After the fall of Sikh kingdom in Punjab, the British crossed river Indus in 1847, for the second time in nine years, and violently encountered the first non-Indian people on their imperial frontier – the Pashtun tribes. The rough terrain of the Pashtun territory had not much worth in economic terms for the East India Company, and the earlier British ...

BANNU: The leaders of Awami National Party, Tehreek-i-Insaf, Pakistan Peoples Party, Jamiat Ulama-i-Islam, Mulim League (N), Jamat-i-Islami, and Qawmi Watan Party addressed the rally, which emerged from Milad Park in Bannu and reached the Bannu Press Club, where it acquired the shape of a protest. Addressing the protesters, Nisar Ali Khan, Malak Ghulam Khan, Riaz Khan, Hafiz Farhad Ali, Malak ...

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group has burned owned fighters alive in its stronghold of Mosul for retreating and letting government forces recapture Ramadi of Anbar province. Several residents of Mosul recounted the grisly story for stateside relatives, describing the deadly reception black clad jihadists got when they made it to Mosul, some 250 miles north ...

QUETTA: A comparatively big explosion rocked Pakistan’s Quetta city Wednesday morning leaving at least 15 people killed and 10 others wounded. Officials said the blast was apparently a suicide attack targeting security forces near a polio center. According to Mir Sarfaraz Bugti, Home Minister of Baluchistan, 13 of the dead are policemen. Hospital sources at Sandeman Hospital in the city ...

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama, tackling one of the most vexing foreign policy challenges of his presidency, vowed a robust campaign to “take out” the militant Islamic State (IS) group in his final State of the Union address. He chastised Republicans for “over the top claims” about the extremist group’s power in his final State of the Union address on Tuesday. ...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday said the government wants to send a team of special investigators to the Pathankot air base in India for further investigation. In a statement, the PMO also confirmed the arrests of several members of the Jaish-i-Mohammad militant group, which India suspects of involvement in what was nearly week-long siege of the Pathankot Indian air ...

BANNU: The correspondent of ‘THE PASHTUN TIMES’ Musa Khan Nangialey has become Gold Medalist in MA International Relations. In September 2015, he appeared in the annual examinations of University of Science and Technology Bannu as a private candidate in discipline of International Relations and secured 798/1100 marks. It is the highest ever score in the history of UST Bannu in ...

KABUL: A Canadian tourist, who was kidnapped in southern Afghanistan five years ago by the Taliban, has been released, authorities in Toronto says. Colin Rutherford was reported missing in February 2011 while visiting the Ghazni province. He was freed with Qatar’s help, the Canadian foreign minister said on Monday. Stephane Dion added: “Canada is very pleased that efforts undertaken to ...

The Russian President Vladimir Putin has hinted that the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could be granted asylum in Russia. In an interview with a German magazine, Putin said it was premature to discuss the issue to provide shelter for President Assad. However, he said “We granted asylum to Mr. Snowden, which was far more difficult than to do the same ...

PAKISTAN: World’s largest video-sharing website. Youtube, on Tuesday announced that it has launched localised versions of the site in Pakistan. According to a media release issued by Youtube’s parent firm Google, visitors to YouTube from Pakistan will see their country-specific YouTube site by default. For instance, users from Pakistan will now see the YouTube Pakistan site in Urdu when they ...