LAHORE: The Pashtun, Baloch and Seraiki students’ sit-in outside the Punjab University’s VC Office continued for the fifth day on Sunday. The students are protesting against the university administration’s action over a clash between the councils and the Islami Jamiat ...
Read More »ANP will work for KP-Fata merger, says Asfandyar Wali Khan
MINGORA: Awami National Party (ANP) president Asfandyar Wali Khan said on Sunday that if his party came to power it would work for the merger of Fata (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Addressing a public meeting of his ...
Read More »Khawaja Asif target of ink attack at PML-N convention
Foreign minister Khawaja Asif had ink thrown at him during a PML-N workers’ convention in Sialkot on Saturday. The veteran politician was addressing his party workers when an unidentified man doused him with black ink from behind. Following the incident, ...
Read More »Manzoor Pashteen narrates in LUMS how did he start the Pashtun Protection Movement?
When the military operation was launched in Waziristan in 2003, its implications started telling its side effects. In 2005, the situation was if you had spoken against the Taliban your dead body would have been thrown away. And that too, ...
Read More »Pashtun protest sparks debate about Pakistan’s counter-terrorism policies
Last month, the grievances of millions of ethnic Pashtuns echoed in Pakistan’s capital as thousands participated in a 10-day sit-in to demand rights and an end to unlawful killings, impunity, harassment, racial profiling, and landmines. The protest has become a mass mobilization ...
Read More »Missing persons’ saga: Assistant Professor has gone missing since 2016
BANNU: Saadullah Shah, a resident of village and post office Bizenkhel, district Bannu Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has gone missing since 2016. He was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Government Post Graduate College Bannu. A letter and more information has ...
Read More »Collision inescapable if Parliament doesn’t end “state within state”: Farhatullah Babar
The upcoming general elections may result in a referendum against the judiciary. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party Senator Farhatullah Babar said on Tuesday a state within the state is running, and there is a perpetual conflict between the two. He said if ...
Read More »Krishna Kumari becomes first Hindu Dalit woman senator of Pakistan
Ratna Bhagwandas Chawla was first Hindu woman to reach the upper house in Muslim-majority country. Krishna Kumari Kohli has become the first-ever Hindu Dalit woman to be elected to the upper house of Pakistan’s parliament. The election that took place ...
Read More »Pakistan confirms being placed on FATF’s grey list
PESHAWAR: Pakistan has confirmed being placed on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list, escaping the threat of inclusion in the black category. The United States and its allies tabled a motion with the FATF, seeking to place Pakistan on a ...
Read More »Thousands ‘disappear’ amid insurgency in Pakistan
An organization in Pakistan’s insurgency-wreaked regions says its preliminary lists have identified thousands of people who have disappeared over the past 15 years. The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) or Pashtun Protection Movement, is working with the families of those who ...
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