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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: As the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr approaches near, it is celebrated worldwide by Muslims in different forms and manifestations. This holy ritual indicates successful culmination of Ramadan-ul-Mubarak which brings about internal reform and self-correction. In Pakistan too, people celebrate Eid with great pomp and show by making delicious foods, wearing new clothes and attending to cultural activates. ...

KABUL: The leader of Hezb-e-Islami party Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has said peace deal between his group and the Afghan government is effectively dead days after issuing impossible-to-meet demands. In an article published in Daily Shahadat magazine belonging to the group, Hekmatyar has said the Afghan government must be dissolved, claiming that the majority does not accept it. Earlier, an official of ...

Chitral might be the next front for sectarianism The scenic valleys of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s northern district of Chitral have been in the news for some time now — for the wrong reasons. Recently, there was news of a controversy surrounding the disputed conversion of a teenage Kalash girl. A report, by the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) in March ...

Far-right protesters rally in the town of Dover in southeast England on May 28. (Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images), THE WASHINGTON POST A massive division in the British people has been aired in public view this past week. A split of almost 50/50 between those who wanted to remain in the European Union and those who wanted to leave. Well ...

We will not stop but will struggle for the right of Pashtuns in the project of CPEC. We will knock the doors of the International Court for Justice. PM Nawaz is a liar, a cheat and a fraud. Pashtuns will never accept the China-Punjab Economic Corridor, Dr. Said Alam Mehsud talks to THE PASHTUN TIMES Interviewed by Aurangzeb Zalmay THE ...

Lionel Messi of Argentina reacts after missing a penalty kick against Chile during the Copa America final at MetLife Stadium on June 26, 2016. — AFP EAST RUTHERFORD: Lionel Messi sensationally announced his retirement from international football here Sunday after Argentina crashed to an upset defeat against Chile in the final of the Copa America. The heartbroken Barcelona superstar was ...

KABUL: A suicide bomber trained in Peshawar city of Pakistan was arrested before he manage to carry out an attack in the provincial capital city of Kunar province in Asadabad. The Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), said the suicide bomber has been identified as Hafiz-ur-Rehman son of Mohammad Nabi who wanted to carry out an attack in Asadbad ...

Hate-speech and war-mongering are instruments of the populists, they are fiercely anti-European and therefore it is time to stop their ascent. Right wing demonstrators protest in Brussels. Credit: Reuters A new spectre is haunting Europe – that of right-wing populism. There is more than an air of panic in the media and political circles about it, especially in Germany ­– ...

PESHAWAR: Pakistan may impose new restrictions on Afghan refugees in what is described as a “tougher policy” that could be unveiled next month, a newspaper reported on Monday. Islamabad has set the June 30 deadline for the repatriation of more three million refugees living in Pakistan since 1980s. Such deadlines have repeatedly been extended in the past, but further allowance ...

PAKISTAN: The former Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has criticized the allocation of 300 million Pakistani Rupees to a pro-Taliban Madrasa. Zardari who is the co-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party has said “This is nothing but legitimization of militancy and militant Taliban that will undermine the nation’s resolve to fight militants to the finish.” According to a statement released by ...