Author Archives: The Pashtun Times

Clinton, Trump claim big Super Tuesday wins

WASHINGTON: Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton moved closer to winning their parties’ nominations with a series of victories in the Super Tuesday elections, the biggest day of the primary campaign. Clinton and Trump each won seven of 11 state races as they distanced themselves from party rivals and looked ahead to a November presidential election showdown. Clinton’s opponent, ...

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Afghanistan Welcomes India’s Decision to Invest in Chabahar

KABUL – Afghanistan Ministry of Commerce and Industries Spokesman welcomed India’s $156m-investment decision to develop Chabahar and regarded it as profitable for India. Afghanistan welcomes India’s decision to invest in Chabahar Mosafer Ghughandi told IRNA on Sunday that undoubtedly Afghanistan will also take advantage of India’s investment in Chabahar. Ghughandi said that increasing the capacity of loading and unloading in ...

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Pakistan wanted Durand Line recognition to improve ties with Afghanistan: Karzai

The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday that the Pakistani leadership wanted recognition of Durand Line during his tenure in a bid to improve ties between the two nations. In his inaugural address at the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, the former President recalled his visits to Pakistan while serving the nation as the Afghan President, saying “During my ...

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Transgender has given no count in 2016 census in Pakistan says Farzana, president Trans-Action Alliance

PESHAWAR: There is an important development Pakistan is going to have its census after 17 years of delay. There is no difference of opinion that without Census data, socio-economic planning is not much better than guesswork. According to the constitution of Pakistan there should be census in Pakistan after 10 years which would allow government, businesses, and others to take ...

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Qadri punished for taking law into his own hands, says Maulana Sherani

SHIKARPUR: Council of Islamic Ideology chairman Maulana Mohammad Khan Sherani said on Monday that Mumtaz Qadri’s act — though driven by religious sentiments — was illegal because he had taken the law into his own hands and he faced punishment because “no one is above the law”. Speaking to journalists here, Maulana Sherani said there was no need to legislate ...

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State Department Releases Last Batch of Clinton Emails

WASHINGTON: The US State Department on Monday made public the final batch of emails taken from a private server which former secretary of state Hillary Clinton controversially used during her time in office. Clinton will hope the release will quiet the furore over her decision to spurn a government email account, but federal investigators are still probing whether her home-brew ...

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فاٹا سے ایف سی آر کا خاتمہ کیا جائے اور خیبر پختونخوا میں ضم کیا جائے۔ فاٹا سیاسی اتحاد

پشاور : فاٹا قیام میں امن کو جلد سے جلد ممکن بنائی جائے اور آئی ڈی پیز کی باعزت واپسی اور نقصانات کا ازالہ کیا جائے۔ نیشنل ایکشن پلان کے تحت فاٹا کی پوزیشن کو واضح کیا جائے کہ اب تک دہشتگرد کیوں ختم نہ ہوسکے۔ فاٹا کے لوگوں کوصرف پاکستانی شناختی کارڈ نہیں بلکہ ان پر پاکستانی قانون کا ...

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Wife of former ISI operative claims Nawaz Sharif received money from Osama Bin Laden

A new book authored by the wife a former operative of Pakistan’s spy agency has once again made the claim that Nawaz Sharif received money from al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. The book, Khalid Khawaja: Shaheed-i-Aman, is authored by Shamama Khalid, the wife of former ISI operative Khalid Khawaja. “Chief of PML-N Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif received funding from Osama ...

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قبایل د وحشت اور کې او د نړیوالو بشري ټولنو چوپتیا

له کومې ورځې چې قبایلي سیمې وروسته له سړې جګړې د سړې جګړې تکاملي پړاو ته وټاکل شوې. د سپټامبر د یولسمې له  ترسیم شوې پېښې وروسته د منځنۍ اسیا لپاره د تپل شوې جګړې ژوندي ساتلو لپاره د نړیوالو جګړمارو بنسټ پالو په مرکز بدلې شوې.د عربو او یمن باغیان د منځنۍ اسیا باغیان چې د اوزبکستان او تاجکستان ...

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Sharmeen Obaid wins second Oscar award

The filmmaker won for her documentary A Girl in the River, which sheds light on honour killing in Pakistan Just minutes ago Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy made history as the only Pakistani to win two Oscar awards. Sharmeen was awarded the Oscar in the category Best Documentary – Short Subject for her documentary A Girl in the River, which follows the ...

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