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Pashtuns blame Pakistan Army for rights abuse
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 14 (ANI): A massive crowd gathered in Karachi city to demand an end to human rights violations by Pakistan's military in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
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Pak poll body to hold Senate elections on March 3
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb.19 (ANI): Senate elections in Pakistan's four provinces -- Punjab, Sindh, North West Frontier Province and Balochistan, and Islamabad and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), will be held on March 3, as 52 out of 104 senators will retire on March 11.
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Suffered for long in Pakistan, Pashtuns find support in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 09 (ANI): Afghans poured in support for hundreds of Pashtuns from Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan who have been protesting in Islamabad for the arrest of fugitive police official Rao Anwar who is involved in the fake encounter of Naqeebullah Mehsud, a
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Pakistan Taliban operative killed in US drone strike
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Peshawar (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) [Pakistan], Feb .09 (ANI): A Pakistan Taliban operative or Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) operative has been killed in a U.S. drone strike along with three Haqqani Network terrorists in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas on Thursday.
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Two Haqqani network militants killed in US drone strike in Pak
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 24 (ANI): At least two Haqqani network militants were killed on Wednesday in a US drone attack on a house in northwestern Pakistan.
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Sharif is a liar, says ANP
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Dec 30 (ANI): Awami National Party (ANP) President Asfandyar Wali Khan has accused former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif of making false promises to the people of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) for the merger with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P).
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Two policemen killed in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Charsadda [Pakistan] Nov 1 (ANI): Two policemen were killed on Wednesday after unknown attackers opened fire at a patrolling police party here.
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Pashtun, Baloch activists discuss atrocities by Pakistan Army in FATA
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 11 (ANI): The Pashtun and Baloch activists recently gathered in Afghanistan's Kabul to discuss about the atrocities carried out by the Pakistan Army in their region.
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Karachi still serving as attractive base for global jihadis since 9/11
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Oct.3 (ANI): Pakistan's commercial hub Karachi has been serving as an attractive base for global jihadi groups such as al-Qaeda and its affiliates since the 9/11 attacks in the United States.
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Pakistan flag removed from Durand line by Pashtuns
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Khost [Afghanistan], September 26 (ANI): The Pashtuns living in Afghanistan have removed Pakistan's flag and structures from the Durand line, which demarcates Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan of northern and western Pakistan from t
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Roadside bomb kills govt administrator, 4 others in Pakistan's FATA
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 17 (ANI): Five people, including a government administrator, were killed when a remote-controlled bomb went off at a roadside in Bajaur Agency's Loye Mamond area in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) bordering Afghanistan on Sunday.
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U.S. provides $255 million military aid to Pakistan, with conditions attac
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 1 (ANI): The Trump administration has provided $255 million military aid to Pakistan, with conditions attached - the U.S. State Department saying that Islamabad can access the funds only if it acts against terror groups based in the tribal areas and stop cross-bo
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