KABUL, AUG 15: Afghanistan’s embattled President Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday as the Taliban moved further into Kabul, officials said. Ghani flew out of the country, two officials told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity as they weren’t authorised to brief journalists. Abdullah Abdullah, the head of the Afghan National Reconciliation Council, later confirmed Ghani had left in an online video. “He left Afghanistan in a hard time, God hold him accountable,” Abdullah said. Major developments today Ashraf Ghani flees Afghanistan Taliban say they will not takeRead More

BRUSSELS, Aug 15 (DNA): Speakers of a seminar titled, “Independent Indiaand Occupied Kashmir” organized by Kashmiri Council Europe (KC-EU)condemning the brutalities  against the people of Jamu and Kashmircalled for end of Indian oppression in the disputed  territory. The seminar which held on Sunday, the black day of 15th August inBrussels, the capital city of Belgium was attended  by a number ofPakistani and Kashmiri and European intellectuals and experts. Chairman of International Forum for Justice Human Rights JK (IFJHRJK),Muhammad Ahsan Untoo also addressed the protest in Brussels bytelephonic link from occupiedRead More

ISTANBUL, Aug 15 (DNA): President Dr Arif Alvi Sunday conferredSitara-e-Imtiaz, Pakistan’s civil award, upon two Turkish dignitaries,Dr Selami Kilic and Prof Dr Celal Soydan at a special investitureceremony held here. The president conferred Sitara-e-Imtiaz upon Dr Selami Kilic for hisservices to Pakistan. Dr Selami participated in the relief activities after 2005 devastatingearthquake in Pakistan. After the 2010 floods in Pakistan, Dr SelamiKilic helped establish a field hospital in Dera Murad Jamali and carriedout damage and needs assessment surveys in various areas of Sindh andBaluchistan. He was also at the forefrontRead More