Charsadda was a political center of Pakhtuns and will remains so: CM Hoti

We are committed for eradication of terrorism from the motherland and establishment of peace and we have paid a heavy price for it. All other kind of sacrifice will be rendered for this purpose. The Pakhtuns are fighting for endurance of humanity not only their survival. ANP has achieved its manifesto within two and a half year despite challenging circumstances. He said eight to ten departments will soon shift to provinces from federation under provincial autonomy and the province has got its identity and sovereignty as per aspirations of our ancestors and leaders. He said provincial autonomy, NFC Award, net hydel profit and restoration...

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Professor Ajmal Khan video

Professor Ajmal Khan, a locally-renowned academic and a close ally of the ruling Awami National Party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, was kidnapped on September 7. In the video tape, aired by number of private TV channels, Khan is shown wearing a traditional Pakhtun cap with a beard, and with two masked men holding Kalashinkov assault rifles standing behind him. “I am a heart patient and cannot live here any longer. The government should do something for me and should negotiate with the Taliban,” Khan said in the video recording. “The government should solve their problems (with the Taliban), if they have any,” he added. An intelligence...

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Angelina Julie is not at all happy with her visit to Pakistan..... The philanthropist, soft-hearted world’s number one female actress, Angelina Julie is not at all happy with her visit to Pakistan to see the flood victims. She came here, held the hands of... the victims, made donations, stood up with the miseries of the pe...ople, denied any photo sessions, met with the aid agencies, but then she talks about the darker side of the things. She is not happy with the attitude of the authorities and the government, who were more interested in toeing her line, watching her make movements, trying to please her while pushing the flood victims....

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Rahman Baba in English

Rahman Baba is a towering giant. Although dead for over 300 years, the insights and statements of this remarkable man are still quoted and enjoyed up and down the khyber-pukhtoonkhwa . Now for the first time all of Rahman Baba's poems have been translated into English. You can buy them in a coffee table edition, or as a sampler of his best loved poems, or study the whole diwan in a single, fat volume with English and Pushtu texts side by sid...

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UN delivers nearly 170,000 tons of food to flood-hit people

UNITED NATIONS: UN agencies and their partners have delivered almost 170,000 tons of food to millions of people affected by the severe July floods, and are preparing to distribute seeds and fertilizer ahead of the planting season to enable 4.2 million people to feed themselves again, the world body said Friday. An estimated 8 million flood-affected people are meanwhile expected to receive food aid this month, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said. To date, organizations providing health care have delivered enough medicines to cover the health needs of more than 5 million people. More than 6.7...

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Gunmen torch 29 Nato oil lorries in Mithri

At least 29 fuel-carrying lorries, meant for Nato troops fighting in Afghanistan, caught fire after unidentified armed men opened fire here in Mithri area in Balochistan on late Friday, This attack is the fifth of its kind since October 1st. “27 oil containers for Nato supplies were heading to Afghanistan from Karachi when some unknown gunmen opened indiscriminate fire on those in Mithri locality of Bolan district in Balochistan”, official from Levies Forces said. He said: “Firing resulted in eruption of fierce ablaze which engulfed 27 oil tankers in no time.” “Fire fighting crew has been called in from Sibi district to bring raging blaze...

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Terrorists attack Shah Ghazi’s Shrine; four dead in karachi

Four people have been killed and several others injured in two blasts near the shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi in Clifton. The twin blasts occurred within minutes of each other at the shrine’s gate, sources said. A large number of poor and deserving people as well as others gather at Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine everyday and the number grows manifold, particularly, on Thursday. Rangers and heavy contingents of police have arrived at the blasts site where rescue activities are being carried out by emergency services. Sindh Home Minister Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza also arrived immediately after the blas...

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Musharraf admits to training militants

LONDON: Former president Pervez Musharraf has told a German magazine that his forces trained militant groups to fight in Indian-held Kashmir. He told the Der Spiegel the Nawaz Sharif government turned a blind eye because it wanted to put pressure on India to enter talks. Mr Musharraf said in the interview that militant groups “were indeed formed” in part because of the international community’s “apathy” over the Kashmir dispute. The retired general also indicated that he did not regret the Kargil intrusion that led to skirmishes with India in 1999. “It is the right of any country to promote its own interests when India is not prepared...

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Minister Sports and CUlture Syed Aqil Shah with Singer Zarsanga

Minister Sports and CUlture Syed Aqil Shah with Singer Zarsanga and her six sons at Aza Khele, Nowshehra, where this family live in tent. Aqil Shah had given financial assistance as well as he announced the construction of home for he...

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Assassination of Swat varsity VC widely condemned

A large number of activists of human rights organisations and political parties on Sunday staged protest demonstration to condemn the assassination of Dr Mohammad Farooq, the Vice-chancellor of Swat University. Dr Farooq was assassinated in his clinic on Saturday along with his assistant in Mardan. The protest was held outside Peshawar Press Club under the auspices of Amn Tehrik. The protesters were holding banners and placards inscribed with slogans against militancy and in favour of peace in the region. They also chanted slogans against the target killing. Amn Tehrik convener Idrees Kamal, National Party provincial president Sayed Mukhtar...

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Cash disbursement to flood-hits will take 3 months: Bashir bilour

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Senior Minister, Bashir Ahmed Bilour Monday said the process of disbursement of funds among the people affected by floods will be completed within the next three months. Speaking at KP Assembly, Bilour said 230,000 houses were washed away by the floods in which, he pointed out, 1065 people were killed. Now the provinces needs Rs4.5 billion for their reconstruction, he added. Initially, the Federation and the province have issued Rs1 billion each and that the process of giving away the cash to the affectees will be completed within the next three months. He said strict notice will be taken against the irregularities...

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28 Nato oil tankers set ablaze in Islamabad

Unidentified gunmen killed at least three people and set 28 Nato oil tankers on fire carrying fuel for Nato and US forces in Afghanistan in Islamabad on Monday. Many tankers caught fire during the attack. Rescue sources said at least three people died. The sources added that seven others were injured in the attack. A vital land route for Nato supplies for Afghanistan that has been blocked for three days will reopen "relatively quickly," Pakistan's ambassador to Washington told a US news channel on Sunday. Pakistan halted the Nato convoys on Thursday after Nato helicopters killed three Pakistani soldiers. "I think the supply line will be open...

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Two more schools bombed in Pakistan tribal belt

Insurgents, using explosives, blew up two schools in Mohmand and Bajaur agencies bringing the tally of schools destroyed by militants to 97 The militants bombed Government Boys Middle School in Masood Ziarat, Tehsil Safi, Mohmand Agency, according to political administration. On the other hand, a Boys Primary School was destroyed using explosives in Mandan area, Tehsil Salarzai, Bajaur Agenc...

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CIA steps up drone campaign in Fata: report

The US military is secretly diverting aerial drones from Afghanistan to escalate a CIA-led campaign against militants in neighboring Pakistan, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. The military has lent Predator and Reaper drones to Central Intelligence Agency operatives to target and bomb militants on the Afghan border, the report said, citing unnamed US officials. CIA drone strikes in September in Pakistan rose to an average of five per week, up from an average of two or three per week, the Journal said. Increased strikes in September were partially aimed at disrupting a suspected terror plot against European targets, which was believed...

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taliban killed dr farooq vice chancellor swat university

پاکستان کے صوبہ خیبر پختونخوا کے ضلع سوات کے طالبان نے سوات یونیورسٹی کے وائس چانسلر اورمذہبی سکالر ڈاکٹر محمد فاروق کے قتل کی ذمہ داری قبول کی ہے۔سنیچر کے روز ڈاکٹر محمد فاروق کو مردان میں نامعلوم مُسلح افراد نے فائرنگ کرکے ہلاک کر دیا تھا۔ پشاور سے ہمارے نامہ نگار رفعت اللہ اورکزئی نے بتایا کہ سوات کے طالبان کے ترجمان عمر حسن اعرابی نے ڈاکٹر محمد فاروق کی ہلاکت کی ذمہ داری قبول کی ہے۔ عمر حسن نے فون پر ذمہ داری قبول کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ ڈاکٹر عمر فاروق طالبان کے خلاف پروپیگنڈا کر رہے تھے اور طالبان مخالف کتابیں بھی لکھی تھیں۔ ’وہ طالبان کے خلاف پروپیگینڈا کر رہے تھے اور وہ ایک جدید اسلام پھیلا رہے تھے۔‘ یاد رہے کہ سنیچر کی دوپہر ایک بجے کے قریب...

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Who was Dr. Muhammad Farooq Khan Shaheed?

Dr. Muhammad Farooq Khan was recognized as a writer, columnist, and intellectual throughout the country. He was also known as a religious scholar and competent TV compare. He was born at a village, in the district of Swabi. He obtained his elementary education at his hometown. Then he joined Cadet College, Hasanabdal, and later on the Cadet College, Kohat. After having acquired the degree in medicine, he decided to specialize in psychiatry. He established his private practice in Mardan. Some of his works include “Pakistan and the Twenty First Century (Urdu)”, “The Struggle for Islamic Revolution”, and “What is Islam”. God has bestowed upon him...

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Swat University Vice Chancellor killed

Renowned Islamic scholar Dr Farooq Khan Vice Chancelloer of Swat Islamic University was killed in firing incident in Mardarn. Dr Farooq Khan’s assistant was also killed in the attac...

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Pentagon says Pakistan border closure hasn't affected Afghanistan mission

U.S. Defense Department on Friday said U.S. and NATO operations in Afghanistan haven't been affected by Pakistan's closure of a major supply route a day before. The closure of the crossing at Torkham Gate along the border of Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan came after U.S. helicopters "unknowingly killed several Pakistani border guards," said Dave Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman. "It is still the case, at last reports, that Torkham Gate remains closed," Lapan said. "We are still discussing with the Pakistan government that Pakistanis resolve this and get it re- opened, but in the meantime, there is still no immediate impact on our operations...

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Signaling Tensions, Pakistan Shuts NATO Route

Pakistan angrily closed the crossing to protest the strikes on its side of the border, leaving American officials to use meetings and phone calls to try to soothe relations and get the route reopened. Both sides indicated that they might be able to resolve the dispute with a joint investigation. But the border closing, and the exceptional series of strikes by piloted aircraft, as opposed to drones, signaled a general increase in tensions between Pakistan and the United States, already uncomfortable allies that are pursuing competing interests in the Afghan war. The C.I.A. carried out a record number of drone attacks inside Pakistan last month,...

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Dr. Aafia is an alleged Al Qaeda, CIA agent: Marvi Memon

A prominent, vocal Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Marvi Memon has said that Dr. Aafia is an alleged Al Qaeda and CIA agent; till she is proven innocent in Pakistani courts, she can not be called as the daughter of Pakistan or a national hero. Marvi, talking to SAMAA, has said that the reality about Dr. Aafia is being hidden and all political leaders and government representatives are trying to gain political mileage and applause from the people by expressing popular sentiments about her. She added that she and many others did not participate in the parliamentarians' walk out staged on Monday, so it can not be called as an unanimous...

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