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AFGHANISTAN: The delegation of National Youth Organization (NYO) visited Jalalabad to commemorate the 28th death anniversary of Bacha Khan organised by the Government of Nangrahar Province. The Pashtun youths from Khyber-Pashtunkhwa were warmly welcomed by the Government of Afghanistan and were also conveyed the message by Afghan president Ashraf Ghani. In the event, the followers of Bacha Khan from Afghanistan ...

The third round of quadrilateral meeting on Afghan peace process will be held on 6th February in the capital city of Pakistan, the officials said Thursday. A spokesman for Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry Qazi Khalilullah told reporters that representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan, United States and China will meet next to discuss the Afghan peace process. Khalilullah further added that the meeting ...

PAKISTAN: The head of a powerful religious body said on Thursday he is willing to review Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws that critics say are regularly misused and have led to the deaths of hundreds, to decide if they are Islamic. Pakistan’s religious and political elites almost universally keep clear of debating blasphemy laws in a country where criticism of Islam is a highly sensitive subject. Two ...

FRANCE: A demonstration was organized by a topless activist in Paris today to protest against the execution of hundreds of people in Iran every year. The activist from international women’s rights group – Femen staged the demonstration as the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is in Paris to sign off new business deals between the two countries. With an Iranian flag ...

Kohli fan’s father feels sorry for son who will not have access to TV in jail to watch cricketer batting in T20s. OKARA: The whole town of 54/2L knew that Umar Daraz was an ardent fan of Indian master blaster Virat Kohli. His favourite batsman’s outclass performance in the recent series in Australia excited him so much that he hoisted ...

Pakistan is fighting a war against terrorism without an ideology and that is the reason behind why Pakistan has still not been able to define its goals and those of its fight It is the first time that an Islamic, ideological state — Pakistan — is being confronted with an armed group whose ideology is based on the state religion, ...

AFGHANISTAN: The loyalists of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) which is locally known by its Arabic name Daesh launched a radio in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan about three months before . They would broadcast Pashto language programs through the radio named ‘Khilafat Ghag Radio’ or ‘Voice of the Caliphate’.  But the group has now begun its ...

PESHAWAR: Pakhtunkhwa Ulasi Tehrik (PUT) hold a grand Qabayalee Jirga in Peshawar consisting FATA parliamentarians, FATA political alliance, Lawyers, students, women and tribal elders warmly participated in the Jirga. The participants of Jirga supported the merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and passes the following resolutions: ONE: The Jirga decide to merge FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and have rejects the ...