ISLAMABAD: The Iranian Cultural Counsellor, Shahaboddin Daraei, at the embassy in Islamabad and his deputy Ghasem Moradi have visited Skardu without getting formal permission, sources said on Sunday. All diplomats are required special permission and security clearance to visit northern areas, KP and Balochistan. However, the Iranian diplomats did not get NOC for their visit to the northern areas during June 4-7 visit. “Both participated in various events and seminars like “Hussain Sub Ka” Imam…
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Orlando suspect’s father hosted a Afghan TV show By Max Bearak in The Washington Post, June 12, 2016
Seddique Mateen, the father of Omar Mateen, who authorities say committed the worst mass killing in U.S. history. The elder Mateen hosted the “Durand Jirga Show,” which aired on a channel broadcast from California. (YouTube) Seddique Mateen, the father of Omar Mateen, who authorities say committed the worst mass killing in U.S. history. The elder Mateen hosted the “Durand Jirga Show,” which aired on a channel broadcast from California. (YouTube) The father of Omar Mateen,…
KABUL: The Mishrano Jirga or Upper House of parliament on Sunday admired Manpreet Vohra, Indian ambassador in Kabul for his country’s help in economic section. In a bid to honor the great financial supports of India to Afghanistan, Afghan senators as delegation of people of India appreciated Vohra and his two deputies in Kabul. Afghan senators honored India great financial support for Afghanistan and presented Vohra an appreciation letter as well as a bouquet. Chief…
Kohat: Afghan citizens living in the Kohat district have been issued a final warning to wind up their businesses, according to reports on Sunday. Tehsil Nazim, Kohat, Taimoor Ali Khan has given the final warning to the Afghan nationals to wind up their business on handcarts and as shopkeepers in the bazaar till Eidul Fitr. He had asked them to shift to data bazaar area of old jail ground during Ramazan, but ironically the local…
Former Canadian ambassador to Afghanistan Chris Alexander has said the Pakistani military is the official backer of the Taliban and Haqqani network. Alexander, who has also served as deputy head of UNAMA, said that Pakistan clearly supports the Taliban and Haqqani terror network and that the world must not underestimate Pakistan’s backing of the insurgent groups in Afghanistan. In a Skype interview with TOLOnews, he said that Pakistan has been creating barriers in the way…
Army Chief General Raheel delivered an unequivocal message to the US high officials who arrived for damage control at the GHQ Rawalpindi yesterday; Pakistan would no longer tolerate drone strikes on its soil, and any such attacks in future would endanger bilateral cooperation between the two countries. However, it was also made clear that the US could go ahead and target Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants finding refuge on Afghanistan soil as they are threatening the…
Lahore – Defence analyst Major Gen (r) Javed has said the 65-year-old Pak-US friendship has not only “cost Pakistan’s bifurcation but also funded terrorism. “On one hand, the US unleashes attacks on our sovereignty while it harps on do-more mantra on the other,” he said at Waqt News programme Insight yesterday with The Nation Editor Salim Bokhari. He also took a swipe at the rulers for their failure to meet challenges confronting the country. “The…
The author is a Lahore based journalist. Whenever US President Barack Obama and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi meet, Pakistan always comes up. And usually not in a good light. True to form, a joint statement issued after the latest meeting between the two rekindles the pressure on Islamabad to take action against those responsible for the Pathankot terrorist attack in India earlier in the year, that left at least seven security personnel dead. However,…
ISLAMABAD: The lame-duck US administration has decided to employ its full weight for securing India’s membership for the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). The US President Barack Obama is likely to approach the leaders of the countries which are opposed to membership of the NSG without the fulfillment of criteria and are trying to block India in the prestigious club, to muster their support for Indian membership. Highly placed diplomatic sources revealed to The News on…
Five people were injured in an explosion at Shanghai Pudong International Airport Sunday afternoon, authorities said. The explosion happened at around 2:26 p.m. when a man threw a homemade beer bottle explosive to a check-in counter in Terminal 2, the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau said in a statement Sunday evening. After the explosion, the man took a knife from his backpack, cut his neck and then fell to the ground, police said. The suspect,…
THEY seem to come out of nowhere. These technical spats that are packaged for the laymen here in warlike terms. All week we’ve heard that the NSG — a nuclear group that few had ever heard of before — is proof of the US trying to screw over Pakistan and instal India as a hegemon over us. It didn’t actually come out of nowhere — India-in-the-NSG is a wheel that was set in motion in…