ISLAMABAD: The Leader of Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Mehmood Achakzai has expressed reservations on the press release of ISPR, which stressed on complimentary initiatives on the part of civilian government with a view to secure long term security gains in the military operations against terrorism. Addressing the National Assembly, Mehmood Achakzai said that ISPR press release concerning the yesterday’s Corps’ ...

ISLAMABAD: With a view to improve relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a dialogue entitling “Beyond Boundaries” has been hosted on Monday by the Pakistani Center of Research for Security studies and the Duran Research and Analysis of Afghanistan. Government officials, youth and Civil Society from both countries participated in the dialogue with a view to help both countries improve their ...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has constituted a committee for finalizing recommendations on the fate of FATA, although the committee lacks any member from FATA. The committee will discuss FATA reforms with the parliamentarians from FATA. Talking to Voice of America, member of the National Assembly from Bajaur, Shehabuddin Khan, said that constitution of the committee on the FATA reforms ...

PESHAWAR: The Pashtun teenage Nobel Laureate, Malala Yousafzai, has said to the Hollywood actor Emma Watson that the last year’s address of the actor to the world leaders at the United Nations, with a view to launch her “He for She campaign” to motivate men for women’s rights, helped the activist to evolve her thoughts on using the word Feminist ...

Afzal Khan Lala was the veteran Pashtun nationalist, the champion of Pashtun national unity, a renowned author, and the central leader of Awami National Party. He passed away due to protracted illness at the age of 89 on Sunday in a hospital in Islamabad. Afzal Khan Lala was born in Swat in 1926. He began his progressive political struggle in ...

By Gohar Wazir BANNU: Youth and elders from the tribal areas of North Waziristan Agency and FR Bannu areas want FATA merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, so that like all other regions of Pakistan the Pashtuns of FATA could also have equal rights in Pakistan. The workers of various political parties, students, tribal elders and social activists from North Waziristan ...

26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed is the founder of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist group, which carried out the audacious 2008 Mumbai attack. (File Photo) Pakistani authorities have for the first time acknowledged Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s Jamaat-ud-Dawah ( JuD) as an “alias” of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in an order directing TV channels and radio stations to blank ...