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Bangladeshi students block the road and stage a protest following the murder of a law student, hacked to death by four assailants the night before, in Dhaka on April 7, 2016. —AFP DHAKA: A Bangladeshi law student who posted against radical Islamism on his Facebook page has been murdered, police said Thursday, the latest in a series of killings of ...

The loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group is acting quietly in Afghanistan as the terror group plans to use the country for wider expansion. The remarks by Zamir Kabulov, the Russian presidential envoy for Afghanistan, comes as the loyalists of the terror group have received major setbacks during the recent months as a result ...

The police chief of southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan General Abdul Raziq has said Pakistan is attempting to create the third group of Afghan Taliban, in a move that he believes is being taken after the Taliban group infuriated Pakistan with certain steps, including rejection of group’s role certain attacks in the country. He said the third would be created ...

LAHORE: In a manifestation of people’s growing distrust in conventional judicial system and mounting influence of religious organisations in society, Jamatud Dawa (JuD) has set up ‘Darul Qaza Sharia’ in the provincial metropolis to dispense ‘justice’ among people in light of Sharia laws, Dawn has learnt. A legal expert Dawn talked to said this is in sheer violation of the ...

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that destroying the militant Islamic State (IS) group remains his “top priority” at a time when the militant group continues to lose ground in Iraq and Syria. “We continue to take on their leadership, their financial networks, their infrastructure,” Obama said at a meeting with senior military officials in the White House. “We ...

The annual Tribal Night Program 2016 is sponsored by Mashaal Radio on Wednesday evening but the chief guest is Ali Amin Gandapur from PTI and not a tribal leader  from FATA which is a question mark on the role of the sponsor.  D.I. KHAN: The Tribal Students Organization (TSO) from the Gomal University D.I. Khan has organised its annual Program ...

Pakistan is expecting to receive 9 AH-1Z Viper Attack Helicopters from United States under a contract awarded by U.S. Navy, it has been reported. The helicopters will be delivered after the manufacturing work has been completed under the $170 million contract awarded to Bell Helicopter. “Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded $170,173,188 for modification P00047 to ...

The Afghan anti-government armed militant groups are still receiving support as they use safe havens on the other side of border. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) spokesman Sediq Sediqi told reporters in Kabul that the militants still receive financial support and are being equipped outside the country. Sediqi further added that the militants continue to their insurgency activities using the ...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in an address to the nation Tuesday evening said a high-level judicial commission will be formed to probe his family for wrongdoing, after the ‘Panama Papers’ leak revealed his sons and daughter owned offshore companies. The judicial commission will be led by a retired Supreme Court judge, said the premier. The prime minister stated that ...

SADIA QASIM SHAH A fashion show, handicrafts stalls by women entrepreneurs and a Jal concert were just some of the festival highlights Despite rain, the event was held successfully with all its glamour including fashion shows, songs and concerts PESHAWAR: Women of Peshawar are aware of their cultural constraints but they also know how to have fun and be creative, ...