ISLAMABAD: Condemning a bomb blast in a bus carrying provincial government employees in Peshawar on Wednesday, Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan has alleged that the PTI-led government has handed over the province to terrorists. “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has become ...
Read More »Angelina Jolie speaks against exclusion of Afghans seeking refuge
The American actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie has spoken against the exclusion of Afghans seeking refuge abroad, particularly in European countries amid persistent issues the Afghan asylum seekers are facing. Angelina who is also a special envoy for the United ...
Read More »The People of Israel – Pashtuns and Jews
In an article that was published in The Pashtun Times and in Israel Rising, I explained why I don’t just believe, but I know for sure that the Pashtuns and the Jews are actually two parts of the same nation ...
Read More »Pakistan wanted Durand Line recognition to improve ties with Afghanistan: Karzai
The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday that the Pakistani leadership wanted recognition of Durand Line during his tenure in a bid to improve ties between the two nations. In his inaugural address at the Raisina Dialogue in New ...
Read More »Pakistan tried three times to formalize Durand Line during Taliban regime: Mullah Abdul Salam Zaif
AFGHANISTAN: During the regime of Taliban, Islamabad tried to make the over 2,000-kilometre Durand Line a permanent border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, a former diplomat of Taliban reveals. Mullah Abdul Salam Zaif who was ambassador of Taliban to Islamabad says ...
Read More »‘Malala tells me to do my homework and makes me try harder when my marks are poor’, says her mum
Toor Pekai grew up without having been to school but is now getting an education thanks to her inspirational daughter THE MIRROR: As a child, Toor Pekai would drip ink on her clothes, pretending she was at school, because like most girls in ...
Read More »Pashtun Awareness Campaign: Dublin Protest
IRELAND (DUBLIN): On Saturday 6th February 2016 a group of Pukhtun people gathered to protest in front of the Pakistan embassy in Dublin, Ireland. The event was organized by Angelina Merisi (an Irish citizen and PhD scholar at University College ...
Read More »Ajmal Khattak: The commemoration of sixth death anniversary
Ajmal Khattak, the veteran Pashtun politician, poet, writer and former president of Awami National Party, died in penury on 7 February 2010, after six decades of unremitting political struggle in Pakistan for the political and economic autonomy of the Pashtun ...
Read More »Government Closes Pashto Department in Islamia College University Peshawar
PESHAWAR: The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, taking advantage of rules, has served notice on Islamia College University Peshawar to close down Pashto department immediately. In line with rules of business, the government of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa is all set to ...
Read More »NYO Commemorates the 28th death university of Bacha Khan in Jalalabad
AFGHANISTAN: The delegation of National Youth Organization (NYO) visited Jalalabad to commemorate the 28th death anniversary of Bacha Khan organised by the Government of Nangrahar Province. The Pashtun youths from Khyber-Pashtunkhwa were warmly welcomed by the Government of Afghanistan and ...
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