by Wisal Yousafzai in the Express Tribune, Nov 15, 2023PESHAWAR:As schoolchildren across the country eagerly await growing up and pursuing their dream careers, Afghan girls deported back home to life under the extremist Taliban government resent the cruelty of maturing. They bid farewell not only to their friends and neighborhoods but also to their hopes of living an accomplished life. For ten-year-old Palwasha, a third-generation Afghan immigrant born and raised in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan was…
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report in The News, Sept 17, 2023QUETTA: A CTD official was martyred by firing by unidentified persons on Jail Road. According to the police, CTD Head Constable Saeed Ahmed was sitting outside a shop along with his friends on Jail Road when an unknown motorcycle rider escaped by firing at him. As a result, he was martyred on the spot. On receiving the information, police and CTD officials reached the spot and cordoned off the…
by Basant Pratap Singh in The Kathmandu Post,Sept 16th, 2023Kalu Dhami from Dhalain in ward 1 of Saipali Rural Municipality is a sheep farmer. Until four years ago, Dhami would go to Taligumpha village near Taklakot on the tri-junction of Nepal-China and India, to meet his friends. Dhami would routinely visit Taklakot, also known as Purang, the first city in Tibet that travellers encounter after leaving Nepal. Located at an altitude of 4,755 metres, Talklakot…