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RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Raheel Sharif on Tuesday confirmed death sentences, awarded by military courts, of another 13 ‘hardcore terrorists,’ said the military’s media wing in statement to the press. The convicts were involved in “committing heinous offences relating to terrorism, including killing of foreign tourists at Nanga Parbat, attack on Saidu Sharif Airport, destruction of schools, ...

LAHORE: An all-parties conference convened by Jamaat-i-Islami and attended by powerful religious groups asked the government on Tuesday to retract an “un-Islamic” law that gives unprecedented protection to female victims of violence. The Women’s Protection Act, passed by Punjab Assembly last month, gives legal protection to women from domestic, psychological and sexual violence. It also calls for the creation of ...

ISLAMABAD: The Indian government barred five Pakistani diplomats and two of their family members from travelling to Kolkata to watch the upcoming World T20 match between the two neighbouring countries. “Yes, I can confirm that two counsellors, one first secretary, two protocol officers and two family members have been denied permission to travel to Kolkata,” said a senior Pakistani diplomat ...

DUSHANBE: Russia and fragile ex-Soviet ally Tajikistan have begun large-scale military drills close to the Central Asian state’s restless border with Afghanistan, a Tajik military official confirmed Tuesday. A spokesman for Tajikistan’s defence ministry said the drills involving around 50,000 Tajik troops and 2,000 Russian troops, including paratroopers flown in from Russia. “The manoeuvres involve around a thousand armoured vehicles, ...

Peace talks with Taliban failed; HPC a symbolic body; Afghan officials lack consensus over peace with militants; women’s status will become worse after peace deal; Taliban fight for Pakistan’s interest AT-KABUL: Pakistan, regional countries, the United State and the West see their interests in war and insecurity in Afghanistan, a survey said. According to the survey launched by the Afghanistan ...

Khan Abdul Ghani Khan, also known by his pen name ‘Lewanae Falsafi’, was a modern Afghan-Pashtun poet and artist of the 20th century, and one of the best speakers of the Central Legislative Assembly of British-India in 1947. He was unfortunately less understood among the Afghan-Pashtuns and less known poet across the world just as Khushal Khan Khattak and Rehman ...

The Pilgrim Of a Beauty: Selections from the poetry of Ghani Khan Please click on the PDF file below: The Pilgrim Of a Beauty   THE PASHTUN TIMES

AFGHANISTAN: The provincial police chief of southern Kandahar province Gen. Abdul Raziq has said the United States should force Pakistan to halt support to the anti-government armed militants in Afghanistan in a bid to help secure stability in the country. Insisting on coordinated military operations amid ongoing efforts to revive peace talks, Gen. Raziq said “The United States has enough ...

Saudi Arabia has long been a major ally of the United States but the relationship has deteriorated under Obama. —AP/File RIYADH: A senior Saudi royal has criticised President Barack Obama for comments accusing the longtime US ally of feeding Middle East conflicts. Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, has long been a major ally of the United States but ...

MOSCOW: After almost six months of intense campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group, the Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the withdrawal of the Russian forces from Syria. The order by Putin was reportedly given to the Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu to start the withdrawal of the forces from Tuesday. Putin has ...