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World |2022-12-21 10:55:01
Pakistan ‘disappointed’ by Taliban ban on university education for girls but still wants engagement

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday voiced disappointment over the Taliban’s ban on university education for women but said the best approach remained engagement with Afghanistan’s rulers...
“Is the alternative for us to imagine that we can somehow artificially stitch together an alternate opposition that can command the same sort of legitimacy?”The Taliban, who had initially promised a softer approach than during their...
Archive |2018-10-29 19:35:02
'Shockingly regressive' or 'need of local culture'? Twitter reacts to KP's ban on male MPs in girls' schools

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Monday banned the entry of male VIPs into girls schools and directed the schools’ managements to invite only female lawmakers and other role models as chief guests to sports, annual day and other functions...
The new policy polarised social media, with some accusing the KP government of "Talibanisation" and others accepting that the move was imperative to boost girls' access to education in the...
World |2022-12-20 22:45:00
Afghan Taliban ban university education for girls

The Afghan Taliban authorities on Tuesday ordered an indefinite ban on university education for girls, the ministry of higher education said in a letter issued to all government and private universities...
The ban on higher education comes less than three months after thousands of girls and women sat university entrance exams across the country, with many aspiring to choose engineering and medicine as future careers...
Archive |2023-02-04 10:15:03
Taliban detain educator who assailed girls varsity ban

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have “beaten and detained” an academic who voiced outrage on live television against their ban on women’s university education, his aide said on Friday...
”A small group of male students also held a brief walkout protesting the ban...
Archive |2016-08-06 06:59:00
Pakistan’s renowned wrestler Riaz Butt expires in Sialkot

SIALKOT: The Sialkot-based international wrestler Mohammad Riaz Butt alias Raju Rocket Pehalwan died of cardiac arrest here on Friday evening...
He will be laid to rest in his native graveyard at Sialkot on Saturday...
Pakistan |2015-08-29 15:39:33
India-Pakistan border clashes: UN team visits Sialkot village to observe damages

KARACHI: A three-member observer team of the United Nations (UN) visited the Working Boundary at Kundanpur village in Sialkot on Saturday to review damages caused by firing at the border, said a report published on Radio Pakistan...
At least 11 civilians — eight Pakistanis and three Indians — were killed and several others wounded on Friday during an exchange of fire between Indian and Pakistani border troops along the Line of Control...
Pakistan |2018-02-04 00:21:36
Footballs made in Sialkot will represent Pakistan at 2018 FIFA World Cup

Russian Ambassador to Pakistan Alexey Dedov had recently confirmed that the balls to be used at this summer's spectacle — called Telstar 18 — will be manufactured in Pakistan...
The announcement had come as little surprise as the footballs used at the tournament's last installment in 2014 were also supplied by manufacturers based in Sialkot — a city renowned world over for its thriving sports goods industry...
Sport |2022-12-09 17:25:00
‘Made-in-Sialkot’ ball puts Pakistan in FIFA World Cup

Even though it is a cricket-mad nation, Pakistan is playing a big part in the football World Cup by making the balls used on the training fields in Qatar and the replicas sold to fans worldwide...
Forward Sports — a multinational sports equipment company in the northeastern city of Sialkot — has been working with Adidas AG for almost 20 years...
Archive |2017-09-12 07:03:59
Bajwa briefs Australian leaders about Pakistan peace efforts

RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday arrived in Canberra, the capital of Australia, on a two-day official visit...
Gen Bajwa called on Australian Army Chief Lieutenant General Angus J...
Archive |2017-11-07 07:07:45
Pakistan determined to expand ties with Iran: Bajwa

ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa said on Monday that Pakistan was determined to expand its ties with Iran in all spheres and hoped that the two neighbours could collaborate for regional peace and security...
Talking to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Gen Bajwa, according to Iranian media reports, said that Islamabad wanted expansion of its military and defence cooperation with Tehran, besides promoting historical and economic...
Pakistan |2017-10-10 07:05:59
Pakistan capable of thwarting any aggression: Bajwa

RISALPUR: Declaring that Pakistan is fully capable of responding to any kind of aggression, Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has warned “the enemy” that any misadventure would come at an “unbearable cost”...
If the enemy ever resorts to a misadventure, regardless of its size and scale, it will have to pay an unbearable cost,” he said at the passing-out parade of the Pakistan Air Force cadets in Risalpur on Monday...
Archive |2017-08-24 06:59:45
Pakistan fighting terror in own interest: Bajwa

ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Bajwa has said that Pakistan is fighting terrorism in its own interest and not for US money or equipment...
Gen Bajwa told United States Ambassador David Hale, who called on him on Wednesday to explain his country’s new policy on Afghanistan and South Asia, that Pakistan “was not looking for any material or financial assistance from the US but trust, understanding and acknowledgement of our...
World |2017-05-03 13:59:03
Pakistan will make efforts to reduce friction amongst Muslim countries, Gen Bajwa tells Zarif

Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif called on Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa at General Headquarters (GHQ) on Wednesday to discuss regional security and other issues of bilateral interest, read a statement issued by military's media wing...
"Pakistan was committed to having lasting relations with Iran and will keep up its efforts to reduce friction amongst brotherly Muslim countries," the army chief was quoted as saying by...
Pakistan |2017-04-08 06:19:27
Terrorism in Afghanistan, Pakistan equally painful: Bajwa

RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa recently told a senior defence official of Afghanistan he grieved for Afghan victims of terrorism as much as he did for such victims from Pakistan, the chief military spokesman told a visiting delegation on Friday...
ISPR chief Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor told the Afghan media delegation that Gen Bajwa had reassured the defence attaché that every Afghan was dear to him like every...
Pakistan |2017-06-17 06:54:34
Bajwa urges neighbours not to blame Pakistan for their woes

ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has counselled unnamed neighbours to address problems at home instead of blaming Pakistan for their woes...
“Terrorism cannot be defeated by closing eyes to one’s own responsibilities and resorting to throwing blame outside as being done by a few players in the region,” Gen Bajwa said at the National Defence University here without naming the countries he was referring to... ...