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False-flag ops of a different kind!'...another 'GEO' official disclosed to an officer of a European diplomatic mission that they [GEO TV] had taken themselves off the air in order to

A lesser known but important fact about Maulvi Rafiuddin is that he caused the first ever judicial inquiry to probe rigging/corruption in elections in the history of British-India.The man he

"I think he [Bacha Khan] has either misunderstood the meaning of 'Swaraj' [...] or was misinterpreting it to the ignorant public of the NWFP. Perhaps he thought that Congress was

Did you know?"Khan" or "Khanship" had been an appointment and post by the state where the appointee was to collect tolls & taxes for the state. The state would provide

Story of a hippie who died for Afghans. Between 1950s & 1970s, many westerners would travel overland along the Hippie trail (Eur-Turkey-Iran-Afg-Pak-India-Nepal etc.) to experience the orient – its culture,

Mohammad Alam (Mohomet Allum) was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan in 1858 and moved to Australia as cameleer between 1884-1890. However, he is famously known as herbalist in Australia who cured

Waziristan – Militancy and violence through the last 100 years. Thread on the military campaigns against, and of the tribesmen of Waziristan. 3rd Anglo-Afghan War-1919: The Pashtun tribesmen had long

Lesser known fact about Amanullah Khan!He went to perform Hajj two times in his lifetime. None of this was during his rule or before but after he was in exile

#OTD in 1930, scores of non-violent political activists were massacred in Qissa Khwani Peshawar by the British-Raj. An account of this massacre based on Allah Baksh Yousafi's weekly newspaper is

No, it is not true! Iqbal's interest in Khushal Baba's work grew after he came to know about him through Raverty's translations. He then sought help in translating Khushal's poetry

Today is the 25th death anniversary of Ameer Hamza Shinwari — the legendary sufi poet of Pashto language. He is called the father of Ghazal in Pashto language. One, out

The most sacred memorabilia of the Islamic world, the Cloak of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), is put on display every Ramadan for public viewing in the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul. But