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QUETTA: Becoming the first woman to hold the post in the history of the province, Rahila Hameed Khan Durrani was elected unopposed as the speaker of the Balochistan Assembly on Thursday. Durrani belongs to the ruling Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N), which leads the provincial government alongside Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) and National Party. No other candidate submitted ...

PARIS – As part of a constitutional reform, French government would submit a law aimed at revoking citizenship of all dual nationals, including those who were born in France and convicted on terrorism charges, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced on Wednesday. “The government decided to submit to parliament the extension of revoking nationality of all bi-nationals,” Valls said after ...

KABUL – The members of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) enter to Nangarhar province by helicopters, a number of senators said on Tuesday. Presence and movements of Daesh group in most parts of the country, particularly Nangarhar have raised concerns. Inhabitants of Nangarhar province – who have escaped the area – say militants associated with Daesh are having ...

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ISLAMABAD: National Youth Organization commemorated the 3rd anniversary of the martyrdom of the great Pashtun nationalist leader, Bashir Ahmad Bilour, today, in front of Islamabad Press Club. The Central President of NYO Khushal Khan Khattak, the NYO Islamabad President Ahmed Bilour, the General Secretary of NYO Irfan Khan, Vice President NYO from Khyber-Pashtunkhwa Usman Sikandri and member of Awami National ...

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KABUL: A high level Pakistani delegation is due to visit Kabul in the near future to meet with Afghan officials in a bid to revive stalled peace talks with the Taliban, a member of the High Peace Council (HPC) said on Monday. This comes after President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistani leaders agreed earlier this month to resume the peace process ...

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TAJIKISTAN: Afghan Mixed Martial Art (MMA) fighter Baz Mohammad Mubariz faced defeat during his debut in Russia’s Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB) facing Islam Makoev in Tajikistan on Sunday night. Despite coming out strong during the initial minutes with some ground and pound action, Mubariz lost the match via ‘standing rear naked choke’ submission. With Sunday night’s loss Mubariz added another ...

LONDON –British Prime Minister David Cameron told The Sunday Telegraph newspaper he wanted to see female British soldiers training to fight on the front line in 2016. Cameron has asked the Ministry of Defence to be ready to post women in ground close-combat roles by the end of next year, after Washington announced this month its military will open all ...