The site in Abbottabad’s Bilal Town where once stood a huge compound which was raided by the US Navy Seals in the midnight of May 1 and May 2, 2011. The Americans claimed killing Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden in the strike. Pakistani authorities later dismantled the building to prevent frequent visits by Osama’s followers. The site now remains ...

The Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai has said that the ongoing violence in Afghanistan is not as a result of conflict among Afghans but is the result of an imposed war on the Afghan nation. In his speech during the Fifth Ministerial Meeting of Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), Karzai said “We are ...

A woman has been sentenced to a total of 100 years in prison in the western US state of Colorado for attempted murder of unborn child, it has been reported. The woman was found guilty during a court hearing for cutting a seven-month-old foetus from the womb of an expectant mother. The convict, Dynel Lane, was found guilty by a ...

Pakistan having the fifth largest army and posses third biggest nuclear stock pile in the world. Why? Where are they using it?, to occupy Kashmiries, or to create Khalistan or to be honest; occupy Afghanistan to increase its strategic depth. There is something fishy. Mr. Massoud is not the first one to consider national resistance. The first one was; Ghani ...

Stuttgart: Police use pepper spray against protesters outside the Stuttgart Congress Centre on Saturday.—AFP STUTTGART: German riot police on Saturday arrested some 400 protesters as clashes erupted outside a meeting of the right-wing populist AfD party, which is set to adopt an anti-Islamic manifesto amid a rise in European anti-migrant groups. Left-wing demonstrators burned tyres and threw firecrackers as they ...

Kaleemullah, who hails from Chaman, signed up with Tulsa Roughnecks in December last year. — Taimoor Khan/File Pakistan attacker Kaleemullah Khan, on Saturday, netted his first United Soccer League (USL) goal, but still could not help his team, Tulsa Roughnecks, avoid a 3-1 defeat against San Antonio FC. Kaleemullah, who hails from Chaman, signed up with Tulsa Roughnecks in December ...

A steep decrease has been reported in Peshawar trade with the repatriation of Afghan refugees from the city which saw a rapid rise following a deadly attack on Army Public School late in 2014. According to the local media reports, citing local traders, the Afghan refugees were forming the majority of their customers. The repatriation of expulsion of refugees following ...

ISLAMABAD – The International Labour Day-2016 will be observed on Sunday (1 May) across the globe including Pakistan under the theme “Celebrating the international labour movement”. The Labour Day aims to pay tribute to workers’ sacrifices in achieving economic and social rights all over the world. Labor unions throughout Pakistan would celebrate and organise seminars, rallies and parades where union ...

In the past few decades, the role of women in our society has been drastically changed. Women can be fighter-jet pilots, educationists, customer services heads, company executives, admin heads, banking, HR and telecom sector leaders. Women are making a tremendous contribution in all areas. Men are no longer considered as the only breadwinner of the house; women are now also financially supporting ...

Zarghuna Kargar “Dear Zari: Hidden Stories from Women in Afghanistan,” Naomi Goldsmith (ed.), London: Vintage Books, 2012. Contents: ‘My Story’ (Author), 12 individual life stories recounted by Afghan Women, Epilogue & Glossary. It is not often we are offered a glimpse into the private lives of Afghan women. The portrayal of Afghan women as vulnerable victims of cultural norms, traditions ...