ISLAMABAD: Over 95 per cent of registered women voters in at least 17 National Assembly constituencies did not cast their votes in the 2013 general elections. A document prepared by the Election Commission of Pakistan, available with Dawn, reveals that turnout of women voters was less than one per cent in five of these constituencies. According to disaggregated voters’ data, only one woman out of the total 138,910 registered in NA-33 (Upper Dir) had exercised…
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PESHAWAR – Awami National Party (ANP) local leader Raheem Barkzai was killed in firing on his vehicle here on Saturday. Another man injured in firing. Police managed to arrest three attackers. Police said that armed men ambushed vehicle of ANP leader Raheem Barkzai in Mithra locality of the provincial capital Peshawar. Raheem Barkzai died on the spot in firing while another sustained wounds who was rushed to hospital for treatment. The police after arresting the…
MARDAN – Former prime minister and senior leader of Pakistan Peoples’ Party Raja Pervez Ashraf on Saturday called for extending tenure of special military courts to root out militancy and extremism from the country. He was talking to media persons in Mardan, after expressing condolence with Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Senator Khanzada Khan on the demise of his brother-in-law. The former prime minister said that security forces had rendered enormous sacrifices in the war against…
KHYBER AGENCY – After expiry of the deadline, all Pakistani citizens would be required to produce their passports while entering Afghanistan or moving back into Pakistan from January 1st, 2017. A statement issued here on Saturday, however, stated that local tribesmen would be exempted from the new border management restrictions and would be allowed to move in or out of Afghanistan after presenting their computerised national identity cards (CNICs) only. Earlier, Pakistani security forces had…
RAWALPINDI – Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Saturday conveyed wishes on telephone to the Afghan civil and military leadership for the new year and pledged to work for peace in the region. “The COAS called Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and Army Chief General Qadam Shah Raheem on telephone, conveyed best wishes for 2017 and pledged to work for peace in the region,” Director General Inter…
RAWALPINDI: Afghan leadership has invited Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa to visit Afghanistan, said ISPR Director General Major General Asif Ghafoor in a statement posted on Twitter on Saturday. He said the army chief conveyed wishes on telephone to the Afghan civil and military leadership for the new year and pledged to work for peace in the region. “COAS called Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, and Army Chief…
ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be an ice-breaking move after months of tensions, army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa telephoned Afghanistan’s top political and military leadership on new year’s eve, pledging to work for peace in the region. His maiden telephone interaction with Afghanistan’s president, chief executive and army chief is seen as the latest push by Pakistan to mend its ties with Kabul that in recent months have been strained by a growing trust…