Hizb-e-Islami has said that the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission’s (AIHRC) demand that its leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar apologize to the Afghan people is irrational. Days after the peace deal, AIHRC had asked Hekmatyar to apology to the Afghan people who lost their loved ones due to Hizb-e-Islami activities. “Demanding apologies does not relate only to the past activities of Hizb-e-Islami. Demanding of apologies by the AIHRC only from the Hizb-e-Islami is unfair and irrational. The…
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ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan has refuted claims that it has shut down any land route for Pakistani trucks, Afghan President’s special envoy and Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Omar Zakhilwal said on Friday. The envoy was reacting to reports suggesting that Kabul had barred Pakistani trucks from using the land route for trade with the Central Asian states. Last month, President Ashraf Ghani had threatened to shut Pakistan’s transit route to Central Asian countries if it did not…
GHALANAI: Unknown miscreants attacked the house of a local pro-government tribal elder with rockets in Kota Taraf area of Ambar tehsil in Mohmand Agency in the wee hours of Friday. Assistant political agent Naveed Akbar told this correspondent by phone that unknown militants equipped with heavy weapons fired rockets at the house of tribal elder Malik Izat Khan at about 1:00am. He said that no loss of life and property was reported in the firing.…
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Friday warned his government won’t allow the proposed China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to pass through the province if the western route was not made its part. Sharing the details of his recent meeting with the Chinese ambassador, the CM told the provincial assembly that he asked the envoy if western route was part of the CPEC and got a reply in negative. He insisted the ambassador again said…
NOWSHERA: Awami National Party (ANP) general secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain on Friday urged the federal government to remove the reservations of the smaller federating units over the multi-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Speaking at a public meeting here, the nationalist leader asked the Centre to give due share to the smaller provinces in the CPEC. He said that the federal government had promised in the All Parties Conference to launch development work on the Western…
TIMERGARA: Awami National Party (ANP) leader Zahid Khan on Friday said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had not kept the pledges about the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) he had made at the All Parties Conference (APC). Speaking at a gathering at Hajiabad in Lower Dir, the ANP leader alleged that the prime minister had totally ignored Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the mammoth project while Punjab had been included as the main beneficiary of the CPEC. Workers of…
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly through a unanimous resolution on Friday asked the federal government to honour its commitment regarding China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Presented by Minister for Mines and Minerals Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli and signed by representatives of all political parties except the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the resolution demanded that the federal government should ensure that the western route is part of the CPEC and is completed on priority basis. It also demanded…
The harsh punishment for the first person convicted over the riot in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, in February that injured more than 700 people, including over 90 police officers, could help deter violent demonstrations, Hong Kong-based media quoted local legal experts as saying on Friday. A magistrates’ court in Hong Kong on Thursday sentenced Chan Pak-yeung, 31, an active member and online radio presenter for the Hong Kong-based political group Civic Passion, to nine months…
The writer is a Kenya-based journalist Last week a spanking new 750km railway built by Chinese companies connected the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa with Djibouti, dramatically cutting short a multi-day trek and winning accolades for opening up new opportunities for the two economies. But in neighbouring Kenya, the ride is getting a lot bumpier for another Chinese-made railway and Chinese projects in general, which are being blamed for the country’s debt pile-up. Kenya last…
BEIJING — The finances of religious groups will come under greater scrutiny. Theology students who go overseas could be monitored more closely. And people who rent or provide space to illegal churches may face heavy fines. These are among the measures expected to be adopted when the Chinese government enacts regulations tightening its oversight of religion in the coming days, the latest move by President Xi Jinping to strengthen the Communist Party’s control over society…
The writer heads Pakistan Today’s Islamabad Bureau The country’s central location in Eurasia and Western Asia, and its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz, makes it of great geostrategic importance. Iran is heir to one of the world’s oldest civilizations. In the age of China’s exceptional rise on the economic front, new alliances and coalitions are in the works in Asia. Sings are visible: United States of America (USA) is losing influence, Russian footprint is…