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ISLAMABAD: A lobbying session with Pakistan Pe0ples Party (PPP) was organized by Civil Society Network (PCSN), Tribal NGOs Consortium (TNC), AAs Foundation, Peace Justice and youth organizations, Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) and Blue Veins to discuss the content of Prevention of Electronic Crime Bill 2015 which has been approved by the Standing Committee on Information and Technology and is about ...

A boy cuts off his own right hand because it offended God. Pedophilia is holy. To question is to risk execution. Welcome to a nation in thrall to suicidal fanaticism. LONDON: Somewhere in the world there is a Muslim-majority country in which a 15-year-old boy accidentally raised his hand to answer the wrong question at a religious sermon. The boy ...

Pakistan is squeaking under internal and external pressures tearing it apart. Not only the credibility of the rulers is lost but the country has also lost its international respect as a sovereign state. Even the powers that matter in global affairs have put a BIG (?) on Pakistan. Their dealings with Pakistan are on day-to-day basis. No one is sure ...

AFGHANISTAN: Four air strikes have been conducted in Achin District of eastern Nangarhar province in which a radio run by the terrorist group of the Islamic State (IS) has been destroyed and 29 militants killed. Officials say the air strikes were carried out with the assistance of foreign forces in Mamand Dara area last night. First air strike reportedly targeted ...

The Council of Islamic Ideology is a constitutional body that advises, according to Article 230, the legislature whether or not a certain law is repugnant to Islam, namely to the Qur’an and Sunna.However, its religious and intellectual output is non-binding, advisory in nature. Peeping back into the history, all the major theologies and civilizations have been transformed in at par ...

The killing of a pro-independent Balochistan leader, Dr. Manan, on Saturday by the Pakistani security forces in Mastung is a great setback for establishing peace in volatile Balochistan. Dr. Manan was the secretary general of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), a political party that opposes Balochistan’s [what it bills as ‘forceful’] annexation with Pakistan and calls for a free homeland ...

AFGHANISTAN: An Afghan multi-millionaire has spent millions to create the largest individual collection of Hindi movies released between 1940 to 1980. The 63-year-old Amanullah Nezami surprised the Indian authorities as he recently arrived to the country possessing a five-year visa which is rare among the non-diplomat foreigners. With the security agencies suspicious regarding his visa, Mr. Nezami managed to obtain ...

Hujra is a basic institution in Pashtun’s society and the essential symbol of Pashtunwali. Hujra is the site of great learning, for the promotion of art, poetry, music and culture in the Pashtun society. It is a common sitting or sleeping place for men in the villages, as Pashtuns are basically people of villages rather than cities, and guests and unmarried young men ...

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic defeated No. 2-ranked Andy Murray 6-1, 7-5, 7-6(3) for a record-equalling sixth Australian Open title on Sunday. Only Emerson (12), who also won six Australian crowns in the 1960s, Pete Sampras and Rafael Nadal (14) and Roger Federer (17) are now ahead of the Serbian in the all-time Grand Slam singles championship list. Djokovic is ...

IN BERLIN they speak of “Plan B”; in Brussels the fear is of the U-turn. Whatever the term, the prediction is the same: that Angela Merkel is on the brink of reversing the generous policy towards asylum-seekers that saw more than a million of them reach Germany last year. For now, Mrs Merkel sticks to her well-worn line: Wir schaffen ...