ISLAMABAD When Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani laid out the red carpet in 2017 for controversial Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar � once known as "the Butcher of Kabul" for his role in the bloody conflict for the control of the capital in the 1990...
Read More »Afghan Leader Roils Pakistan With Pashtun Comments
ISLAMABAD Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's denouncement Thursday of the arrest of a group of ethnic Pashtun activists in neighboring Pakistan has triggered a harsh response from Islamabad, reigniting bilateral political tensions.The unusual reaction by ...
Read More »UN launches appeal for $202 million to bring life-saving aid to people in Libya
Tripoli The United Nations and its aid partners, together with the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), launched a Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), appealing for $202 million to bring urgent life-saving assistance to some 550,000 people affecte...
Read More »Riyadh sees first Saudi retina conference
Riyadh, The first Saudi retina conference for sub-specialties in ophthalmology began on Saturday at the King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Health Sciences in Riyadh.The inauguration ceremony was attended by Dr. Bandar bin Abdulmohsen Al-Knawy, exe...
Read More »Possible US Troop Exit Prompts Pakistan to Accelerate Afghan Border Fencing
GHULAM KHAN, PAKISTAN-AFGHAN BORDER Pakistan says a unilateral construction effort will have fenced off nearly half of its largely porous border with Afghanistan before the spring fighting season in the neighboring country. Military officials say the p...
Read More »Mainly cold, dry weather expected in most parts of country during next 24 hours
Mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country during the next twenty-four hours.However, more rain-thunderstorm is expected in Gilgit-Baltistan, Kashmir and its adjoining hilly areas.Foggy conditions are likely to prevail in plai...
Read More »Womenfolk play pivotal role in socio-economic development: Farman
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Shah Farman says womenfolk play a pivotal role in the socio-economic development of the country.Talking with a delegation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa women chamber of commerce and industries which call on him in Peshawar, he said ...
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