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IJT, Pakhtun students clash at Peshawar’s Islamia College University

PESHAWAR: At least two students were injured and 12 arrested on Tuesday after clash between members of the Islami Jamiat-i-Talaba (IJT) and Pakhtun Students Federation (PSF) on the premises of Islamia College University in Peshawar. Eyewitnesses claimed that IJT members had stopped and questioned a PSF member while he was walking with a female student who studies at the same ...

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Musician wants to save rabab from extinction

Mutrib Mashukhel sets up academy to impart training of string instrument Mutrib Mashukhel plays rabab at his academy in Peshawar.  PESHAWAR: Noted musician and singer Mutrib Mashukhel has established an academy for teaching intricacies of rabab playing at Achini Chowk on Ring Road in Peshawar to save the oldest musical instrument from being extinct. Irfan Khalil, a local leader of ...

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Political novice to become Tamil Nadu CM

CHENNAI: A former video cassette seller with close ties to Tamil Nadu’s late leader will become the next chief minister of the Indian state, capping a remarkable rise for the political novice. The ruling party in the southern state announced on Sunday that VK Sasikala would become the next leader following the resignation of the acting chief minister. Her rise ...

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Peshawar 2.0 and IMSciences singed an MOU

PESHAWAR: Peshawar 2.0 an Social Enterprise working for the promotion of technology and entrepreneurship, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar. The MoU will help, cross organizations’ Information and Knowledge sharing. Dr. Faisal Khan of Peshawar 2.0 and Dr. Muhammad Mohsin Khan of Institute of Management Studies, Peshawar signed the said MOU at IMSciences Peshawar. The ...

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Ancient well discovered in Charsadda’s centuries old graveyard

CHARSADDA: An ancient well was unearthed in an old graveyard in Charsadda on Saturday when unknown people exhumed a grave, said an official from the archaeology department. The well was uncovered when a grave was dug along a roadside graveyard. “It is an ancient well, almost 60 feet deep,” said Mir Hayat Khan, an official from the archaeology department. The ...

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Wildlife dept seizes over 100 birds in Lakki, Bannu

A wildlife official shows the seized birds to media persons in Lakki Marwat. BANNU: The wildlife department seized more than 100 birds during raids on hunting places in Lakki Marwat and Bannu districts on Wednesday. Sources said that wildlife authorities formed a special raiding party after receiving information that hunters were busy in hunting birds at several places. They said ...

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Pakistani woman, 36, jailed for filming porn film with her son, 14, and sending clips to cousin in Pakistan

UNITED KINGDOM: A Pakistani woman has been jailed for five years for having sex with her teenage son on home-made porn videos, it has been reported. The 36-year-old woman was reportedly making the films and was sending to a relative in Pakistan who had allegedly asked her to make the material. The woman was tried at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court ...

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Shutter down in Kalam against ‘harassment’ of people, Jirga asks security forces to release innocent people

MINGORA: The elders of Kalam and adjacent areas on Thursday demanded of the government and law enforcement agencies to refrain from harassing innocent people. A jirga of the Kalam elders was held soon after the burial of Malak Shehzada, a local resident, who on Wednesday committed suicide by jumping into the Swat River. The family members blamed the law enforcement ...

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A pro-peace paintings exhibition celebrates in Noristan

NORISTAN: With the financial support of Saleem Khan Kunduzi, governor of Ningarhaar province, a pro-peace picture paintings exhibition held in Paroon district of Nuristan province. Different paintings were presented in the exhibition depicting Afghans social realities. A number of Noristan local people, students and governor of that province participated in the exhibition. The governor of the province praised the exhibition ...

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Renowned Afghan artist ‘Hamdullah Arbab’ arts celebrate in the NSS main office in Kabul

Today, a renowned Afghan artist Hamdullah Arbab art celebrated in the (NSS) main office. Hamdullah Arbab displayed his creative art pieces in the main office of national stability society (NSS) main office in Kabul. A number of Afghan art lovers, writers, journalists, civil society members, youths, women and politicians were participated in this significant art exhibition. The theme of the ...

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