Special Reports

Sikh temple reopens for worship after 70 years in Peshawar

Sikh children worship at the historical Bhai Beba Singh temple at Hashtnagri, Peshawar, on Wednesday.    PESHAWAR: Almost three hundred years old Sikh temple located in Jogiwara Street of Hashtnagri, an ancient residential area of Peshawar city, was reopened for worship on Wednesday. The temple was reopened during a ceremony wherein Evacuee Trust Property Board Chairman Siddique-ul-Farooq was chief guest. ...

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Women and addiction: A rare issue to deal with

Although, no survey has been carried out about the exact number of female drug addicts in Afghanistan, but the primary studies and assessments of the Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MoCN) show the number of drug addicts has been on the rise gradually, since 2009. Spokesman for MoCN, Mohammad Hanif Danishyar, told Afghanistan Times that the number of drug addicts in ...

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In Khyber-Pashtunkhwa, stress stalks traumatized students

PESHAWAR: Hamid Shah, a student of grade 6 in a private school in Peshawar, has lately been distracted. He is present in the class but not focused on his studies. That worries his teacher because Shah is among the top students of the class. “Since the attacks on education institutions, we have noticed a visible change not only in his ...

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Baloch Rebel Leader Allah Nazar is Alive in a New Video Released by BLF

PESHAWAR:By Wakeel Khan: The head of the leading Baloch separatist leader Dr Allah Nazar has appeared alive in a new video released by Baloch Liberation Front on Thursday. Earlier in August Allah Nazar was declared dead in an operation in Awaran district by Pakistani government and had considered his death to be a major victory for the state to quell ...

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Once Again Muslims Need to Clarify We are not Terrorists

STOCKHOLM: Once again, Paris is in horrible situation. Dead bodies of the innocent civilians are lying on the streets. Friends and families make desperate calls, panic spreads. A nation is in trauma for the second time in a year 2015. A year that started with the Charlie Hebdo tragedy ended with a more dramatic attacks claiming more than 150 lives. ...

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