31-08-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban declared Wednesday a national holiday and decorated the capital with colored lights to celebrate the first anniversary of the withdrawal of US-led troops from Afghanistan. The country´s new rulers not formally recognized by any other nation have re-imposed their …

29-08-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban’s acting defence minister on Sunday claimed Pakistan had allowed American drones to use its airspace to access Afghanistan, a charge Pakistan has recently denied following a US air strike in Kabul. Acting Minister of Defence Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob told reporters …

26-08-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban have not found the body of Ayman al-Zawahiri and are continuing investigations, group spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Thursday, after the United States said they killed the al Qaeda leader in an airstrike in Kabul last month. The United …

24-08-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report LONDON/ DUBAI/ ISLAMABAD: The general secretariat of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) on Tuesday confirmed that it had received requests from the Government of Pakistan to issue yellow warrants against minor daughters of actor Sophia Mirza and businessman Umar Farooq Zahoor. The …

23-08-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s top court has upheld former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s conviction and 12-year jail sentence for corruption in the 1MDB financial scandal. Prosecutors say some $4.5bn was stolen from 1MDB state fund, which was co-founded in 2009 when Najib was the prime …

22-08-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ LAHORE: The Pakistani police have charged Imran Khan under anti-terror law, authorities said on Monday, days after the former prime minister attacked the police and a judicial officer at a huge rally in the capital, Islamabad. The police case comes a …

18-08-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: At least ten people including a prominent cleric were killed and 27 others wounded when a mosque packed with people was blasted on Wednesday evening, sources disclosed. Children are also among the wounded, according to a hospital source. Taliban government spokesman …

14-08-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Taliban fighters beat women protesters and fired into the air on Saturday as they violently dispersed a rare rally in the Afghan capital, days ahead of the first anniversary of the group’s return to power. Since seizing control on August 15 …

12-08-2022 By SJA Jafri HARVARD/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Social media is in love with a friendship between a Pakistani and Indian after the Indian friend posted about her Pakistani classmate. Two students at the Harvard Business School in the United States have broken many stereotypes associated with the conflict between …

09-08-2022 By SJA Jafri NEW MEXICO/ WASHINGTON/ KARACHI: A phrase ‘as you sow…sow shall you reap!’ describes simply, what is “target killing”, who does it, how it happens and who becomes the victim as it has been started in America and other countries of the world like continues in Pakistan, …