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I was recently awarded a fellowship by the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM) in Germany. After receiving the necessary documentation from my host institution Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS), I proceeded to apply for a German visa on Aug 26. From the German consulate website, I learned that visa APPLICATIONS are entertained on a first-come, first-serve basis. ...

ISLAMABAD: Punjab is to benefit most from the projects starting under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), statistics shared with the Parliament revealed. At present, 53 per cent of the total projects are being assigned to Punjab. The provincial government has deployed 6,346 security personnel for the protection of 3,754 Chinese nationals. According to official statistics, out of the total of ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani left for Uzbekistan this morning to attend the funeral ceremony of the country’s President Islam Karimov who apparently died due to an illness recently. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, said “President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani left Kabul this morning for Samarqand to attend the funeral prayers of late President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan.” Karimov ...

Under normal circumstances border management is a serious business for nation states and no one can have any problem with it as every state is supposed to do it as a matter of duty. As a long term measure, no sane person in Pakistan or Afghanistan would have anything to say against it. In fact, during the 2014 Pakistan visit ...

KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai said that if Pashtuns from Pakhtunkhwa decide to Pashtunistan, he would respect their decision. In an interview with The Pashtun Times, the ex-president said that in the Durand Line Agreement, the Durand Line was not called a border. “It was not called a border but the term sphere of influence was used. It means sphere ...

عوامی نیشنل پارٹی بنوں نے مردان سیشن کورٹ میں ہونے والے خود کش حملے کی شدید الفاظ میں مذمت کی ہے ضلعی صدر حاجی عبدالصمد خان نے احتجاج کے طور پر بلائے گئے اجلاس میں بتایا کہ دہشت گردی کو جڑ سے اُکھاڑنے پھینکنے کیلئے حکومت کو اپنی پالیسی تبدیل کرنا ہو گی اور قومی ایکشن پلان کے تحت اچھے ...

بنوں: عوامی نیشنل پارٹی کے ضلعی صدر حاجی عبدالصمد خان کا کہنا ہے کہ ایک وقت تھا کہ وزیرستان میں آزاد پختونستان کی ریاست اور حکومت قائم تھی گورویک اسکا دارالحکومت تھا اور حاجی میرزالی خان المعروف فقیر ایپی صاحب اس ریاست کے سربراہ تهے اسکا اپنا جھنڈا تھا اور اپنی باوردی ملیشیا فورس تھی 16 اپریل ہر سال قومی ...

PESHAWAR: At least 13 people were killed and 41 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the entrance of Mardan’s district and sessions court on Friday, police said. Photo DN The Jamaatul Ahrar (JA) claimed responsibility for the attack. The suicide blast comes just hours after gunmen attacked Peshawar’s Christian Colony, an attack also claimed by JA. ...

Khushal Khan Khattak (1613-1689), is an iconic figure in Pashtun history, literature and culture, often referred to as the national poet of Pashtuns. The life and character of Khushal Khan Khattak presents a complex, multifaceted terrain, considering he was not simply a great Chieftain and poet, but also a hunter, physician, philosopher, scholar and thinker (Shaheen: 2007). It would be ...

  The Durand Line is not a claim but an aspiration and a historical right of the Afghan people; If Pashtuns from Pashtunkhwa decide to Pashtunistan, we will respect their decision; Pashtuns on other side of the Durand Line are victims of conspiracies; Daesh is a foreign project; the Pakistani military must stop creating challenges for Afghanistan; Afghans will respond ...