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KARACHI: Pakistan Jihadist party Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Senator Molvi Sirajul Haq has criticised the government of Pakistan for its “failure and criminal silence over extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh on the pretext of so-called war crimes”. He urged the international community to play its due role in stopping the Bangladeshi government from politically victimising and persecuting opposition leaders. The JI chief made ...

PESHAWAR: Lungi Day was celebrated in Peshawar today on Sunday at Bagh-e-Naran with traditional touch. It was an amazing event to see Pashtuns in traditional dress. (Photo Courtesy: Ihsan Dawar) THE PASHTUN TIMES

AFGHANISTAN: The details of six terrorists executed by the Afghan government have emerged which include a member of the Haqqani terrorist network as well as an al-Qaeda terrorist network affiliate. The remaining four terrorists belonged to the Taliban militants group who were hanged to death earlier today. One of the suspect has been identified as Khan Agha who was also ...

AFGHANISTAN: A Haqqani network terrorists have been arrested by the Afghan intelligence operatives before the suspects manage to target the parliament building. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the terrorist was looking to attack the parliament building with BM12 rockets. No further details regarding the exact location where the terrorist was arrested by the intelligence operatives. This comes as ...

The Poles ridicule German food, the Belgians say the Dutch are cheap, while Macedonians pity the sexual prowess of Greek men ‘What’s the difference between the Swedes and the Finns? The Swedes have got nice neighbours’. Or so the joke goes. Photograph: Chesnot/Getty Images Europe is the migrant crisis, the Greek crisis, the euro crisis; It is the CAP, Ecofin ...

AFGHANISTAN: A would-be suicide bomber who was detained the Afghan security forces has spoken regarding the training camps in Miramshah, the administrative headquarters of North Waziristan. Identified as Nematullah, the would be bomber was trained in the training camps in Miramshah and was assigned to attack the district administrative headquarters of Tagab in Kapisa. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) ...

The ARG Presidential Palace issued a statement following the execution of 6 terrorists in Pul-e-Charkhi prison of Kabul today, saying President Ghani is committed to ensure justice is served and to punish those involved in terror and criminal activities. “The President of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani approved the death penalty of 6 convicts involved in major crimes ...

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia on Saturday announced the ouster of its long-serving oil minister as part of a larger ongoing government shake-up. A royal decree announced that Ali al-Naimi has been replaced by former Health Minister and Saudi Aramco board chairman Khaled al-Falih. Al-Naimi has long been a pillar of Saudi oil policy, leading the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources ...

The United States has asked Pakistan to suppress the militant groups pursuing cross-border attacks, days after the country’s national security adviser Sartaj Aziz opposed to take military actions against the Afghan Taliban. A State Department official has reportedly reminded Islamabad that in December last year Afghanistan and Pakistan signed a joint statement, agreeing, “not to allow use of their respective ...

At least 15 Afghan nationals have reportedly been killed during a clash with the Syrian rebels near the Syrian city of Aleppo, it has been reported. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said has said the Afghans who were killed during the clash were among the Iranian-backed militia fighters. The monitor said at least six from Lebanon’s Hezbollah Shi’ite ...