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KHAAMPRESS: Over 100 school girls have been poisoned in western Farah province of Afghanistan during the school hours. According to the local officials, the incident took place in the central city of Farah in a girls school. Provincial governor’s spokesman Mohammad Nasir Mehri confirmed that 106 school girls were poisoned mysteriously and an investigation is underway to find out the cause of ...

NEW YORK: The United States said on Friday it would buy heavy water from Iran despite angry claims at home that it has already gone too far in granting Tehran nuclear sanctions relief. Officials said the purchase would cost $8.6 million, even as Republican lawmakers pressed for Iran to be excluded from any use of the US dollar or financial ...

LAHORE: Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Mehdi Honardoost said on Friday that lack of trade information was a major reason behind low Pak-Iran trade volumes. He was speaking at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI). Iranian Consul General Muhammad Hossain Bani Assadi and LCCI office-bearers were also present on the occasion. The ambassador said following Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ...

LAHORE: Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) Chairman Siddiqul Farooq says that board owns no commercial property in Balochistan, as its all land in the province had been sold by its two former heads, who also were retired military generals, during the Musharraf rule. He told media the two retired military generals had declared the land as “unmanageable” during their tenures. ...

Laila from Swabi set up the small naan-and-chai eatery to fulfill her passion for cooking On the menu is Racket Naan (stuffed with cheese and coriander) and Dumper Naan (nutella-filled) PESHAWAR: It is not a new concept, but in a place like Peshawar when a woman becomes first to open up ‘dhaba’ style open-air café called ‘Naan Sense’, it is ...

DHAKA: A university professor on his way to work in northwestern Bangladesh was hacked to death on Saturday in an attack similar to other killings by suspected Muslim militants, police said. Professor A.F.M. Rezaul Karim Siddique was attacked on the way to the state-run university in Rajshahi city, where he taught English, deputy police commissioner Nahidul Islam said. The attackers ...

Please click on the link below (PDF File) The 1930 Civil Disobedience Movement in Peshawar Valley from the Pashtun Perspective THE PASHTUN TIMES  

The Acting Minister of Defense Masoom Stanikzai said Afghanistan is facing an imposed war and vowed that the Afghan forces will remain resilient against the conspiracies of enemies of Afghanistan. Stanikzai made the remarks during a visit to northern Kunduz province along with some other high level government officials, including Minister of Interior General Taj Mohammad Jahid. He hailed the ...

MPA Soran Singh SWAT: Soran Singh, special assistant to chief minister KP on minorities’ affairs and an MPA, was gunned down in a targeted attack near Pir Baba in Buner district on Friday. Unidentified gunmen opened fire on the MPA as he was on his way home, said sources. “Soran Singh was shot in the head and eye,” Pir Baba ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has remained far from meeting its national and international commitments to protect and promote the rights of children, a report launched on Thursday stated. The report, ‘The state of Pakistan’s children 2015’, was launched by the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (Sparc). It stated that 10 cases of child sexual abuse took place ...