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Facts are sacred; Islamabad pretending as a victim of terrorism

By Sadiq Yousufi-KABUL: The series of terrorist attacks in Pakistan have targeted all the four provinces, including tribal-belt, administered by Pakistan. The loyalists of the so-called Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorist carried out a bloody attack on the Sufi Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sindh province …

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Terror galore

Pakistan has faced numerous terrorist attacks in the past but the current wave of terrorism has turned this week to be the bloodiest in the country’s history so far. The last five days have seen ten attacks targeting all the four provinces. Bloodbath at Sehwan, Sindh, on Thursday peaked the …

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Pakistan is bitten by its complicity snakes

Things are getting from bad to worse between the two neighbors—Afghanistan and Pakistan after cycles of violence took place in Pakistan. Islamabad without thinking at least once, turned blame finger toward Kabul, while ignoring its support to the militant outfits in their soil for longtime. There is no safe hideout …

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Asfandyar asks Pakistan, Afghanistan to shun differences

CHARSADDA: Asking Kabul and Islamabad to shun differences, Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali Khan on Tuesday said the Afghan issue could not be resolved without making Afghan government part of the negotiation. Speaking at a function in Sar Dheri here, he said that China, Pakistan and Russia discussed …

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Start talks with Taliban, be tough on Pakistan, Trump urged

WASHINGTON: Urging the Trump Administration to remain open to restart talks with the Taliban, a group of eminent South Asian experts from top US think tanks Monday urged the White House to take tough measures against Pakistan and send a strong signal to Islamabad that it will not be business …

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Peace in Afghanistan Crucial for Regional Stability, says Afghan envoy

New Delhi. With regional powers forging new links and trying to outdo each other in what is being seen as a new ‘Great Game’, Afghanistan Ambassador to India Dr Shaida Mohammad Abdali said that the peace in Afghanistan is crucial for regional stability. Dr Abdali was delivering a talk on …

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Is presidential or parliamentary system good in Afghanistan?

By Ezzatullah Mehrdad-The presidential system is experienced along the history of Afghanistan. This system has been accepted by the people. Recently, some people claim that the presidential system doesn’t effectively work and should change to parliamentary system. In fact, presidential system has proved that it is effective in the country …

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The last chapter

By Dr. Khurshid Alam-The demography plays an important role in the stability, peace, progress and smooth running of a country and the foreign and domestic policy is grossly rest on demography, strategic location. Watan (Motherland) and country are inherently different words. Countries are made by people and disintegrated by people. …

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A common populism: Trump, Le Pen and Putin

Do they Portent the Beginning of the End for the EU? By Dr. Emanuel L. Paparella “The Brussels wall will have come down just like the Berlin wall came down. The EU, this oppressive model, will have disappeared. But the Europe of free nations will have been born…The EU should …

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Why Flynn’s National Security Council will fail

By Josh Rogin-US President Donald Trump is filling the government’s national security leadership with former military officials and businessmen, rejecting the policy and academic types both parties have traditionally relied on. But the militarisation of the Trump foreign policy team is even more concentrated on the White House staff led …

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