Author Archives: The Pashtun Times

The Pashtun odyssey is our national odyssey

The truth is no matter what we assume as Punjabis, Urdu speakers or Sindhis, no one in this country has sacrificed as much as the Pashtun. The fact that thousands of Pashtuns have to demand that a police officer who is accused of the extra-judicial murder of dozens of Pakistani citizens be punished for his actions exposes how weak the ...

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Pashtuns vent grievances in Islamabad sit-in

PashtunLongMarch: Millions of ethnic Pashtuns have endured years of terrorist violence, military operations, and displacement in northwestern Pakistan, and yet their protests rarely reverberate in the country’s capital, Islamabad. But the murder of a young shopkeeper in a staged gunbattle with the police last month appears to have stirred up grievances that were long suppressed. The killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud in the ...

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Karzai calls on Islamabad to stop Afghan shelling

KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned rocket attacks on the villages in the eastern province of Kunar, calling on Islamabad to “immediately stop” the attacks. Pakistani army fired 180 rockets on the Dangam district Saturday night, reportedly injuring four civilians including a woman and two children. Karzai slammed the attacks as a clear violation of Afghan sovereignty and against ...

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کوئی بھی اس خام خیالی میں نہ رہے کہ پختون شہادتوں پر سر جھکا لیں گے۔ اسفندیار ولی خان

راؤ انوار کو گرفتار کر کے کمیشن میں پیش کیا جائے تو وہ تمام کرداروں سے پردہ اٹھا دے گا۔ پشاور ( پ ر ) عوامی نیشنل پارٹی کے مرکزی صدر اسفندیار ولی خان نے نقیب اللہ کیس میں جوڈیشل کمیشن کے قیام اور راؤ انوار کو جلد از جلد گرفتار کر کے کمیشن میں پیش کرنے کا مطالبہ کرتے ...

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یہ بھی کوئی دھرنا ہے؟ ظفر اللہ خان

اگر آپ کے پاس ایسا لیڈر موجود ہے جو بیک وقت پیر ہو، مذہبی رہنما ہو اور سیاست دان ہو۔ ایسا لیڈر جو خواب بیچ سکے، ٹی وی کیمروں کے سامنے گلے میں کفن لٹکا سکے، ڈی چوک میں سلطان راہی مرحوم کے گریبان پھاڑ انداز میں مائیک کے سامنے سینہ ٹھوک کر کہے ’آﺅ میرا سینہ حاضر ہے‘۔ یا ...

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Pashtuns’ whammy: When you are a victim and a terrorist simultaneously

Dilawar Khan, my cousin, was standing in the door of his room at home. A stray bullet came and pierced his chest. He fell into the lap of his sister. Since curfew was imposed, therefore, he couldn’t be taken to hospital. Eventually he bled to death in the arms of his sister. My aunt has left smiling, and living, from ...

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Pakistan resumes firing rockets on eastern Afghanistan: Afghan officials

KABUL: Pakistani military has resumed firing rockets on the eastern parts of Afghanistan, said officials in Kunar province, where according to reports, some 180 rockets crashed Saturday night. The rockets hit Dangam district, and the district governor, Ahmad Rahman Danesh said most of the rockets targeted residential areas. Kunar shares mountainous border with Pakistani tribal areas and has been hit ...

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Sans phytosanitary certificate, Pak products enter Afghanistan

KABUL: Although a phytosanitary certificate is a must for imported products, some of such items continue to be smuggled into Afghanistan, officials say. Around 250 containers with different items such as fruits, vegetables, medicines, livestock and others enter Afghanistan daily via the Chaman border crossing. However, officials allege, these items find their way into the country through illegal routes without ...

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Pashtun Long March: Mubareza Live on The Pashtun Times

Language: Pashto #PashtunLongMarch: Mubareza Live on the Pashtun Times Guest: Muhammad Zubair Host: Aurang Zeb Khan Zalmay THE PASHTUN TIMES

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په ریاست پسې په ننواتې راغلي یُو : منظور پښتون

په پایه تخت اسلام اباد کې د پښتون لاریون او پرلت یو ځلمی مشر منظور پښتون وايي دويي د پاکستان په ریاست پسې ننواتې تلي دي. په پایه تخت اسلام اباد کې د پښتون لاریون یو ځلمی مشر منظور پښتون وايي دويي د پاکستان په ریاست پسې ننواتې تلي دي. ” ددې پرلت گډون وال ریاست ته منت کوي او ...

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