EDITORIAL: Pakistan, if, was made by our forefathers, the forefathers of Pashtuns, and if it was their dream, they wouldn’t have made such a Pakistan where their children are not safe, where their children are being bitten by terrorists coming out of snake pits and biting them. If Pakistan was made by Pashtuns’ forefathers, and if they would have kicked ...
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Karzai was right on pressurizing Islamabad: Zalmay Khalilzad
KABUL: The former President, Hamid Karzai was right in his decision to further pressurize Pakistan and this was the core reason behind divergence with US administration, the former US envoy to Kabul, and Iraq said. Zalmay Khalilzad in an interview with Voice of America, said, “The former President Hamid Karzai, being a national leader, was right in his stand against ...
Read More »Young Pashtuns have shown the mirror to ‘mainstream’ Pakistan
The taboo subject of missing persons is back in the national conversations. Muzzling information and punishing those who reported on it has not worked. This past fortnight Pakistan witnessed unprecedented mobilisation by the youth of tribal areas. Thousands protested seeking justice for Naqeebullah Mehsud brutally killed in a fake encounter by Karachi police — all in the name of counter ...
Read More »د اروپا په زړه بروکسل کي د افغانانو لاريون
په پلازمينه کابل او نورو ښارونو کي دو وروستيوتروريستي بريدونو په وړاندي په اروپا کي دميشتو افغانانو د احتجاجيه مظاهرې پرېکړه ليک لکه څنګه چي ټول نړۍ وال خبر دي د پاکستان د خوا روزل سوو ټروريسټانو په دا ورستيو اونيو کي په کابل او د افغانستان په يو شمېر نورو ولايتونو کي ډير وحشيانه او زړه بوږنونکي ټروريسټي بريدونه ...
Read More »Hundreds rally against Pakistan in Mazar-i-Sharif
MAZAR-I-SHARIF: Hundreds of people on Sunday staged a protest demonstration against Pakistan and termed Pashtuns living on both sides of the Durand Line as same Afghans. The protestors chanted “we want peace, all Pashtuns are Afghans, we are not terrorists”. They asked the international community to pay attention to the rights of people across the Durand Line and urged an end to the current ...
Read More »د افغانستان او پاکستان خبرې بې نتیجې پای ته ورسېدې
واشنګټن ډي سي — د افغانستان او پاکستان ترمنځ د تاوتریخوالي د کمولو لپاره دوه ورځنۍ خبرې د شنبې یا خالي په ورځ له څرګندو نتیجو پرته پای ته ورسېدې. دغه خبرې د دواړو هېوادونو ترمنځ په اسلام اباد کې د سولې او یوالي تر سرلیک لاندې پیل شوې وې. ددغو خبرو لومړنی پړاو د فیبرورۍ په دریمه نېټه په ...
Read More »وزیراعظم پاکستان عباسي ولې په ژړا شو؟
د پښتون احتجاجي لاریون مشر منظور پښتون وايي د پاکستان وزیراعظم شاهد خاقان عباسي ته یې اوویل چې په پښتنو د ظلمونو کولو نه لاس په سر کیدلو په خاطر درته په پښو پریوزمه، منظور پښتون وايي د وزیراعظم ته ووې: زه ستاسو په پښو پرې اوزمه چې زما د پښتنو خویندو میندو نه ژوند مه وړئ ښاغلي پښتون وي ...
Read More »د بلوچستان پښتنې سیمې دې هم په خیبر پښتونخوا کې شاملې کړل شي
پراګ ـ د عوامي نیشنل ګوند مشر اسفندیارولي خان وايي د قبایلي سیمو په شان دې د بلوچستان پښتون مېشتې سیمې هم د خیبر پښتونخوا صوبې برخه وګرځول شي نوموړي دغه څرګندونې د خالي په ورځ د پېښور په نشترهال کې د ملګرو وکیلانو غونډې ته د وینا پرمهال وکړې زه خو ویمه چې د بلوچستان پښتون مېشتې سیمې دې ...
Read More »Pakistan: Human rights icon Asma Jahangir passes away
Leading human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir passes away in Lahore ISLAMABAD: Renowned lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir passed away in Lahore on Sunday due to a cardiac arrest. Jahangir, 66, was a human rights lawyer based in Pakistan and was Pakistan’s first woman to serve as the President of Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. Family sources have confirmed that ...
Read More »Pashtun protest
More than a week of peaceful protest by thousands of Pashtun activists ( mostly from Waziristan and FATA) in front of Islamabad Press Club may or may not succeed in forcing the government to accept their reasonable demands but it has definitely redefined Pashtun political discourse in Pakistan. The contradiction between ever growing socio political awareness brought by urbanisation and the utter political disempowerment is the ...
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