Free wheat flour: protests erupt in K-P
Protests and brawls for the supply of free government wheat flour on Tuesday were witnessed at various places in Peshawar as the city’s police expressed their helplessness to control the situation and...
View ArticleCaretaker cabinet swells as CM inducts another aide
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Caretaker Chief Minister Azam Khan has added another member to the caretaker provincial cabinet. On Tuesday, Hidayatullah Khan Afridi was appointed as advisor to the chief...
View ArticleK-P launches monsoon contingency plan
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), under the guidance of relief, rehabilitation and settlement department, is working on monsoon contingency plan 2023 in...
View Article‘No shortage of wheat flour’
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry has said that there is no shortage of flour in the province and that all eligible families will receive free wheat flour under the scheme....
View ArticleMan ‘commits suicide’ in police lock-up
A man arrested by the police on Tuesday morning for carrying an illegal pistol and put behind bars inside a police post reportedly committed suicide in the lock-up. An official of the Tehkal police...
View ArticleJustice Hilali set to become PHC’s first female CJ
Justice Musarrat Hilali is set to become the first female chief justice of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on April 1, after the retirement of current Chief Justice Qaiser Rasheed on March 30. However,...
View ArticleDSP among four cops martyred in Lakki Marwat terror attack
A terrorist attack on a police station in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's (K-P) Lakki Marwat in the wee hours of Thursday resulted in the death of at least four policemen, including DSP Iqbal Momand. At around 1...
View ArticleJI protests against shortage of flour, power outages
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) staged protest demonstrations against the flour shortage and mismanagement in free flour distribution in the province in Peshawar and Bajaur tribal district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa...
View ArticleK-P to establish flour supply points at UC level
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) caretaker Information Minister Barrister Feroz Jamal Shah Kaka Khel has said that free flour distribution points are being established in union councils so as to overcome the...
View ArticleTeam from Punjab visits Paraplegic Centre
A team of experts from Punjab visited the Paraplegic Centre Peshawar (PPC) on Thursday as the Punjab government has decided to establish a similar centre in the province. The Punjab government has...
View ArticleNew buses for girls’ college announced
Peshawar Mayor Zubair Ali on Thursday announced solar panels, pick and drop facility for lecturers, new buses for college students, new furniture for the hall and promotions for the lecturers and...
View ArticleDam to supply potable water to Peshawar
Advisor to the Caretaker Chief Minister Malik Mehar Ilahi on Thursday called on Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Caretaker Chief Minister Muhammad Azam Khan and discussed with him the important greater water...
View ArticleSoldier martyred in North Waziristan skirmish with terrorists
A Pakistan Army sepoy was martyred on Friday during an exchange of fire with terrorists in North Waziristan’s Mir Ali area, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) stated. “Own troops fought bravely...
View ArticleChief justice for a day
Justice Roohul Amin Khan on Friday became the chief justice of Peshawar High Court (PHC) for one day as he took oath on Friday as acting chief justice and surprisingly retired the same day. In this...
View ArticleSikh trader shot dead in Peshawar
A Sikh shopkeeper was shot dead in what appears to be yet another targeted attack on the outskirts of Peshawar on Friday. Police told The Express Tribune that Diyal Singh, who had a general store in...
View ArticleCovid-19 cases on the rise in K-P again
The number of Covid-19 cases have been on the rise in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) once again as 12 new cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, an official of the health department told The Express...
View ArticleJustice Musarrat Hilali takes oath as acting chief justice of PHC
The first woman chief justice of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), Justice Musarrat Hilali took the oath of office on Saturday as the acting chief justice of the Peshawar High Court (PHC). Governor K-P Haji...
View ArticleAbbottabad’s abandoned colonial reminder
Nestled in the lap of mountains, the 165-years old colonial building of Bakote police station in Abbottabad district still stands its ground against the vagaries of weather and time. However, abandoned...
View ArticlePak-Afghan liaison committee discusses hurdles in trade
A meeting of the Pak-Afghan liaison committee was held in Peshawar to discuss different issues causing impediments in smooth sailing of bilateral trade and promotion of commercial activities in the...
View ArticleVarsity imposes ban on wearing jeans, tights
The Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University (SBBWU), Peshawar has introduced a new “modest” dress code for its students by banning the use of jeans and tights on the campus. The university’s registrar...
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