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The on-going suffering of the people of FATA seems never ending. The injustice and discriminatory ill-treatment served upon these people by past and present governments, religious militants along with the actions of military authorities of Pakistan have led to a relentless onslaught of misery, hardship and impoverished living conditions in this region. Continued imposition of a set of draconian laws ...

AFGHANISTAN: The Afghan government has signed the draft peace agreement with Hezb-e-Islami group led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Deputy Chief Executive Mohammad Khan said. He told reporters that the draft agreement has been signed and will become enforceable once the Hezb-e-Islami party signs it. Khan further added that the group has agreed to have no links with the anti-government armed militant ...

The civil -military establishments have divided the country in to two zones; Security “guaranteed zone”, is Punjab, the other three units are security “risk zone” Bertrand Russel says; nationalism is the basic brick of internationalism; it is stronger because, it is more natural in character. If it is out side this frame; it is fascism. Internationalism is holding of nations ...

AFGHANISTAN: The United States has welcomed political negotiations between the Afghan government and Hezb-e-Islami party led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. “We support an Afghan-led, Afghan-owned process for a negotiated resolution of the conflict in Afghanistan,” said John Kirby, spokesman of the US Department of State. Kirby further added that all relevant groups, including Hezb-e-Islami of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, should be a part ...

PUNJAB/SAHIWAL: A boy axed his younger sister to death on the pretext of preserving the family honour on Sunday. Riyasat Ali of Pull Bahniwala, 17/SP village, Pakpattan was suspicious of his 19-year-old sister. Villagers told police that on Saturday night Ali axed his sister to death and fled from the scene. Saddar police took the body into custody and filed ...

LONDON: Former London mayor Boris Johnson claimed the European Union was behaving like Hitler by trying to create a superstate in an interview out on Sunday which unleashed a wave of criticism. Johnson, the leading figure campaigning for Britain to leave the EU in a June 23 referendum, was attacked by opponents at home who called his remarks “offensive and ...

AFGHANISTAN: The loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group have released a set of images which purportedly shows the execution of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. The photographs were published by the loyalists of the terror group in social media earlier this evening. The authenticity of the photographs could not be independently verified and it is ...

AFGHANISTAN: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has suspended the execution of 500kV TUTAP power project until the completion of the review of the project. The Office of the President in a statement said “President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani issued a decree for the formation of a national commission for the review of 500kV power project route from Pul-e-Khumri to Arghandi.” The statement ...

AFGHANISTAN: A teenage girl was burnt alive allegedly by her brother’s wife in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, local officials said Saturday. The incident took place in the 2nd police district of Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of Nangarhar earlier today. According to the police sources, the victim has been identified as Mursal who was around 15-year-old and was a ...

The US State Department recently announced that key US Congress members are not prepared to support military aid to Pakistan in the absence of specific actions. Elizabeth Trudeau, Director of the Press Office, State Department, told reporters ” I will note key members of Congress have been clear they’re not prepared to support U.S. military aid to Pakistan absent some ...