A look at some leading potential candidates for Afghanistan’s presidency By Associated Press, Published: September 16 KABUL, Afghanistan — Would-be candidates for the presidency of Afghanistan have through Oct. 6 to formally declare their intentions, and it’s anyone’s guess who will end up running and who will win. Afghan politics are largely about patronage and being on the winning team, so many potential ...

KARACHI, Sept 4 (APP):  Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday chaired a high level meeting on law and order here at the Governor House. The meeting was attended by Director General of ISI Lt. Gen.  Zaheer- ul- Islam, Director General Rangers Maj. Gen. Rizwan Akhtar, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid, Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar ...

KARACHI, Sept 4 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday hinted at raising a special force to tackle heinous crimes and terrorism in order to address the law and order problems in the Sindh metropolis. He was talking to media men in an interaction at the Governor House here. The Prime Minister said that the new force would be a civilian entity with recruitment purely on merit, which would be ...

Srinagar, Sep 4: (GNS) Expressing strong resentment over the arrest of senior resistance leader and its party Chairman Shabir Ahmad Shah, the Democratic Freedom Party spokesperson said the government has become habitual of arresting Shah without any justification. “This is the reason that Shah since past two and a half years, has been either put under house arrest or detained on way, for a total of one year ...

ISLAMABAD, Aug 28 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Wednesday said Pakistan attaches great importance to its friendship with China and appreciates the interest of Chinese companies to invest in development projects in Pakistan. He was talking to a delegation of National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China that was led by its Vice Chairman Zhang Xiaoqiang. The Prime Minster deliberated ...

Srinagar, Aug 28: Two persons including a woman were injured after suspected RAW's agents  opened fire at main Bazar Awantipora in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Sources stated that two individuals  on a motorbike attacked Awantipora resulting in injuries to two civilians. A police spokesman in a statement said that two civilians were injured when militants opened fire in open market at Awantipora Bazar ...

[caption id="attachment_4607" align="alignright" width="230"] Protests against human rights violations have been a hallmark of the armed conflict in Kashmir.[/caption] ‘New Delhi hell bent upon seizing land in JK’ Srinagar, Aug 28: (GNS) Terming the Tosmaidan lease extension agreement unacceptable Hurriyat Conference Wednesday said any such move would add to agonies of locals as entire population is already ...

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 27 (APP): The UN agency tasked with assisting  Palestinian refugees has called for restraint from all parties after receiving confirmation that one of its staff members was shot and killed by Israeli forces on Monday. In a statement, the UN relief and Works Agency for Palestine  Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said the staff member was killed instantly in an operation in the Kalandia ...