The Durand Line is not a claim but an aspiration and a historical right of the Afghan people; If Pashtuns from Pashtunkhwa decide to Pashtunistan, we will respect their decision; Pashtuns on other side of the Durand Line are victims of conspiracies; Daesh is a foreign project; the Pakistani military must stop creating challenges for Afghanistan; Afghans will respond if ...

Prof. Khadim Hussain: Born in Badaber, Peshawar, Khadim Hussain is a socio-political, cultural, civil society & human rights activist, writer, novelist columnist, blogger, linguist, researcher and author. He is currently working as Managing Director Baacha Khan Trust Educational Foundation (BKTEF) Peshawar, Pakistan. Khadim He was permanent faculty for Linguistics and Communication at Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan, from 2004 to 2010. ...

KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai said that if Pashtuns from Pakhtunkhwa decide to Pashtunistan, he would respect their decision. In an interview with The Pashtun Times, the ex-president said that in the Durand Line Agreement, the Durand Line was not called a border. “It was not called a border but the term sphere of influence was used. It means sphere ...

KABUL: Pashtun-Baloch Solidarity Day was marked in an event organized by the Ministry of Border and Tribal Affairs here in Kabul, aimed to strengthen brotherly and historical ties between the Baloch and Pashtun people further. A number of the cabinet members, parliamentarians, tribal leaders, poets and writers participated in the ceremony. Sunbula 9 (sixth month of solar year) is marked ...

PESHAWAR: Sidratul Muntaha alias Sidra Khan, a resident of Topi tehsil of Swabi district, has got first position by scoring 100 per cent marks in the Management Accounting MA-1 paper in an online examination of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants ( ACCA) . She has been declared a worldwide topper from Pakistan to have competed among 180 countries of ...

I was Afghan, I am Afghan and I will be Afghan, says Asfandyar Wali Khan PESHAWAR: A prominent Pashtun leader and Pakistani politician Asfandyar Wali Khan has proudly declared he is an Afghan as he warned against the harassment of Afghan refugees in the country. In his address during a rally in Swabi, Asfandyar Wali Khan criticized the Interior Ministry ...

We do want provincial autonomy but with historical sanctity: Late Wali Khan In my previous article, my experiment with Communists and Islamist,  I mentioned, it was Late Ajmal Khattak, who introduced me to the heart ache of national identity. Abdul Wali Khan; was the one who armed me with knowledge, analytic thinking and logical approach. It was expensive jewelry, for my ...

In 1929 when British Colonial power had reached its zenith on the Indian sub-continent, a movement which advocated egalitarian social reform, unity and non-violent political action began in what was then known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The Khudai Khidmatgar (KK) movement, meaning ‘Servants of God,’ was established under the charismatic leadership of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (aka: ...

Sardar Yousafzai with his ailing son Zaland BATKHELA: Senior Pashto singer Sardar Yousafzai has appealed to federal and provincial governments to provide him with financial support to get his son treated abroad. Talking to Dawn here on Thursday, he said that his 11-year-old son Zaland had been suffering for the last over six years from a mysterious disease in which ...

14th of August 1948 was celebrated in NWFP with drums and flags by Muslim League sponsored crowds. Just 2 days before, a painful and shamefule event of Babarha massacre occurred on 12 August 1948. Jinnah Sahib dismissed the legitimate government of Dr. Khan Sahib in June1948. A government of Muslim league leader, kashmiri born, Abdul Qayyum Khan was installed in ...