ISLAMABAD: The Amnesty International urged Pakistan to resolve hundreds of cases of enforced disappearances as the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted on Monday the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of Pakistan. “As an elected member of this council, Pakistan must uphold the highest human rights standards – to not just acknowledge violations, but take concrete steps to end ...

The brazen manipulations, corruption and intervention by intelligence agencies in the recent Senate elections has exposed the hollowed and farcical nature of the current “ republic “ which doesn’t qualify anymore to  be called even a  mere facade of democracy. On the one hand the creeping coup going on for the last few years has now culminated into a  blatant ...

Crooked tribal chiefs of Mamandkhel tribe to hold “solidarity rally tomorrow Friday to undermine Pashtun Protection Movement BANNU: Soon after the Pashtun Protection Movement organized a protest demonstration in Bannu against the FIRs registered against the movement’s active members just for voicing their concerns against state terrorism and seeking constitutional rights, the tribal chiefs (Malakaan) of Mamandkhel tribe vowed they ...

After years of suppression and victimization, the long suffering Pashtuns—second largest ethnic population in Pakistan have finally found a voice and move against state sponsored terrorism and oppression. In January, thousands of ethnic Pashtuns from Tribal Region (FATA), accompanied by Pashtuns from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan marched toward Islamabad, after the killing of Naqib Mahsud, an inspiring model from South ...

LAHORE: The Pashtun, Baloch and Seraiki students’ sit-in outside the Punjab University’s VC Office continued for the fifth day on Sunday. The students are protesting against the university administration’s action over a clash between the councils and the Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) on the campus that happened in January. Twelve students were injured when IJT members and Pashtun students clashed ...

MINGORA: Awami National Party (ANP) president Asfandyar Wali Khan said on Sunday that if his party came to power it would work for the merger of Fata (Federally Admi­nistered Tribal Areas) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Addressing a public meeting of his party at Grassy Ground in Swat, he claimed that the people of tribal areas wanted Fata’a merger with KP. ANP’s ...

Foreign minister Khawaja Asif had ink thrown at him during a PML-N workers’ convention in Sialkot on Saturday. The veteran politician was addressing his party workers when an unidentified man doused him with black ink from behind. Following the incident, enraged PML-N workers roughed up the ink-thrower before handing him over to the police. Asif, however, pardoned the attacker instantly ...

Traditionally elections for Senate , the house of federation, held every three years to elect 52 senators ( half of the total) would be held without much suspense because of its limited electoral college and predictability of the results due to the already known strength of the political parties in their respective provincial assemblies. In post Zia era the impact of the ...

LAHORE, Pakistan — On Jan. 13, the police in Karachi, Pakistan, claimedto have killed four militants suspected of having links to the Islamic State. Rao Anwar, the officer leading the operation, said that the men had opened fire on the police and were killed in the gunfight. Pictures of the dead circulated on social media and were broadcast on Pakistani television networks. Family ...

ZHOB: The key member of Pashtun Takhafuz Movement (PTM) Ali Wazir said that after Zhob convention their strength and confidence has gone many notches higher. Talking to The Pashtun Times, he thanked the Pashtuns of Zhob who turned out in a large number and attended the gathering. He said that they are very much confident about Quetta convention as they are ...