Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) shakes hands with King Salman of Saudi Arabia after the Saudi monarch received Turkey’s highest state medal during a ceremony at the presidential complex in Ankara on April 12, 2016. —AFP ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday hosts over 30 heads of state and government from Islamic countries in Istanbul for a ...

PESHAWAR: Awami National Party (ANP) on Wednesday staged protest demonstrations against target killing of its local leader in Swat. Protest demonstrations were also staged in Peshawar, Mardan, Bannu, Charsadda, Lakki Marwat and Islamabad on the call of party leaderships. A large number of ANP workers, led by ANP Secretary General Mian Iftikhar Hussain, gathered outside Peshawar Press Club. The protesters ...

The draft agreement for Chabahar strategic port was finalized between Afghanistan, Iran and India on Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said. A statement by MoFA said the draft agreement is ready for the signing to create transportation and transit corridor in Chabahar port. The draft agreement was finalized during a meeting organized in Ministry of External Affairs of ...

ISLAMABAD: The controversial Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015 was approved in the National Assembly (NA) on Wednesday. The bill must be approved by Senate before it can be signed into law. The draconian bill ─ which has been criticised by the IT industry and by civil society for curbing human rights and giving overreaching powers to law enforcement agencies ...

PESHAWAR: Pashtunkhwa Ulasi Tehreek (PUT) hosted meeting of political parties on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to form a joint front. According to PUT media sources, political parties participated in the event were PTI, ANP, QWP, Jumate Islami, Awami Worker Party, ANP (Wali), Mazdoor Kisan Party attended the move. However, PPP, JUI-F couldn’t turn up. PUT sources added that all ...

The Taliban group leaders are convening key meetings in their safe havens inside the Pakistani soil, a top Afghan defense official said Wednesday. The Chief of Army Staff General Qadam Shah Shaheem told reporters in Kabul that the Taliban gatherings, including meetings to pledge allegiance are taking place in Pakistan. Gen. Shaheem also criticized the cross-border shelling by Pakistani military ...

An Afghan was unanimously appointed Human Rights Commissioner from Asia group in Organization of the Islamic Cooperation during an election process organized on Tuesday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said Asila Wardak received the most votes among the candidates from all three zones (Asia, Africa and Middle East) during the election process for OIC Human Rights Commissioners. A statement ...

I would kill a person before ending my life for that person, she says It’s so sad that Indian media has given credibility to the man, who was in jail because of harassing me: Priyanka After weeks of silence, Priyanka Chopra has finally spoken up about her ex-manager Prakash Jaju’s claims of her allegedly suicidal past. Following the mysterious death ...

The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the regional intelligence agencies and terrorist groups are imposing on the Afghan nation and have a critical role in the ongoing violence in the country. A statement by MoD said the terrorists are deployed to Afghanistan with full financial and military support under the name of holy war. MoD in its statement further added ...

A tower higher than Burj Khalifa, Emirate’s existing record-braking skyscraper, is set to be built in Dubai city of the United Arab Emirates. The announcement was made by Emaar Properties, unveiling ‘The Tower’ which is worth $1 billion and would be “a notch” taller than the Burj Khalifa. The Chairman of Emaar Properties Mohamed Alabbar said the tower is due ...