PTM’s activist ‘abducted’ from DI Khan on July 7, 2018ISLAMABAD: The Pashtoon Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) vibrant activist Dr Hayat Pargal was abducted by the masked men at 11 pm on late Thursday from Dera Ismail (DI) Khan. Reportedly, his brother Nasir Khan said that Pargal informed him that 12 to 15 men, along with a lady police officer, and trespassed his residence and abducted […]
Fazllulah’s death will weaken the TTP, say analysts on July 2, 2018Islamabad: The death of Mullah Fazlulah in a US drone strike will further weaken the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) since the new amir from the Mehsud tribe will take on the reins of an organisation whose leadership stayed with the Malakand faction for several years, analysts believe. Rahimullah Yousafzai, a veteran journalist based in Peshawar, […]
‘The most important thing for any country is to modernise itself’ on June 27, 2018ISLAMABAD: “The most important thing for any country is to modernise itself and hence command its own destiny,” this was stated by Renmin University School of International Studies Professor & Associate Dean Jin Canrong during his address at a public talk on China’s Foreign Policy After the 19th National Congress of Communist Party of China […]
Engineering of polls a way to keep pro-West forces in power on June 25, 2018Speakers at a workers convention of the recently revived Mutahhida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) said on Sunday that they would render any sacrifice to get rid of secularism and liberalism. They said the alliance would implement Sharia laws in the country after coming to power in July 25 election. The alliance of four clerical parties (representing Deobandi, […]
Burglary at DT staffer’s house termed latest attack on media freedom on June 23, 2018ISLAMABAD: Journalists and rights activists have condemned the burglary at Daily Times correspondent Marvi Sirmed’s house, saying that the incident should be seen as a part of ongoing attacks on media freedom including the disruptions in the distribution of daily Dawn. In a statement issued following the incident, the Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ) […]
PTM cancels rally plan as jirga assures release of its supporters held across country on June 13, 2018Islamabad: The Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) on Tuesday agreed to cancel its plan to hold a sit-in protest in Razmak area of North Waziristan, after a jirga of tribal elders assured that all those arrested from protests held in Mir Ali, Wana, and Islamabad would be released ahead of Eidul Fitr, PTM leader Mohsin Dawar […]
Students charged with sedition ‘for solidarity with PTM’ include PhD, MPhil scholars on June 12, 2018At least 15 of the 37 youngsters held at Adiala Jail on serious charges inlcuding sedition are enrolled in various graduate programmes at leading public-sector univeristies in the federal capital. Data gathered by Daily Times shows that most of these youngsters hail from Pashtun-populated areas of Balochistan and are enrolled either at Quaid-e-Azam University or […]
Political muharar’s murder Tribe warned of collective punishment under defunct FCR on June 8, 2018Islamabad: Despite the passage of the 31st Constitutional Amendment which nullifies the draconian Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR), the defunct political administration of North Waziristan has sent members of the Wazir Kam Sarobi clan a warning under Section 40 of the colonial-era law, demanding that the tribe must take collective responsibility for the recent murder of […]
‘Civil-military gap hurting Pakistan’ on May 26, 2018ISLAMABAD: The gap between the civilian government and military in decision making process has hurt the country in the past and the situation remains equal today, said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shrieen Mazari on Friday. While addressing the launching ceremony of book ‘From Kargil To The Coup’ written by country’s renowned journalist and anchorperson Nasim […]
Second tribal woman to contest general election on May 26, 2018Ali Begum was born to a well-educated Bangash family in Parachinar valley in early 1960s. But her father, an employee in the Education Department, still faced backlash from extended family when he decided to send his daughters to a government high school. “Our relatives would taunt my father. ‘One day, they’ll write love letters to […]