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Afghan President Dr Ashraf Ghani said that the award is in recognition of the singer’s services for Pashto culture Pashto ghazal maestro Khial Mohammad was decorated with the highest civil national award of Afghanistan at a function held at Afghan Consulate here on Thursday. Afghan Consular General at Peshawar Dr Abdullah Waheed Poyan decorated Khial Mohammad with Mir Bacha Khan ...

KABUL: The draft agreement for Lazuli route was finalized between Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey to link Afghanistan with Black and Mediterranean Sea. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said the draft agreement was finalized during a meeting at the ministry of transport of Azerbaijan. MoFA further added that the Lazuli route is an initiative of the Afghan government ...

PUNJAB: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab claimed on Thursday that it busted a cell of the militant Islamic State (IS) group operating in Lahore and arrested eight suspects along with their ringleader. Some members of the Daesh cell had already traveled to Syria and Afghanistan while some were preparing to leave when the raid took place, said a CTD spokesman, ...

ISLAMABAD: Some lawmakers expressed concern on Wednesday over the possible use of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) by China to enhance trade with India. During a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Planning and Development, some lawmakers were of the view that China was investing in the CPEC project to explore new vistas of trade with different countries right ...

BERLIN: The cabinet of Germany has approved to keep 980 soldiers in Afghanistan until the end of next year to support the Afghan forces as part of the NATO-led Resolute (RS) mission, it has been reported. The decision by Chancellor Agela Merkel’s cabinet comes days after a deadly attack hit the German consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif city, the provincial capital of ...

US President elect will approve a Congress bill to declare Pakistan a terror state when the legislation reaches him in what would be a shot in arm for India’s antiterror narrative, said Shalabh Kumar, a key Indian-origin member of Donald Trump’s advisory council and prominent businessman. “President Trump and PM Narendra Modi will undoubtedly share a good chemistry. The Indo-US ...

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu predicted on Wednesday that Lionel Messi would not only extend his contract with the Catalan club but also end his playing days there too. Speaking at the launch of a 55 million euros a year shirt sponsorship deal Bartomeu told journalists he was “relaxed about Messi’s contract”. With the clock ticking and only 18 months ...

BOLLYWOOD: Ranveer Singh on Tuesday said he was the first choice of Aditya Chopra for Befikre right from the beginning despite the director having Shah Rukh Khan star in all his three films he made in his near three-decade long career. “I am the least territorial person; I don’t think I am entering anyone’s territory. Adi sir wanted to make ...

An Indian businessman and politician spent around $74 million in his daughter’s wedding in what is called as the country’s ‘huge’ and ‘controversial’ wedding that has attracted the world attention amid ongoing cash flow crisis in the country. Gali Janardhana Reddy daughter will spend the amount in his daughter Brahmani’s wedding that will last for five days, kicking off today ...

اے خداوند بزرگ و برتر! آپ تو خود ھر رنگ، نسل، عقیدہ اور مذھب کے افراد کے پیدا کردہ اور خالق ھیں اور ان کو برداشت کر رئے ھیں مگر آپ کے نام لیوا دیگر عقائد اور مذاھب کے ماننے والوں یعنی آپ کی پیدا کردہ مخلوق کو برداشت کرنے کیلئے تیار نہیں اور آپ کا نام لیکر ان کو ...