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CHARSADDA: An ancient well was unearthed in an old graveyard in Charsadda on Saturday when unknown people exhumed a grave, said an official from the archaeology department. The well was uncovered when a grave was dug along a roadside graveyard. “It is an ancient well, almost 60 feet deep,” said Mir Hayat Khan, an official from the archaeology department. The ...

Pakistan-born Canadian journalist and author Tarek Fatah, whose acerbic dismissal of radical Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood have won him fans and followers in India, says he’s an Indian at heart. Fatah, a regular in Indian television studios, says he sees no future for Pakistan with provinces such as Balochistan and Sindh struggling to break free. The founder of the ...

Yousuf Khan and Sherbano is a Pashtun folktale. The folktale is set in the beautiful Swabi District. This folk story has a great connection with  the historical hill of Kharamar. The hill of Kharamar – Rearing Snake range, stands at  the north side of the Mardan-Swabi high road near the village of Ismailia, Adina and Kalu Khan. Now barren, the ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan sees no hope of a breakthrough in relations with India under the Narendra Modi government, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s advisor on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz has said, accusing India of adopting a “hegemonistic attitude”. “Pakistan had been resisting the Indian hegemonistic attitude in the region and had been calling for the promotion of bilateral ties on equal basis,” ...

HINDUSTAN TIMES: Indian home minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday India will never incite an attack against any other country but won’t hold back either, if provoked. On the second day of his visit to Barmer to review security at the India-Pakistan border, Singh held a meeting with BSF officials. Singh reached Munabao check post around 11.35am where he inspected ...

KABUL: The remark triggered harsh criticism in Afghanistan as Afghan experts termed Pakistani envoy’s remarks regarding peace links between Afghanistan and Kashmir as illogical. “Kashmir issue is between Pakistan and India and linking that to Afghanistan is illogical and meaningless, because Afghanistan is not India’s advocate,” said political expert Ahmad Saidi. “Afghanistan’s and Kashmir’s interests do not relate Pakistan’s interests ...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: On this day, 7th of October 2001 USA attacked on Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban government and root out al-Qaeda. The government of Taliban was knockdown. Al-Qaeda were swept out from Afghanistan. After ten years, Osama Bin Laden captured and killed in NEIGHBOUR country Pakistan. Mollah Omar Akhond and other leaders of Taliban found and killed in ...

Actor Mahira Khan has broken her silence over the ongoing controversy surrounding the demand for a ban on Pakistani artistes in Bollywood after the Uri attack, saying she strongly condemns any act of terror and prays for a peaceful world. The 33-year-old actor’s comments came after Pakistani artistes like Fawad Khan and Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan condemned the Uri attack. ...

A Pakistani envoy has reportedly linked peace in Afghanistan to the resolution of Kashmir issue as the Afghan officials are pessimistic regarding Islamabad’s honesty to bring the Taliban group to negotiations table. Pakistan Prime Minister’s special envoy on Kashmir Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed has said a solution to both is required for peace and they cannot be “compartmentalised”. “Road to ...

KABUL: The Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah has appreciated the Pakistani government for their latest commitment of $500 million in Brussels Conference on Afghanistan and the country’s support to the Afghan refugees. During a meeting with the Minister of States and Frontier Regions of Pakistan, Lt. Gen. (Rtd) Abdul Quadir Baloch in Geneva, Abdullah appreciated Pakistan’s generous hosting of Afghan ...