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NEW YORK: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, while addressing the United Nations General Assembly session on Wednesday, said Pakistan wants peace with India but maintained it is “not possible without resolving the Kashmir issue”. “Confrontation should not be our destiny in South Asia. Pakistan wants peace with India.” Nawaz asserted that peace can not be established in South Asia without resolving ...

KABUL: The Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) has agreed to embrace the country’s constitution and dismantle its armed wing under its peace agreement with the government. In return, the Ashraf Ghani administration has promised the release of HIA prisoners and lifting all restrictions on the group, reads the draft agreement, a copy of whichhas been obtained by Pajhwok Afghan News. Release of ...

Two powerful American lawmakers have introduced an act in the US House of Representatives to designate Pakistan a State Sponsor of terrorism, it has been reported. Congressman Ted Poe, who is Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, has reportedly said “It is time we stopped paying Pakistan for its betrayal and designate it for what it is: a state ...

SWAT: The PTI government in KhyberPakhtunkhwa has completely failed to fulfill its promises. Pashtuns must unite against a new bloody war on their soil. The leader of ANP, Wajid Ali Khan, talks to THE PASHTUN TIMES. د سوات سیمې سره تعلق لرونکې د عوامی نیشنل پارټی لیډر ښاغلې واجدعلی خان دی پشتون ټایمز سره په زنګړې مراکه کښې ویيلی دی چې ...

Wagma Feroz is working as an editor with THE PASHTUN TIMES. She is a Human Rights and peace activist of Pashtun origin – Mohmand Agency of FATA. Having gained a Master’s in Psychology from Peshawar University is currently working as a Psycho-social Counselor at the University of Swat. She is also a fellow of the Baacha Khan Trust Educational Foundation. ...

Apparently America had a big gratitude on Russia by removing its missile shield program from Eastern Europe, because from the beginning it has been opposing it. However, there are two main reasons behind it which are generally ignored; no one is willing to turn the debate towards it and both reasons are related to Afghan and Iraq wars. This was ...

One of Hollywood’s highest profile marriages is over. Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from husband Brad Pitt, citing irreconcilable differences. According to the court documents, the pair separated on September 15, two years and one month after they married in August 2014. Jolie is seeking physical custody of their six children and asking the court to grant Pitt visitation. ...

KHUZDAR: Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) president Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal has said that the federal and provincial governments should remove apprehensions of Baloch people about the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. Addressing a press conference at the residence of BNP-M leader Saeed Mengal in the industrial town of Hub, he said his party would not accept any development project which ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday telephoned India Prime Minister Narendra Modi and condemned the “cross border attack” in Uri while expressing solidarity with India to eliminate the threat of terrorism. Ghani strongly condemned the cross-border terror attack and conveyed Afghanistan’s solidarity and support with India for all actions to eliminate the threat of terrorism, a PMO statement said. ...

KABUL: Negotiations are underway between the Afghan government and some companies in United Arab Emirates to attract an investment of $6 billion in infrastructure projects, it has been reported. The officials in the Ministry of Energy and Water of Afghanistan have said Afghanistan requires a total of $9 billion investment in the energy sector. Water and Energy Minister Ali Ahmad ...