Pak agencies confirm authenticity of Hamid Mir's conversation with Taliban

According to a television channel, the intelligence agencies have submitted their report to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. "The conversation between Hamid Mir and the Taliban militant is original and has been proved by the audiotape," The Daily Times quoted a part of the report, as saying. Meanwhile, Osama Khalid, son of killed former ISI officials Khalid Khwaja has said that he would take legal action against Mir and also lodge a First Information Report (FIR) against him for playing a role in his father's murder. "Hamid Mir instigated the militants to murder my father," Osama said. He also requested Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to take suo motu notice of the incident and take action against Mir. Osama also urged the media community...

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Traditional Dances of Pashtoons

With Credits to Pashto Academy  Pashtoons possess a rich culture with all the ruggedness on the one hand and all the softness, romance and beauties on the other. The Pashtoon dances have been defined as a symbol of courage and heroism and present the desire and readiness of a tribe to go into a battle field for Jehad. With heavy and insistent drumming, the dancers who are always male move with uniform rhythm and steps. They dance usually in circles or columns holding different items of daily life (swords, guns, handkerchiefs, etc.) in their hands and mix the crude sounds of their possessions with the rhythm of drums and surnayi (flutes). Among...

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