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The killing of 11 miners belonging to the minority Hazara community has sparked anger and public outrage across Pakistan. The heirs of the deceased have kept their dead bodies on the road as a protest. Hazara community have refused to bury the bodies till the arrival of Prime Minister Imran Khan. Remember that this is not the first attack on the Hazara community. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack, but such incidents have always been linked to India in Pakistan. Pakistani law enforcement agencies have repeatedly accused the Indian intelligence agency RAW of conspiring and spreading unrest in Balochistan. The arrest of Indian spy Kulbhushan Yadav is presented as a major piece of evidence. When such terrorist incidents occur in any country around the world, the government, the people, and the law enforcement agencies of that country prior to blaming the terrorists first they admire and inquire about their own security failures. But there is no such tradition in Pakistan. Civi...

On Friday the Cheif Guest of the Bajaur Bar council oath-taking ceremony Mohsin Dawar tribal MNA and PTM leader barred from a speech by Jumati-E_Islami local leaders.  Bajur lawyer community swearing ceremony was vandalized when the JI leaders barred the Dawar speech, a source claimed that JI leaders were not happy with Dawar as a chief guest but the ceremony organizer have reached an agreement before the ceremony formally started, that the PPP leader and JI MPA Sirajuddin Khan will be only speaking to the participants.  But when the ceremony gets starts formally the stage secretary invite Mohsin Dawar while arguing that we have got the permission, you people show patience. On which JI leader has left the seats and announced the walkout but in the meantime, former JI MNA Haroon Rasheed run toward the stage, and another cleric's attacked from the back on the stage secretary, then the hall was converted into a battle filed. Later talking to people at PPP leader Syed Akhund Zad...

BY:    Salahuddin Salarzai How the theory of globalization and human harmony suddenly failed, in a situation when a billion people in need of courage and humanitarian aid. The self-proclaims Western humanist ideology exposed the hidden truth that human has no values when they're suffering from coronavirus and especially when they belong to economic rival China. In the past century, there was no such an example where the world announced the isolation of any country in the time of human misery but yes, it's happening in 2020. The china is fighting alone for its survival against coronavirus, their brave public donating life jackets in the shape of "masks" to each other. Their nurses and doctors happily going to duties and volunteers performing duties in the center of the corona outbreak. The Chinese public has a history of combined and joint struggle. Their people and government are not new with such a national crisis they are known to control the disasters. ...

Pakistan army soldier stands guard the site of a plane crash in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. AP Islamabad-A Pakistani military plane crashed into a residential area before dawn on Tuesday, killing at least 19 people, most of them in their homes on the outskirts of the city of Rawalpindi, officials said. Fires, damaged houses and debris were visible in Mora Kalu village near Rawalpindi after daybreak. Victims’ relatives were seen wailing and crying as rescuers loaded charred bodies into ambulances. Rescue officials said 14 civilians, including children, and all five crew aboard the aircraft were killed, including the two pilots. Farooq Butt, an official at the state-run rescue  emergency service, said 14 people were also injured in the crash. He said the death toll could rise as some were in critical condition. “Most of the victims received burn injuries,” Butt said. The cause of the crash wasn’t immediately known. The military said the army aircraft was on a routine training fl...

DC: BY Salahuddin Salarzai Islamabad.-After long-awaited FATA reforms, now finally the stage of real merger reached,, The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Wednesday notified allocation of provincial assembly seats to former tribal agencies. According to a notification issued by the ECP, the seats were allocated to each tribal district and former Frontier regions according to 6th Population Census 2017. Bajaur and Khyber tribal districts were allocated three seats each, while, Mohmand, Kurram, North and South Waziristan tribal districts were given two seats each in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly. Similarly, Orakzai tribal district and Frontier Regions were allocated one seat each in the provincial assembly.,  Seven districts and 6 frontiers Region have the population of 5.5millions have total registered voters 1.5 million, according to election commission of Pakistan, the election will be conducted on 16 provincial assembly PA seats,  More ...

KABUL: The top US general in Afghanistan told NATO troops on Tuesday to prepare themselves to deal with “positive processes or negative consequences” as peace talks between the US and the Taliban to end a 17-year war gain momentum. General Scott Miller, who commands US forces and the NATO-led non-combat Resolution Support (RS) mission in Afghanistan reiterated the need for a political settlement to end the conflict. “Peace talks (are) out there, regional players pressing for peace, the Taliban talking about peace, the Afghan government is talking about peace,” Miller told dozens of NATO soldiers who had gathered at RS headquarters in Kabul for an exercise session. Dressed in gym gear, Miller participated in a 60-minute open-air morning workout of sprints, squats, burpees and push-ups. He did not comment on reports that the United States was considering pulling out almost half of the 14,000-strong force currently deployed in Afghanistan. A White House spokesman s...

DC-ISLAMABAD -The Director-General (SA & SAARC), Dr. Mohammad Faisal, summoned the Indian Acting Deputy High Commissioner and condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations by the Indian occupation forces along the Line of Control on 31st December 2018 in Athmuqam, Shahkot Sector which resulted in the shahadat of an innocent woman Asia Bibi w/o Muhammad Haroon, while 7 civilians including two women and three children sustained splinter injuries. According to a statement issued by Foreign Office, the Indian forces along the Line of Control and the Working boundary are continuously targeting civilian populated areas with heavy weapons. In 2018, the Indian forces have carried out more than 2350 ceasefire violations along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary, resulting in the shahadats of 36 innocent civilians, while injuring 142 others. This unprecedented escalation in ceasefire violations by India is continuing from the year 2017 when the Indian forces committed 197...

DC-Islamabad-Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member Sindh Assembly Ali Gohar Mahar called on Prime Minister Imran Khan at PM Office here on Tuesday. During the meeting, PM Imran Khan and PTI lawmaker discussed prevailing political situation in the province. Following the damning JIT report which accused the top PPP leadership of being involved in money laundering, PM Imran Khan has stepped in. On Saturday, the PM also telephoned Mahar in presence of Governor Imran Ismail. The lawmaker from Ghotki apprised the prime minister on the fast evolving political situation and invited him to visit the province at earliest. PM Imran expressed concerns and accepted the invitation to visit Sindh soon. During the visit, the premier will meet the important political leaders, it was decided.

DC- Peshawar-In a tit for tat, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Tuesday has demanded the resignation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan because he is facing a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) inquiry due to which he cannot continue as KP CM. PPP stalwart and former Senate chairman Senator Mian Raza Rabbani has demanded the resignation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mehmood Khan because he is facing a NAB inquiry. Rabbani made the demand in response to an earlier demand by the ruling PTI of the resignation of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah because he was named in the joint investigation team (JIT) report in the ongoing fake bank accounts case. Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday had demanded resignation of Chief Minister of Sindh (CM) Murad Ali Shah after his name was placed on Exit Control List (ECL). PTI leader Khurram Sher Zaman vowed to upset government of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in the province at any cost. ...

""پاکستان کی ترقی میں وقت درکار""۔"" اور وزیر اعظم عمران خان کی مثبت سوچ"" دونوں جملوں میں سے ایک پہ اتفاق کیا کہ آج کہ میرے اس تحریر کا کیا نام ہوجانا چاہئے بالااخر کار زیادہ سوچنے کے بعد ذہن نے اس جملے پہ آمادہ کیا کہ پاکستان کے ترقی میں وقت درکار ہی رکھ لو اس تحریر کے نوبت اس وقت پیش ائی جب پرسوں میں ایک کتاب پڑھ رہا تھا جس کا نام چوٹی کے عمل یعنی انگلش میں اس کتاب کا نام ہوا۔ ""peak performers"" اور یہ کتاب مجھے ایک بوک فیر میں ملی تھی لیکن ملنے کے بعد حزب معمل ایک الماری میں پچھلے ایک سال سے پڑی تھی ۔پرسوں اچانک پڑھنا کا اتفاق ہوا تو معلوم ہوا ان کتاب میں موجود کچھ باتیں اگر میں پاکستان کی حالیہ حالات سے میلاپ کرلو تو بہت فائدہ رہے گا میری بھی اصلاح ہوگی اور پڑھنے والوں کو بھی کچھ فائدہ ملے گا اگر کوئی لینا چاہیں تو۔ امریکہ میں 1960 میں یہ کتاب شائع ہوئی جس کا ابھی میں نے ابھی ذکر کیا جس کا نام چوٹی کے عمل یعنی انگلش میں اس کا نام ""peak performers "" ہے ۔مذکورہ کتاب میں جدید امریکا کے ان...

اسلام آباد:  وزیراعظم آفس نے وزیر خزانہ اسد عمر کے  استعفیٰ کی خبروں کو بے بنیاد قرار دے دیا ہے۔ ذرائع وزیراعظم آفس کے مطابق وزیر خزانہ اسد عمر نے استعفیٰ نہیں دیا ہے لہذا وزیر خزانہ کے استعفیٰ کے حوالے سے خبروں میں کوئی  صداقت نہیں ہے۔ ترجمان وزارت خزانہ نے بھی کہا ہے کہ وزیرخزانہ کا عبدالرزاق داؤد یا کسی اور سے کوئی جھگڑا نہیں ہوا، صحت مند بحث پارٹی کلچر کا حصہ ہے، بحث ہوتی رہتی ہے۔ وزیر خزانہ اسد عمر نے نا تو استعفیٰ دیا ہے اور نہ ہی استعفیٰ دینے کا فیصلہ کیا ہے۔ وزیرخزانہ کے استعفیٰ کی افواہ بعض عناصر اپنے مذموم مقاصد کے لیے اڑا رہے ہیں۔ دوسری جانب وزیر خزانہ کے استعفیٰ کے معاملے پر تحریک انصاف کے رہنما جہانگیر ترین نے اسد عمر کے ساتھ چپقلش کی تردید کرتے ہوئے کہا ہے کہ اسد عمر اور میرے درمیان اختلاف کی خبر من گھڑت ہے، میرے اور اسد عمر کے درمیان کسی معاملہ پر کوئی اختلاف نہیں 

Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered razing walls of Punjab Governor House in Lahore, provincial Information Minister Fayyazul Hasan Chohan said Saturday. Speaking to media outside the chief minister's residence, Chohan said the prime minister visited the provincial headquarters today, during which he reviewed performance of the provincial government. The minister said that PM Khan expressed satisfaction over Punjab government's performance. He noted that previously, the expenses of Chief Minister Secretariat were Rs5.5 million monthly, which has now been reduced to Rs0.8 million. Chohan said the governor's residence was not a historic place, but an office, adding that the premier has ordered demolishing its walls. "The decision would be acted upon in the next 48 to 72 hours," he said. The provincial minister further said the premier expressed concerns over transfers and postings of officials, warning that none of the ministers ...

ملک میں کرپشن کرنے والے افراد کو سزائے موت دینے کا مجوزہ بل تیار کر لیا  گیا جو کہ قومی اسمبلی کے آئندہ اجلاس میں پیش کیا جائے گا۔ کرپشن پر سزائے موت کا مجوزہ بل جمعیت علماء اسلام (جے یو آئی) کی رکن قومی اسمبلی عالیہ کامران نے تیار کیا۔ بل میں کرپشن کی کم سے کم سزا بھی 7سال قید سے بڑھا کر 14 سال کرنے اور نیب قوانین 1999 اور انسداد کرپشن ایکٹ 1947 میں ترمیم تجویز کی گئی ہے۔ مجوزہ بل میں کہا گیا ہے کہ کرپشن پاکستان کا سب سے بڑا مسئلہ ہے اس لیے بدعنوانی کی روک تھام کے لیے سزا سخت کی جائے۔ بل قومی اسمبلی کے آئندہ اجلاس میں پیش کر دیا جائے گا

DC -Former Indian cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu led his country’s delegation to Pakistan on Tuesday for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kartarpur corridor to be held on November 28. The Indian delegation comprising Minister for Food Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister for Housing Hardeep S Puri and Sidhu reached Lahore through the Wagah Border crossing where they were received by officials of the Punjab Rangers. Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday will perform the groundbreaking of the corridor connecting Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur area of Narowal district with Dera Baba Nanak in India's Gurdaspur District.India last week gave the go-ahead to Pakistan’s proposal to build Kartarpur corridor to facilitate Sikh pilgrims wishing to visit the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Narowal District near the Indian border. peaking to journalists upon crossing the Wagah Border, Sidhu thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan for inviting him to the groundbreakin...

DC-Security forces on Friday morning foiled an attack on the Chinese Consulate in the Clifton Block-4 area of the city. Two policemen, Assistant Sub Inspector Ashraf Dawood, and Constable Amir were martyred and a security guard injured as three gunmen tried to enter the consulate around 9:00am. Two visa applicants from Quetta, a father, and son identified as Niaz Muhammad and Muhammad Zahir Shah, also lost their lives in the attack. The terrorists were trying to enter the consulate from the visa issuance section but were intercepted by security personnel at a checkpoint. According to reports, the terrorists detonated a hand grenade before the opening gunfire. Sindh Police and Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed that all three terrorists had been killed in the operation.“They [terrorists] had hand grenades and SMGs. They wanted to make their way inside [the consulate]. One was neutralized outside, the other two were neutralized in the ensuing ope...

تحریک لبیک پاکستان (ٹی ایل پی) کے سربراہ خادم حسین رضوی کو قانون نافذ کرنے والے اداروں نے حراست میں لے لیا گیا۔ خادم حسین رضوی کے اہلخانہ نے ڈان نیوز کو ٹی ایل پی سربراہ کو حراست میں لیے جانے کی تصدیق کی۔ خادم حسین رضوی کے اہلخانہ کے ایک رکن نے نجی نیوز چینل 'سما' کو بتایا کہ 'انہیں لاہور میں ان کے ہجرے سے گرفتار کیا گیا۔' ٹی ایل پی سربراہ کے صاحبزادے نے سعد نے 'سیوَن نیوز' سے بات کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ ان کے والد کے علاوہ تنظیم کے تمام ضلعی سربراہان کو بھی گرفتار کرلیا گیا ہے۔ پنجاب کے وزیر اطلاعات اور قانون نے رابطہ کرنے پر کہا کہ انہیں خادم حسین رضوی کی گرفتاری سے متعلق کچھ علم نہیں۔ پولیس ذرائع کے مطابق ملک کے مختلف شہروں میں تحریک لبیک کے رہنماؤں کے خلاف کریک ڈاؤن جاری ہے۔ تحریک لبیک پاکستان کے سرپرست اعلیٰ پیر افضل قادری نے تصدیق کی کہ ان کے رہنماؤں کو مساجد میں چھاپے مار کر گرفتار کر رہی ہے۔ ذرائع نے ڈان نیوز کو بتایا کہ اسلام آباد کے مختلف علاقوں سے پارٹی کے 30 کارکنان کو گرفتار کرلیا گیا ہے۔ دارالحکومت میں فیض آباد کے مقام پر بھی پولیس کے تقریباً 100 اہلک...

 DC- Khadim Hussain Rizvi has been arrested in a crackdown against the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan to stop the group from reaching Liaquat Bagh. “He was arrested from his hujra in Lahore,” a family member of Rizvi revealed.  “We have received reports of our workers’ arrests from different parts of the country,” Pir Ejaz Ashrafi, a TLP spokesperson told  The TLP, a politico-religious party, has planned a public rally in Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh to ‘honour its martyrs’ on November 25. The group had paralyzed Pakistan’s capital for 21 days in November last year when it staged a sit-in at Faizabad interchange against changes to the oath lawmakers take. The previous PML-N government signed an agreement with the TLP leadership. It was decided that November 25 would be observed as ‘Martyrs of Prophet (PBUH’s) honor day’. A government official, on condition of anonymity, revealed that a crackdown against the TLP activists has been ordered in Rawalpindi and ...

( TRT )- Director of US spy agency Gina Haspel signalled to  Turkish officials the agency had a recording of a call in which Mohammed bin Salman gave instructions to kill Jamal Khashoggi, according to a Turkish newspaper.

By Salahuddin Salarzai Islamabad-With Prime Minister Imran Khan lashing out at United States (US) President Donald Trump and stating that his “baseless rhetoric” will no longer be acceptable to the country, the former’s statements have been very well received by people – especially Pakistanis – on social as well as mainstream media. Amid all the praise that PM Khan’s tweets have attracted, here’s how his response to Trump’s tirade against Pakistan has been covered by foreign media Imran Khan lashes out at Donald Trump, says US making Pak scapegoat of its failure https://t.co/uJEOhQQGwK pic.twitter.com/AU6ImS523C — Hindustan Times (@htTweets) November 19, 2018 Imran Khan hits back after Trump's 'tirade' on Pakistan https://t.co/XWwszO7JU8 pic.twitter.com/EN6VmjrH1j — FRANCE 24 (@FRANCE24) November 19, 2018 Pakistan PM Imran Khan lashes out at Trump 'tirade' https://t.co/MVKXkYaxRl — Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) November 19, 2018 Pakistani P...

Washington:Peace talks to end the conflict in Yemen will take place in Sweden in the next few weeks, Secretary of Defense James Mattis said Wednesday, as experts cautioned that there's no guarantee Sa udi Arabia will take the steps needed for that to happen. The conflict of nearly four years between a coalition led by Saudi Arabia and Houthi rebels  has killed around 57,000 people, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, a crisis mapping project. The UN has put the death toll at 10,000, but that estimate has not been updated for years, during which the country has edged to the brink of starvation, with 14 million lives at risk in what the UN describes as possibly the worst famine in 100 years.