The on going political schism in Pakistan is manifested in conflict between civilian and military elites over controlling the system for policy making and resource allocation. It is also reflected in a prolonged political confrontation encouraged by the security establishment to put pressure on civilian governments for expanding its control. But since both the civil and military factions of the ...

Ending violence against women/gender alliance Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally administered tribal area (EVAW/G Alliance KP Fata) in collaboration with Shirkat Gah, UN Women and Social work department organized Award distribution ceremony and panel discussion for those human rights defenders who are contributing in their respective fields to end violence against all genders and groups. In those winners we had two females who ...

Some converts are introduced to Christianity on the way to Europe, while others were repressed in their home countries. More and more refugees are converting from Islam to Christianityas they settle in Germany, churches have said. Footage showed three refugees recently being baptised at the Evangelical-Freikirchlichen Gemeinde in Berlin. Matthias Linke, the priest, asked them: “Do you believe from the bottom ...

The former foreign affairs minister of Pakistan Hina Rabbani Khar has said Pakistan should change course in neighboring Afghanistan, a recommendation which comes amid deteriorating relations between Kabul and Islamabad, mainly due to war against terrorism. In an interview with Gandhara/RFERL, Khar urged urged Islamabad to revive their administration’s foreign policy approach of maintaining good relations with neighboring countries. In ...

PESHAWAR: For the first time Khyber Agency may be put on the world’s map for its archaeological richness as a survey team is thrilled to have found prehistoric rock carvings in this tribal region. Khyber Agency was known more as a gateway to Central Asia and remained a favorite route for the invaders, pilgrims and traders for centuries and in ...

KABUL: President Asrhaf Ghani and the US Defense Secretary, Ashton Carter, who landed in Kabul on Friday in an unannounced visit, appeared before media, where Carter assured his country’s support to Afghanistan in fight against militants. US forces in Afghanistan would continue their counter-terrorism mission in Afghanistan, he said, adding, the United States will continue to target and eliminate remnants ...

KABUL: The National Security Adviser, Mohammad Haneef Atmar said that the terrorists’ sanctuaries and sources of funding are beyond Afghanistan’s borders. “The terrorists’ sanctuaries and sources of funding are beyond Afghanistan’s borders, which enabled the continuation of this war,” he said in an interview with the New York Times. “The terrorists’ sanctuaries outside Afghanistan’s borders must be destroyed and the ...

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given his ex-post facto approval to the MoU between India and Afghanistan on cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space during the Union Cabinet meeting, it has been reported. According to the local media reports, the MoU envisages cooperation between the two countries for application of space technologies in education, agriculture, weather ...

Even after hours of smooth flying, you shouldn’t get very comfy. Why? Well, if you were to believe the world’s foremost authority on airline safety, Professor Arnold Barnett of MIT, the riskiest segment of the flight, i.e., the landing, is still ahead of you. The hundred-plus passengers and crew flying Shaheen Airlines learnt the hard lesson when their plane crash-landed ...

DUBAI: The Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), a party struggling for freedom, said on Wednesday that Pakistani secret services agencies including Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) were abducting its party members aimed at suppressing the independence movement. Chairman JSMM, Shafi Muhammad Burfat, urged the United Nations and human rights organizations to take serious notice of large-scale violation of the human rights by ...