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ISLAMABAD: Former member of the National Assembly (MNA) and senior ANP leader Bushra Gohar had to wait for eight years to get a response from the capital police in connection with her complaint regarding a threatening letter she received from extremist elements. Ms Gohar, who is the senior vice-president of Awami National Party (ANP), had lodged a complaint with the ...

REUTERS IDOMENI: Macedonian police throw stones at migrants and refugees during clashes near their makeshift camp here on Sunday.—AFP IDOMENI (Greece): Scores of migrants and refugees were wounded on Sunday when Macedonian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at crowds on the Greek side of the border, aid workers said, an act condemned by Greece as “dangerous and deplorable”. ...

FAZAL KHALIQ MINGORA: Awami National Party (ANP) local leader Syed Jamshaid Ali was shot dead by unidentified attackers in Man­glore area of Swat on Sunday. According to police, two unidentified men approached Jamshaid Ali when he was present at the site of an under-construction school building at Telegram. “One of the attackers met him and the other opened fire, killing ...

A video purportedly showing parts of an interview with the Afghan MP and Cleric Qazi Nazir Ahmad Hanafi has put him under fire as the video has rapidly gone viral on the internet. The video shows a female foreign reporter asking questions from Qazi Hanafi regarding violence against women. The reporter apparently faces a harsh response from Hanafi as she ...

The US Secretary of State John Kerry has said the duration of the Afghan National Unity Government is five years, ruling out speculations that the agreement ends at the end of two years since its formation. Kerry appeared in a press conference with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday night following his visit to Kabul. He said “There is no ...

By Sanna Are we having democratic governments in our provinces? No matter what ever the situation is. A democratic government should provide services to its masses on door steps through the elected local bodies governments. Though Pakistan cash the value and electioneering of Local Bodies Governments in international forums and on government officials visit abroad; the system and governments are not empowered. ...

Jirga uses collective responsibility clause to convict tribe in monetary dispute. PHOTO: AFP/FILE PESHAWAR: Members of the Rajmirkhel clan of the Afridi tribe in Jankor Hassankhel in Frontier Region (FR) Peshawar will be forcibly expelled from their native land by the political administration in the coming days. The decision has been taken after its members were convicted under the Frontier Crimes ...

Mainstreaming of FATA is inevitable and the plans for which it was kept as a buffer zone are no more practicable After a rigorous emphasis on mainstreaming FATA in national action plan followed by a consensus amongst the FATA parliamentarians on the integration of FATA in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the change should have been made inevitable. The state apparently had no ...

Mainstreaming of FATA is inevitable and the plans for which it was kept as a buffer zone are no more practicable After a rigorous emphasis on mainstreaming FATA in national action plan followed by a consensus amongst the FATA parliamentarians on integration of FATA in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the change should have been made inevitable. The state apparently had no reason ...

The US Secretary of State John Kerry reaffirmed US support to Afghanistan during a surprise visit to Kabul today. In a press conference with his Afghan counterpart Salahuddin Rabbani, Kerry said the US support to Afghanistan will continue in a bid to prevent Afghanistan become a safe haven of the terror groups. Kerry arrived in Afghanistan today to meet with ...