Sindh President of the Awami National Party (ANP) Shahi Syed has strongly condemned what he described as the alleged harassment and detention of Pashtuns in Karachi under the pretext of action against ...

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 adversity.

Something big is brewing in Pakistan—a development that is wholly unprecedented, yet so contentious that many major media outlets in the country aren’t covering it. Pashtuns—an ethnic minority in ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

The example of the tribal Pathans (also called Pashtuns) is an apt example of such a brave, self- respecting, hardy people spread over Afghanistan and Pakistan, who have become severe victims owing ...

TNS: How do you look at the recent crackdown and the ethnic profiling of the Pashtuns, especially in Punjab? Afrasiab Khattak: Actually, discrimination against Pashtuns was going on in Punjab for the ...

His take came after a video shared by Pakistan Information Ministry officials, including Attaullah Tarar, went viral on social media.

Since 11 September 2001, Pashtuns feel they have become the most vilified ethnic group in the world. They are angry, frustrated and now want to reclaim their identity from being lumped with the ...

Pashtuns straddling the Pakistani-Afghan border face serious challenges to their socio-cultural survival. It's very hard for the estimated 50 million Pashtuns to know whether the world recognizes ...

In what has been described as a major escalation, Pakistani forces reportedly carried out a midnight strike in the Besud district of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan.

In a DW interview, anti-war activist Manzoor Pashteen says he is being harassed by Pakistan's security agencies for taking up the issue of extrajudicial killings and turning the Pashtun plight into a ...