BUMBURATE – Conservative people in northern areas are blaming the animist Kalash for a powerful earthquake that flattened entire villages in October, claiming their immoral ways provoked Allah’s wrath, in the latest attack on a diminishing tribe fighting to keep its identity alive. Residents of Chitral district are still reeling from the 7.5 magnitude quake, which ripped through Afghanistan and Pakistan killing more than 390 people and levelling thousands of homes. It came just three…
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By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, November 11th, 2015. GILGIT: Thirty-six glacial lakes in various valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan have been declared dangerous, and seven of them pose the most threat to the people, said the Met Office chief on Tuesday. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) head was on an official visit to G-B, where flash floods triggered by monsoon rains and melting glaciers have wreaked havoc on the infrastructure in various valleys, causing…
ISLAMABAD: Following the Baloch rebel leader Brahamdagh Bugti’s willingness to shun militancy and join the mainstream politics of Balochistan, the government’s negotiating team has concluded the first round of talks with these groups through mediators. In an interview with BBC on August 27, Brahamdagh Bugti, the leader of banned Balochistan Republican Party (BRP), said if the people of Balochistan so desired, he was willing to a truce with the authorities and return to his…
Self-exiled Baloch Republican Army (BRA) leader Brahumdagh Bugti met Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Malik Baloch in Geneva and is expected to return to Pakistan within months, according to media reports. While speaking to BBC on Tuesday, Bugti claimed that he discussed the Balochistan issue with the provincial chief minister but said that Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has no ‘authority’ to discuss all important issue with him. “Those who have the power and authority…
SALEEM SHAHID in Dawn, November 11th, 2015 QUETTA: A local journalist and Vice President of the Balochistan Union of Journalists (BUJ), Muhammad Afzal Mughal, was picked up by a law enforcement agency late on Monday night. However, he was released on Tuesday afternoon. A group of armed men knocked at the gate of the journalist’s house at around 2:30am and took him away saying they wanted to interrogate him. Giving details of the…
KHAAMA PRESS, Nov 10 2015, 2:51 pm The shadow governor and military commander of Taliban for southern Zabul province have been killed in a suicide attack carried out by a fighter of Daesh group. The attack reportedly took place in Khak-i-Afghan District of Zabul province where both groups have been engaged in heavy fighting since last three days. Zia Durani, spokesman for the police headquarters of Zabul’s neighboring Kandahar province confirmed the death of…
KHAAMA PRESS Nov 10 2015, 1:49 pm Upper House of the Parliament or Meshrano Jirga says that America’s interest in Pakistan would further strengthen terrorists. Pakistan’s Chief of Army General Raheel Sharif is scheduled to pay a state visit to the United States in coming days and besides other issues he will also discuss Afghanistan’s security with US officials. International Relations Commission of Meshrano Jirga has expressed concern over his visit. Senators have said that…
KHAAMA PRESS, Nov 10 2015, 10:39 am Taliban militants have received seven hostages from foreign terrorists in Jaghori District of Ghazni province, states a report published by Hasht-e-Sobh news agency on Tuesday. A local source in Jaghori District has told the news agency that Mullah Ishaq’s wife Bakhtawar, Baba Ali’s wife Gul Shah, Raza, Khuda Bakhsh S/O Mohammad Hasan, Sayed Habibullah, Mohammad Yousuf and Sayed Gul S/O Nazir are now in the custody of Taliban.…
KHAAMA PRESS, Nov 10 2015, 4:18 pm The National Directorate of Security (NDS) has arrested three members of Haqqani terrorist network in Khost province. A statement released by the national intelligence agency on Tuesday states that Rahim Khan, Naim Khan and Najibullah were planning attacks and transporting weapons and ammunition to terrorist groups in Khost province. According to the statement, the group was involved in a number of attacks on civilians and military in…
By KHAAMA PRESS – Tue Nov 10 2015, 1:11 pm Russia has arrested a suspected associate of Taliban who hails from Tajikistan. According to a spokesman of the country’s Interior Ministry spokesman, the suspected terrorist was previously placed on Interpol’s wanted list. Asaladdin Nurov, a 28-year-old Tajik citizen was detained and 10 foreign-language books seized following a search of the flat he had been renting in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg. Nurov is suspected to…