Pakistan’s new army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday confirmed the death sentences of 13 “hardcore” terrorists involved in the killing of 325 people in “heinous” attacks on civilians and security forces, his second such endorsement since taking command of the army last month. These 13 convicts were tried by special military courts set up after the horrific terror attack ...

CHAKWAL: Members of the Ahmadi community in Chakwal’s Dulmial village have left the village because of security concerns, sources said on Wednesday, days after a violent mob attacked an Ahmadi place of worship. Two people were killed and one injured in the attack. Among the dead was Malik Khalid Javed, an Ahmadi who was present at the religious site when ...

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Saturday rejected the request of the federal government to allow Qatari princes to hunt the houbara bustard in the province. MPA Ishtiaq Urmar, an advisor to CM Pervaiz Khattak for Environment, Forests and Wildlife, told DawnNews he had received a letter from the interior ministry seeking permission for Qatari princes to hunt the protected bird ...

A Pakistani official has admitted that some leaders of the Haqqani terrorist network are based in Pakistan but rejected that the terror network uses Pakistani soil for terrorist attacks in Afghanistan. Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry also claimed that the majority of the Haqqani terrorist network leaders are based in Afghanistan. The Afghan officials have long been criticizing Pakistan for ...

WASHINGTON: Both chambers of the United States Congress have finally passed the 2017 National Defence Authorisation Act, which includes $1.1 billion for reimbursing the nations supporting US military operations in Afghanistan. The largest chunk from this amount, $900 million, is available for reimbursement to Pakistan but almost half of it, $400m, has been put out of its reach. To get ...

Ending violence against women/gender alliance Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally administered tribal area (EVAW/G Alliance KP Fata) in collaboration with Shirkat Gah, UN Women and Social work department organized Award distribution ceremony and panel discussion for those human rights defenders who are contributing in their respective fields to end violence against all genders and groups. In those winners we had two females who ...

The former foreign affairs minister of Pakistan Hina Rabbani Khar has said Pakistan should change course in neighboring Afghanistan, a recommendation which comes amid deteriorating relations between Kabul and Islamabad, mainly due to war against terrorism. In an interview with Gandhara/RFERL, Khar urged urged Islamabad to revive their administration’s foreign policy approach of maintaining good relations with neighboring countries. In ...

PESHAWAR: For the first time Khyber Agency may be put on the world’s map for its archaeological richness as a survey team is thrilled to have found prehistoric rock carvings in this tribal region. Khyber Agency was known more as a gateway to Central Asia and remained a favorite route for the invaders, pilgrims and traders for centuries and in ...

Even after hours of smooth flying, you shouldn’t get very comfy. Why? Well, if you were to believe the world’s foremost authority on airline safety, Professor Arnold Barnett of MIT, the riskiest segment of the flight, i.e., the landing, is still ahead of you. The hundred-plus passengers and crew flying Shaheen Airlines learnt the hard lesson when their plane crash-landed ...

DUBAI: The Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), a party struggling for freedom, said on Wednesday that Pakistani secret services agencies including Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) were abducting its party members aimed at suppressing the independence movement. Chairman JSMM, Shafi Muhammad Burfat, urged the United Nations and human rights organizations to take serious notice of large-scale violation of the human rights by ...