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Afghan President rolls out electronic ID cards
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 3 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday launched new electronic ID cards in a bid to tighten security.
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Pakistan's Pashtuns hold mass rally despite no permission
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Apr. 23 (ANI): Despite getting no permission from Lahore Police, Pashtun Tahafuz (protection) Movement supporters held a huge rally here on Sunday.
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Pakistan: Pashtuns to hold meet despite no permission
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Apr. 21 (ANI): Despite the refusal by Lahore district administration, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement supporters will continue to hold a public meeting at Lahore's Mochi Gate.
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'Insecure' Pakistan must stop demonising Pashtuns
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 15 (ANI): One of Pakistan's lawyers Babar Sattar, who writes articles for leading daily The News and other publications, has objected strongly to the ongoing censorship of the media, print and electronic, in Pakistan.
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Pak's foundation built on injustice: PTM leader
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
South Waziristan [Pakistan], Apr 11 (ANI): Pashtun Tahafuz Movement's (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen, in strong words, has rubbished Pakistan's belief of Pashtuns attempting to conspire against the country while demanding for their basic rights.
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Protesting Pashtuns demand public hanging of Pervez Musharraf
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Apr 8 (ANI): Over 1,00,000 Pashtuns held a rally in Peshawar on Sunday against the Pakistani state-sponsored terrorism in Pashtunistan and demanded public hanging of retired Pakistan Army General and former president Pervez Musharraf.
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Pashtuns labelled as 'terrorists' by Pakistan: Activist
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 19 (ANI): Prominent Pashtun human rights activist Fazal-ur-Rehman Afridi said that the Pashtun community was being labelled as 'terrorists' by the Pakistan military forces.
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Protesting Pashtuns demand removal of Pak Army check posts in Swat
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Swat (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) [Pakistan], Feb 20 (ANI): Scores of Pashtuns staged a massive protest earlier this week in the Swat district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province over being ill treated at army check posts in the area.
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Suffered for long in Pakistan, Pashtuns find support in Afghanista
Updated : 3 years 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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Pak tribesmen set ablaze good Taliban's office
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Dera Ismail Khan (Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa) [Pakistan], Feb 7 (ANI): Reacting to the killing of a young man from the Wazir tribe last month, local Pashtuns stormed the offices of 'good Taliban', a so-called peace committee and set it on fire.
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Millions protest in Islamabad against killing of Pashtun shopkeepe
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb. 07 (ANI): Millions of ethnic Pashtuns poured out on the streets of Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Monday to protest against the alleged extrajudicial killing of a young shopkeeper last month and demand justice in the matter.
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Pashtuns hold anti-Pakistan protest in Islamabad; demand Azadi
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb.4 (ANI): Thousands of Pashtuns gathered outside the press club in Islamabad and chanted Azadi (Freedom) slogans by highlighting human rights violations against the community.
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