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If religious texts were completely free from the vagaries of interpretative meaning there would have been no wars, genocides, segregations or hate based on religious faith, for one simple reason…there would be no grounds for believers to argue about what ‘god’ wants or how they should live. Make no mistake, there is no one true text, no definitive right interpretation ...

Good Afternoon from the corner of Qazi Muhib Hockey  Stadium, Bannu. Two local persons after their office work are playing Katoor (Nu Katai), a local game famous among Pashtuns but not very popular among the Pashtun youths.

For the ruling classes, history writing is important because they can control and monopolise it and use it to their advantage. In this way they can be remembered by future generations as benefactors and deliverers. In the past, rulers employed historians in order to highlight their achievements and glorify their personalities for which they were rewarded with financial patronage, and ...

Every soul is deeply hurt and justifiably furious at the wicked attacks on Paris. The incident is a colossal human tragedy and needs to be mourned as a collective sorrow. Even the most sceptical among the observers is now convinced that there can be no hope of preserving the sanctity of world peace unless the issue of terrorism is solved. ...

The legacy of the Iraq war…

The sound of the rabab has a magnetic lure. The nylon or gut strings evoke a soulful serenade, tugging at our heartstrings. Originating from central Afghanistan, the instrument is a staple of Pakistan’s Pukhtun populated musical landscape. Yet, the art of crafting a fine rabab has taken a hit in recent years, with the number of rabab makers swiftly dwindling. ...

PAKISTAN: A mass burial of 41 militants, all 15-19 in age, has been offered today in Timergara, the capital of Lower Dir. They were received in Timergara by local people wrapped in the flags of al-Badar organization and Jumat-ud-Dawa. 21 among the dead are believed to be from Albadar organization, considered to be droned in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The ...

CHARSADDA: The Awami National Party central president Asfandyar Wali Khan has reiterated that he will not attend any government briefing until his party’s reservations regarding the western route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) were redressed. Addressing a party workers convention at Gulabad here on Friday, the ANP chief demanded that all announcements, including establishment of industrial estates in Khyber ...

Pashtun is a Central Asian nation that lies between the rivers Oxus and Indus. Pashtun is also known as Afghan, Pakhtun and Pathan; the latter name, however, is construed as offensive by the Pashtun people because, it is said, that the name ‘Pathan’ was given to the Pashtun by the British during their rule in India. The land of Pashtun ...

At the end of the 4th century A.D, the raids of Ephthalites posed a formidable threat to the Eastern province of Sassanian Iran. Although at first Ephthalites were not much successful against the Sassanid rulers Bahram Gur and Yazdegerd II, yet towards the end of 5th century, by the year A.D. 483, they gained much ground in Afghanistan, made successful ...