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On May 22, 2017, Pakistani band Khumariyaan performed to a packed theatre at Trinity College Dublin. Mr. Nasruddin Saljuqi, who is Chairperson of the Afghan Community of Ireland, was among the keynote speakers on the night. Mr. Saljuqi was born in Herat, Afghanistan in 1956.  After completing his degree in literature at Kabul University, he worked in the Ministry of Telecommunication ...

Who resists the Revolution? Revolution comes through evolutionary ways, some says. They say that if the ground is not prepared for the revolution then the situation will be just like in France, where people brought revolution under the banner of Liberty, equality, fraternity and people sovereignty, however on the contrast, got the Robespierre. Furthermore, they argue that Afghanistan also faced ...

QUETTA : Pakistan — The Committee to Protect Journalists has decried the arrest of a Pakistani reporter who apparently used social media to criticize security agencies for alleged reluctance to arrest a lawmaker whose vehicle struck and killed a police officer. The brother of the detained journalist, Zafar Achakzai, says he was picked up on Sunday evening by a group ...

PAKISTAN: Apart from the more than 150 killed immediately in the inferno, more than 100 people had suffered burn injuries in the incident. They had been shifted to the THQ Hospital in Ahmedpur Sharqia, Nishat Hospital in Multan, Victoria Hospital in Bahawalpur and Jinnah Hospital in Lahore. The latest deaths were reported by Jinnah Hospital Lahore, where four succumbed to ...

د کورمې په پاڼه چینار کې نن د زیارت په ورځ هم د ځايي خلکو احتجاج روان دی دغه احتجاج چې له اوو ورځي راهیسې روان دی، بار بار ترهګریز بریدونو او هلته پر مظاهره چیانو د ډزو په رد عمل کې شروع شوی دی. د ښار په پي اې چوک کې ناست د احتجاجیانو یوه مطالبه د معاوضې ده ...

د پښتونخوا ملي عوامي ګوند مشر محمود خان اڅکزي د ګلستان په کلا عبدالله کارېز کې دودیزې ولسي غونډې ته په خپله وینا کې وویل، هر پښتون چې په افغانستان خوا نه بدوي په خپل اېمان دې وډارېږي. نوموړي وویل په افغانستان کې هره ورځ څه نا څه سل کسان مري او له دې ناورینه د راوتو لپاره د دغه ...

Raymond Davis — United States citizen and ex-Central Intelligence Agency employee who sparked a diplomatic storm in Pakistan in 2011 after shooting dead two young men in Lahore — has written a book about his experience. In his memoir, titled The Contractor: How I Landed in a Pakistani Prison and Ignited a Diplomatic Crisis, Davis talks in detail about his experience in ...

PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday announced Rs1 million as compensation for each family of the victims of the recent Parachinar bombing attack, which claimed at least 72 lives. The prime minister also announced Rs0.5 million for each person injured in the blasts, according to a statement issued from the Prime Minister House. The premier has already issued directions to Governor ...

The United States senate has approved at least four thousand more visas for the Afghan nationals who have worked with the US-led coalition and fearing persecution by the militant groups, it has been reported. The new visas were approved by the US lawmakers in the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday. According to Reuters, the committee included the additional visas ...

KABUL: The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Wednesday announced the national team squad for the upcoming historic match against the World’s Best XI team, Maryl  ebone Cricket Club (MCC). The One Day International (ODI) match is scheduled to be played in Lord’s of London, United Kingdom on 11th July. The squad for the match includes Asghar Stanikzai, Noor Ali Zadran, ...