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NEW DELHI: Nandita Das has also had to adjust the shoot plans of her film on the writer Manto, parts of which she had earlier planned to shoot in Lahore. Speaking to Mumbai Mirror, Nandita revealed, “We all know that Manto spent three-fourth of his life in India but had to leave Bombay, the city he loved, and spent only his ...

د سعودی عرب فوځي چارواکو په يو راپور خپور کړي راپور کې وئيلي چې تيره ورځ د مکه مکرمه په ښار د توغندو بريدونه ترسره شوي دي. د سعودي عربستان چارواکو وئيلي چې دغه توغندي د يمن څخه ويشتل شوي چې هدف يې کعبه شريفه وو خو د ښار څخه بهر لګيدلي او کوم ځيان يې نه دی اړولی. فوځي ...

Islamabad: One of Pakistan’s most respected journalists has been barred from leaving the country after reporting on government concerns that the military’s support for jihadi groups was leaving the country internationally isolated. Cyril almeida, a prominent columnist and reporter for the leading Dawn newspaper, said he had been told he had been put on the “exit control list” days after ...

KABUL: A delegation of Hezb-e-Islami is expected to visit the United States of America in the near future as part of the party’s efforts to improve reconciliation process in the country, it has been reported. Hezb-e-Islami’s chief negotiator Mohammad Amin Karim has confirmed the scheduled visit to the United State but did not elaborate further regarding the exact time frame. ...

KABUL: The new supreme leader of the Afghan Taliban Mawlavi Haibatullah Akhundzada was openly teaching and preaching in a mosque in Balochistan province of Pakistan before he was appointed to succeed Mullah Akhtar Mansoor who was killed in US drone strike in Pakistan. The mosque, Al Haaj mosque, where Mawlavi Akhundzada was teaching and preaching is located in Kuchlak, near ...

KABUL: Unidentified gunmen attacked the Afghanistan Times’ editor-in-chief, Abdul Saboor Sarir, in the highly fortified Afghan capital on late Sunday night (9th October). The unknown gunmen, driving a Hilux pick-up, have stopped the editor-in-chief of the Kabul-based English newspaper at gunpoint on Sunday around 9:00 pm, and took his vehicle, laptop and cell phones after wounding him. The incident occurred ...

The debate about the status of FATA has so far involved only two options: should FATA become part of KP or an independent province. I have so far vehemently emphasized the importance of ‘the process of arriving at the decision’, and I have essentially argued that the ultimately decision should be taken by the people of FATA themselves. Deferring to ...

BEIJING: China is willing to discuss “possibilities” with India on its bid to become a fully fledged member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), a senior Chinese diplomat said on Monday, holding out an olive branch ahead of a summit in India. India last month said it had held “substantive” talks with China on its attempt to join the NSG, ...

AFGHANISTAN. The loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group have reported suffered casualties in northern Jawzjan province, the first report emerging regarding the activities of the terror group from the province. Provincial officials said Sunday at least 20 militants including loyalists of ISIS terrorist group were killed during the latest operations. The officials further added ...

New Delhi : The Happy New Year director was asked, to have her take on the band on Pakistani Artists and her point of view was clear. “I think from now on, if you are saying we should not work with them, I say we have enough talent in our country and we should work with people from our country,” Farah said. ...