So instead it gave moral support to the Pashtunistan cause, with regular radio broadcasts in Pashto, Urdu and Dari calling for self-determination for those living east of the Khyber Pass.

In a passionate plea, Shafi Burfat, Chairman of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) and leader of the Sindhudesh National Movement, has called for immediate action to address what he describes ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan, two prominent nations in South Asia, hold critical roles in the international political arena. Afghanistan, a landlocked country at the confluence of South and Central Asia, ...

Pakistan News: Razzak Baloch from the Baloch Human Rights Council condemned Pakistan and China for exploiting resources in Balochistan during a protest in Geneva. He ...

LONDON: Hyrbyair Marri, a Baloch political leader based in the United Kingdom, has strongly criticised Pakistan's military operation known as Azm-e-Istehkam in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

Pashtunistan issue is dead, and its raising, if any, by nationalists are feeble attempts by them to stay politically relevant, and to maximise political advantage in the Federation of Pakistan, ...

The foundation of a state of Pashtunistan and the option of being annexed to Afghanistan were not presented as alternatives in the ballot. The Banu Resolution, which was passed unanimously on 21 June ...

Thirteen places you don't want to be stuck at. Read an account of India’s new Berlin Wall with Bangladesh here.. Far removed from the pie-in-the-sky talk of a borderless planet, the real world ...

Post-Partition, several Pashtun-led Afghan governments, notably those of Mohammad Daoud Khan, intermittently raised the issue of Pashtunistan and about the validity of the Durand Line, and ...

Pashtuns have been the subject of enquiry for many centuries now, chiefly on account of their warlike nature, refusal to accept foreign overlordship and incredible tenacity in the face of ...

The historical and lingering ‘Pashtunistan’ movement or the Baluch separatist movement are direct byproducts of the shaky bind of the ‘two-nation theory’ that seeks to rationalise the ...