KABUL: Nearly 100 people were killed and wounded in two separate traffic incidents in western Farah and Nimroz provinces, local officials said Sunday. The first accident took place early morning when a bus collided with a truck in the Gulistan district of Farah province, said Ajmal Zahid, district governor. “At least 14 people died and 45 others were wounded in ...

KABUL: A hospital for the female addicts’ treatment is to be established soon in Kabul city, officials from the ministries of counter-narcotics and public health announced. “The 150-bed hospital will be established within two weeks in Kabul,” said minister of counter narcotics Salamat Azimi. She said that this center after establishing will exert utmost efforts to treat female drug consumers ...

Former President and co-chairman of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari will stay for two days in Karachi on the heels of his homecoming after he ends self imposed exile on December 23. The PPP on Monday readied his homecoming schedule. According to the schedule, the former president will leave for Larkana after meeting PPP leaders and parliamentarians in ...

Either the state is insecure about the letter and spirit of its theory or the theory itself is so weak that it cannot withstand the potency of opposing ideologies The other day turned out to be a good opportunity to walk into a Marxists den through a function hosted by the Progressive Pakistanis forum here in Toronto, on a night ...

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight from Lahore to Kuala Lumpur was diverted to Karachi due to technical reasons that developed mid-flight early Monday. PIA spokesman Danyal Gilani said upon landing in Karachi, the aircraft was replaced with an alternate plane before flight PK-898 took off for the Malaysian capital at 4:00am local time. “[The flight was] diverted due to ...

ISLAMABAD: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) may have cleared the ATR planes for flying operations, but mere clearance seemed a half-job done for the authorities as they resorted to slaughter black goat to ward off any ‘untoward happening’ in view of looming fear. According to our correspondent Salahuddin, sacrifice of the goat was given at Islamabad airport on behalf of ...

Jordanian policemen and an ambulance are seen in the vicinity of Karak Castle.—Reuters Gunmen killed 10 people including a Canadian tourist and police officers on Sunday in southern Jordan where security forces were hunting down the unidentified attackers. The shootings took place in Karak, a tourist destination known for one of the biggest Crusader castles in the region, around 120 ...

KOLKATA: Assuring Bangladesh’s support to India on the issue of tackling terror, its Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says Pakistan needs to be isolated for “harbouring terrorists and supporting terror acts”. He was also of the opinion that the delay in the Teesta water sharing treaty with India is giving scope to Opposition parties and fundamentalist organisations like Jamat in ...

Pashtuns are peace loving people, says Palwasha Abbas, Pashtun political activist, in an interview with The Pashtun Times THE PASHTUN TIMES

KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (lower house) of parliament on Saturday, summoned officials to brief about the air pollution. Commerce minister Humayon Rasa, Head of National Environment Protection Agency of Afghanistan Mustafa Zahir and Kabul Mayor Abdullah Habibzai were in the Wolesi Jirga to answer lawmakers regarding increasing of air pollution and trashes in Kabul city. “If the air pollution not ...