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ISLAMABAD: Leader of Balochistan National Party, Sardar Akhtar Mengal while claiming that agreements and MoUs under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are being concealed said without Gwadar there will be no CPEC and Chinese investment. Talking to media persons at the residence of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, the BNP leader his party is sensing the lack of transparency in ...

Afghanistan opener Mohammad Shahzad slammed a magnificent 118* as he broke several records during the Twenty20 match against Zimbabwe in Sharjah. SHARJAH: Mohammad Shahzad’s nickname is MS, in tribute to his idol Mahendra Singh Dhoni. On Sunday, Shahzad lit up Sharjah with a knock which would have made the Indian limited-overs skipper proud. On Sunday, in the second Twenty20 international ...

“After its defeats in Anglo-Afghan wars in 1842, 1880 and 1919, Britain wanted to avenge the defeats in form of carving Pakistan out from the land of Afghanistan and India. Pakistani leadership was aware of the fact that Pashtuns would never accept Pakistan as their homeland, therefore, it ordered the massacre of Babrra in Charsadda district on August 12, 1948 ...

Amid growing optimism regarding the revival of stalled Afghan peace talks with the mediation of Pakistan,  former US diplomats have said it would be unlikely for the Pakistani military to close down the Taliban and Haqqani network operations and imprison Afghan militant leaders willing to pursue violence. “Pakistani military has never been willing to take the very steps most likely to ...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in his meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince and Defence Minister Muhammad Bin Salman assured him of Pakistan’s support if any threat arises to Saudi Arabia’s territorial integrity. According to a statement released from Prime Minister House, the prime minister welcomed the Saudi initiative to establish a coalition of like minded Islamic countries to ...

AFGHANISTAN: President of Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said that Afghanistan has a specific stance for peace and no deal would be made on its independence and constitution. While talking to a gathering of local government officials and representatives of the eastern region on Sunday, he said first round of discussions for peace talks is going to be held tomorrow and ...

ZURICH: Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi is targeting an unprecedented fifth Ballon d’Or award in Zurich on Monday, with the Argentine heavily favoured to reclaim the prize from three-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo. Brazil striker Neymar, who plays alongside Messi at Barca, is also in the running to be crowned world player of the year after he was included on the three-man ...

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande made an unannounced visit to the main mosque in Paris on Sunday, a year after terrorist attacks in the French capital. “The president had a short conversation and a moment of friendship and fraternity over a cup of tea,” a French presidency official said. Earlier, Hollande attended a low-key event to mark a year since ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has order the Ministry of Defense to continue bombing the fanatics of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) which is also known as Daesh. During his speech at the gathering organized in Jalalabad for the assessment of security situation and development on Sunday the President said that Daesh does not have room in ...

COLOGNE: German Chancellor Angela Merkel backed on Saturday a toughening of expulsion rules for convicted refugees, as protesters took to the streets against a shocking rash of assaults blamed on migrants during New Year’s festivities. Both women’s groups and supporters of the xenophobic PEGIDA movement mobilised in separate rallies in Cologne, as Merkel declared that refugees found to have committed ...