Author Archives: The Pashtun Times

‘Delayed reaction:’ Putin blasts Russian sport authorities for Meldonium scandal

March 16, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with Government members in the Kremlin MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin held Russia’s Ministry of Sport liable for the latest doping scandal linked to the use of Meldonium by some Russian athletes and sharply criticized it for failing to react in a timely manner to the ban of some drugs. ...

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شمالی وزیرستان کی سطح پر پہلی بار پختون سٹوڈنٹس فیڈریشن کی تنظیم بنائی گئی

بنوں(وسیم باغی سے )شمالی وزیرستان کی سطح پر پختون سٹوڈنٹس فیڈریشن کی کابینہ پہلی مرتبہ تشکیل دی گئی جس کیلئے عوای نیشنل پارٹی شمالی وزیرستان کے سینئر ترین رہنما نثار علی خان کو ایڈوائزر مقرر کر دیا گیا۔اس سلسلے میں کابینہ کے انتخاب کیلئے قاضی فضل قادر شہید پارک میں غیر معمولی اجلاس ہُوا جس میں سورج داؤڑ کو صدر ...

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A peaceful society

A society is the name of place where an organized group of persons used to live together, even belong to different castes and religion. A peaceful society is that type of society where people use to live with each other but they do not differentiate one another on the basis of religion and caste whatever it may be. If condition ...

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For the First Time, Pakistan will Declare Public Holidays on Holi, Diwali and Easter

For the first time in the history of Pakistan, the country will get public holidays on Holi, Diwali and Easter after its parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution to this effect. The resolution, which was moved by lawmaker Dr.Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, was adopted by the National Assembly to take steps to declare the festivals as holidays for minorities. According to ...

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Pakistan violated Afghan border 56 times in 3 months: Afghan Envoy to UN

WASHINGTON: Afghanistan on Tuesday told the UN Security Council in the last three months, Pakistan had violated its territorial integrity and sovereignty at least 56 times by crossing the Durand Line. The violations would further jeopardise the relationship between the neighbours, Afghanistan’s top diplomat at the United Nations told members of the Security Council. “We want an immediate end to ...

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Clinton, Trump move closer to White House nominations

CLEVELAND: Hillary Clinton took a monumental step toward clinching the Democratic party’s White House nomination Tuesday, while Donald Trump’s seemingly unstoppable rush to victory hit a bump in Ohio. Trump won key Republican primaries in Illinois, North Carolina and Florida ─ where he thumped home state Senator Marco Rubio, who immediately announced he was suspending his presidential campaign. “This was ...

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15 killed as bomb rips through bus carrying govt employees in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: A powerful bomb, detonated by a timing mechanism, ripped through a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and causing injuries to 25. The blast that took place near Peshawar’s Sunehri Masjid targeted a Civil Secretariat bus which was carrying government employees from Mardan to the provincial capital. Fear and panic spread among residents ...

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Title-favourites India fail New Zealand’s spin test

NAGPUR: New Zealand’s spinners became unlikely heroes on Tuesday, leading their side to a stunning 47-run victory over favourites India in the World Twenty20 opening group match in Nagpur. The Kiwis stumbled to 126 for seven after electing to bat first, but their slow bowlers bamboozled India who could manage just 79 runs in 18.1 overs — their lowest ever ...

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Saudi-led air strikes kill 41 civilians in Yemen

RIYADH: Saudi-led air strikes killed 41 civilians and wounded 75 on Tuesday in Yemen’s northwestern province of Haja, a senior provincial health official said, a region largely controlled by the Houthi militia. A spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition that intervened in Yemen’s civil war was not immediately available for comment. The coalition entered the conflict a year ago to stop ...

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Peace process needs patience, Daesh on the run: Ghani

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said the peace process had become complicated because of the regional and global aspects of the war in Afghanistan. He said Afghanistan, Pakistan, the US and China had prepared a roadmap for reviving peace talks between his administration and the Taliban. He hailed the plan as a breakthrough in itself. Speaking at a joint ...

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