable if Parliament doesn’t end “state within state”: Farhatullah Babar

The upcoming general elections may result in a referendum against the judiciary. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party Senator Farhatullah Babar said on Tuesday a state within the state is running, and there is a perpetual conflict between the two. He said if the parliament didn’t end the state within state then it will lead to a collision. The Senator, who is among ...

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Transgenders in KP succeed in securing driving licenses with their desired gender identity

In its historic first, Pakistan Transgender Persons are issued driving licenses and traffic police will be teaching them how to drive. Transgender Community in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has once again taken a lead in securing their legal rights and after getting transgender passports, health Cards, inclusion in national census and Prime Minister Skill Development Program now they have succeeded in ...

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Pakistan’s market share plummets by 50pc in Afghanistan

KABUL: Amid strained ties on political level mainly due to the circumstances surrounding the fight against terrorism, the Pakistani officials have informed regarding a drastic fall in Pakistan’s share in Afghan markets. Chairman Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry Zubair Motiwala has told Dawn News that Pakistan’s trade with Afghanistan fell to $1.2 billion from $2.7bn within in the ...

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Mercy Corps International to establish 450 pistachio fields in Afghanistan to underbring opium cultivation

KABUL: The southern Kandahar, Uruzgan, and Helmand provinces will get new pistachio fields as efforts are underway to create an alternative for the Afghan farmers who are currently busy planting narcotics. According to the local officials in southern Kandahar province, around 450 pistachio fields will be established in the three provinces with the support of the Mercy Corps International. A ...

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Angelina Jolie’s animated film about Afghan girl nominated for Oscar award

An animated film produced by Angelina Jolie depicting the life of a young Afghan has been nominated for the Oscar award along with several other animation films. The Oscar official informed regarding the nomination of the animation film “The Breadwinner” late in January. According to reports, Pixar’s Coco is the favorite however it will be seen on Sunday night as ...

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Pashtun’s history is taking turn on a dime

“Every man’s hand is against the other, and all are against the stranger” were the words of Winston Churchill that portrayed the symphony of tribal life in FATA and Pakhtunkhwa. But the Tribal history, sometimes turns on a dime, and presents itself in such a way where every man’s hand is with other and all chants a single slogan. Every ...

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تحریک انصاف کے ممبران نے تبدیلی کے نام پر اپنے ضمیر کا سودا کیا، حیدر ہوتی کا بنوں میں جلسہ عام سے خطاب

حالیہ سینیٹ انتخابات میں پی ٹی آئی کے ممبران صوبائی اسمبلی نے صوبائی حکومت پر عدم اعتماد کیا ہے۔ عوامی نیشنل پارٹی کے صوبائی صدر سابق وزیر اعلیٰ امیر حیدر خان ہوتی نے کہا ہے پی ٹی آئی کی تبدیلی سینیٹ انتخابات میں عیاں ہو گئی ہے وزیر اعلیٰ پرویز خٹک نے دعویٰ کیا تھا کہ ہمارے پاس 69 ممبران ...

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Krishna Kumari becomes first Hindu Dalit woman senator of Pakistan

Ratna Bhagwandas Chawla was first Hindu woman to reach the upper house in Muslim-majority country. Krishna Kumari Kohli has become the first-ever Hindu Dalit woman to be elected to the upper house of Pakistan’s parliament. The election that took place Saturday saw the victory of 39-year-old Kohli who was nominated for a minority Senate seat from the Sindh Assembly by ...

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