CHAKWAL: A man slit the throats of two women after raping one of them in a village of Talagang tehsil, police said on Thursday. The women, who were aged 30 and 26 years, recently moved to the Malkwal village in the jurisdiction of the Talagang Saddar police from Dhoke Syedan locality of Rawalpindi. They got a rented apartment and were ...

Tabassum Adnan winner of the Nelson Mandela – Graça Machel Innovation Award for the year 2016 in Individual Activist category. —Photo: CIVICUS Alliance SWAT: Tabassum Adnan, a women’s rights activist from Swat valley became the recipient of yet another prestigious award on Thursday when she was bestowed with the Nelson Mandela – Graça Machel Innovation Award 2016 in Bogota, Colombia. ...

WASHINGTON: Afghan American Zalmay Khalilzad, who is the highest ever ranking Muslim in any presidential administration, on Wednesday introduced Donald Trump, the GOP presidential front runner as he unveiled his foreign policy vision. “Today, as the primaries wind down, Donald Trump delivers a much anticipated speech on his foreign policy philosophy. This is a critical moment for America and for ...

The Afghan and Russian defense officials have agreed to establish a military-technical cooperation committee in a bid to jointly combat international terrorism. According to reports, the agreement was reached during a meeting between the acting Afghan defense minister Masoom Stanikzai and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu. “A number of specific steps and issues have been discussed, such as further training ...

LONDON: Naz Shah makes a statement in the House of Commons.—AP LONDON: Britain’s Labour Party on Wednesday suspended one of its own parliamentarians pending an investigation into allegations she shared anti-semitic posts on social media. Bradford West MP Naz Shah told the House of Commons she “profoundly” regretted the posts made in 2014, before she became an MP. Shah shared ...

KARACHI: Around 78 per cent of Pakistan’s population “strictly supports” that the teachings of Holy Quran should influence the country’s laws, a report said. A research report issued by Pew Research Center on Wednesday titled “Whether Quran should influence laws in countries” posed the question to respondents from 10 countries with significant Muslim populations. The question was posed in the following ...

Two key Taliban group militants were arrested as they were escaping from Dahana-e-Ghori district in northern Baghlan province, disguised as married couple. According to the local security officials, the two Taliban militants were identified as Mawlavi Jumadin and Qari Juma Khan. Provincial security chief Gen. Ewaz Mohammad Nazari confirmed that the two militants were involved in insurgency activities and were ...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during the 20th anniversary celebration of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization, CTBTO, at UN headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, April 27, 2016. ─ AP VIENNA: UN chief Ban Ki-moon called Wednesday for the US, China and other nuclear-armed states to end the “madness” of atomic testing by finally ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban ...

The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said the US-led war on terror failed because the extremists’ sanctuaries remained intact in Pakistan. During an interview with the Russia Today television network, Karzai said Washington should focus on cutting down extremists’ financial sources and training grounds if the country remains sincerely determined to fight terror in all its forms, and its ...

The Afghanistan National Cricket Team will start tour of Scotland, Ireland and Netherlands in coming July, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said Tuesday. According to a statement by ACB, the Afghan team will play in a series of 2 One Day International (ODI) matches, on 4th and 6th July. The statement further added that the second series will played against ...