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Islamabad: Shop Decorated on Valentine’s Day

Photo by Wajid Ali Khan THE PASHTUN TIMES

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Happy Valentines

Valentine treasures are people who have crossed your path, family, friends and others, colleagues, neighbours and passing strangers who were kind. Luminous gems who support you and bring the warmth of love. To all our readers, love from everyone at the Pashtun Times. THE PASHTUN TIMES

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Daesh on the run in Afghanistan, claims President Ghani

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said he had warned the world regarding the threat posed by Daesh, a an extremist group that had been defeated in Afghanistan. Addressing participants the 52nd Munich Security Conference in Germany, the Afghan leaders accused the world of paying no attention to his warnings regarding the Islamic Sate (IS). He said many of Afghanistan’s ...

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US expresses concern over security of Pakistan’s N-weapons

WASHINGTON: The United States expressed concern on Friday over the security of Pakistan’s tactical nuclear weapons. The statement followed the US announcement about its intention to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. At a State Department news briefing, Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner said that tensions between India and Pakistan were equally worrying and urged the two nations to continue their ...

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Rigging reports in PTI’s intra-party elections

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Election Commission has taken an exception to irregularities in the party membership campaign, including fake membership by workers and leaders by using a number of mobile SIMs. An election commission meeting, chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Tasneem Noorani, at chairman’s secretariat on Saturday, said any irregularity or “rigging” would not be tolerated in the intra-party elections. ...

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Militancy in Education

Why does modern Pakistani education produce educated militants? Education is a continuous process of behavior formation. Similarly, Russell believes education is not information; it is formation of character. Each advancing step or level leads to a new observation, exposition and acquisition. In his thoughts on education Imam Ghazali says it is a process which enables an individual to distinguish between ...

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پشاور: ہومن رائٹس ڈائریکٹریٹ خواجہ سراؤں کے حقوق کو یقینی بنانے کیلئے پر عزم

ہیومن رائٹس کے ڈائریکٹر کے جانب سے ایکشن لئے جانے کے بعد خیبر پختونخواپولیس خواجہ سراؤں کے حقوق کو یقینی بنانے کیلئے متحرک ۔ پشاور :  ہومن رائٹس کے ڈائریکٹر نور زمان خٹک نے پشاور میں قاتلانہ حملے میں زخمی ہونے والے خواجہ سرا عدنان کی ایف ائی ار پر کوئی عمل در آمد نہ ہونے پر نوٹس لیتے ہوئے ایس ...

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Valentine’s Day celebrations banned in Kohat district

KOHAT: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Kohat district has banned the celebration of Valentine’s Day, according to a notification issued by the Nazim of Kohat District Government. Celebration, sale of Valentine’s Day cards and paraphernalia has been banned across the district according to the notification issued by Maulana Niaz Mohammad, belonging to the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F). The notification issued by the district ...

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President of Pakistan urges people not to observe Valentine’s Day

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Friday urged people of the country not to observe Valentine’s Day, saying that it was not a part of Muslim tradition, but of the West. Addressing a function held here to pay homage to Pakistan Movement leader Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar on his death anniversary, the president said: “Valentine’s Day has no connection with our ...

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Taliban peace negotiators visit Islamabad

Two senior members of Taliban’s political office in Qatar have made a visit to Islamabad ahead the resumption of face-to-face peace talks with Afghan government. The delegation reportedly visited Islamabad on February 6, on the eve of third round of the quadrilateral talks for finalizing the three-step roadmap for restarting the halted process. The two peace negotiators were Sher Mohammad ...

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