A boy namely Ibadur Rehman, 19, had illicit relations with a girl, and when the local people came to know about it, they held a secret jirga on Friday, in which the girl was engaged to Ibadur Rehman. Jirga also gave Rehman’s younger sister in ‘swara’ to a teenage boy of the girl’s family.
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He said that a review petition against the restoration of the local bodies is being heard in the Supreme Court.
All Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Importers and Merchants Association welcomed the government move as a “good decision” that was to benefit traders.
“We hope that our neighbouring countries will continue to extend support to Afghanistan internationally,” he said, noting that many countries had also raised their voices “in our favour” at international forums and in conversations with US representatives.
Addressing the participants during the dinner, Qureshi touched upon several issues, including the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan’s role in maintaining peace in the region and the issue of terrorism, among other matters.
Preliminary results on Monday morning showed the SPD on track for 26.0 percent of the vote, ahead of 24.1 percent for Merkel’s CDU-CSU conservatives. Weak candidate of Merkel’s party led to defeat of the CDU.
Taliban authorities in the western Afghan city of Herat killed four alleged kidnappers and hung their bodies up in public…
This CPEC investment would bring multifolds advantages to Pakistan’s maritime economy and further strengthen coastal development