Author Archives: The Pashtun Times

حاجی صاحب، مُلا اور ہم/ افتاب احمد ملاگوري

همارے معاشرے میں خان ، چوهدری ، وڈهیرا اور سید صاحب جیسے بہت سارے اور بھی کردار ہیں، جنہیں ہمارے سماج میں عزت (کسی حد تک مصنوعی) حاصل ہے۔ ان کرداروں میں سے ایک کردار حاجی صا حب کا بهی ہے۔ حاجی صاحب وه خوش قسمت انسان ہے، جسے خدا کے گهر کا دیدار نصیب ہوا ہوتا، غرض یہ کہ ...

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UN cgief arrives in Kabul for talks with Ghani, Abdullah

KABUL: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday arrived in capital Kabul on an unscheduled visit. He is due tomeet national unity government leaders and UN officials in the country. The UN secretary general is in Kabul for the first time after assuming office to show solidarity with the people of Afghanistan for peace, stability and development, said the UN ...

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Fire engulfs tower block in west London

LONDON: A massive fire ripped through a 27-storey apartment block in west London before dawn Wednesday, causing dozens of casualties and trapping residents inside. Rescue services, giving an early toll, said 30 people had been hospitalised, and eyewitnesses said they had seen others fall or jump from the stricken building. Flames ravaged the tower, lighting up the pre-dawn west London ...

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The Progressive ‘Khan’ and ‘Pakhtun’

In 1921, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan founded an organization called Anjuman e Islah ul Afghania (Society for the Reform of Afghans) for economic, social and educational reforms. With the passage of time, Bacha Khan realized that the organization had slender success in mobilizing mass interest in social reform and nationalist struggle. Therefore, he began to give thought to a much ...

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A shift in Pakistan foreign policy under different government and time to reshape it

Since the creation of Pakistan, the debate over the foreign policy of Pakistan is a subject matter which is not very clear to every common citizen. The history witnessed drastic changes in the Pakistan foreign policy under different regimes. The foreign policy of Pakistan change with the change of every government and no reliable system has been adopted with the ...

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دوزخي فکره بریزنسکي دې په دوزخ کې وریت شي

بریزینسکي له دوزخه الهام اخیستی او هلته دې وسوځي زبیګنو برزینسکي یو مشهور پولنډي– الاصله امریکايي وو، چې په نړیوالو اړیکو کې مشهور عالم تیر شوی او د امریکا متحده ایالاتو پخواني جمهور ریئس کارټر په اداره کې یې د ملي آمنیت د سلاکار په توګه دنده ترسره کړي ده. هغه په ژوره توګه د ۱۹۷۰ لسیزې د ناکراریو او ...

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Mashal’s father seeks govt help to shift to Islamabad

SWABI: Mohammad Iqbal, father of the lynched Mardan university student Mashal Khan, said here on Monday that without financial support of the government and provision of security his two daughters won’t be able to continue their education. Talking to this correspondent, he said Mashal’s two younger sisters, Storia Iqbal and Saba Iqbal, were not in a position to attend educational ...

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US airstrike target Haqqani network commander in Pakistan

PESHAWAR: A commander of the Haqqani terrorist network has reportedly been targeted in a US airstrike in tribal regions of Pakistan. According to the local officials, the airstrike was carried out late on Monday night in the vicinity of Hangu district located in northwestern parts of Pakistan. A security official quoted by the Mashal Radio of Radio Liberty has said ...

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Beijing to mediate between Kabul, Islamabad: President Ghani

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani says China would mediate between Afghanistan and Pakistan for the first time, with the Chinese foreign minister set to visit Kabul soon. Ghani’s office said in a statement on Tuesday the president made the statement during a meeting with women activists from different organisations. The president equated the May 31 bombing in Kabul to the 9/11 ...

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Kalbhushan Jadhav and the terrible history of Pakistani judicial and military justice

An open letter to the United Nations’ Commission on Human Rights and International law, The International Court of Justice, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, European Parliament, European External Action Service, All the head of Democratic countries of the world and other International Human Rights Organizations. Honorable United Nations’ Human Rights Commissioners, The President and the members of International Court of ...

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