Universities fail to facilitate research
The quintessential purpose of the higher education system was to advance the progress of the nation through the production of scholarship which can propose contextually sensitive solutions to the...
View ArticlePeshawar hosts women’s literature event
The inaugural ceremony of the Dosti Peshawar Women's Literature Festival, 1st Edition, took place at the District Assembly Hall, bringing together renowned poetesses, authors, readers, and academics to...
View ArticleFunding shortage impedes hospital operations
Healthcare services in outsourced hospitals across tribal districts in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) have reached a breaking point, with several facilities suspending their operations due to a distressing...
View ArticleTwo policemen martyred, three injured in DI Khan attack
Two police officials were martyred and three injured on Tuesday when unidentified perpetrators attacked the camp of a private oil and gas drilling company in Dera Ismail Khan. According to Express...
View ArticleEconomic uplift plan tailored for NMDs
To ensure the timely completion and high-quality delivery of development projects in the newly merged tribal districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, a robust monitoring system is set to be initiated. This...
View ArticleKMU gears up for transparent MDCAT
A high-level meeting was convened to discuss the preparations for the re-conduction of the Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) organized by Khyber Medical University (KMU). Chaired by...
View ArticleTwo terrorists killed, four injured in Chitral IBO: ISPR
Two terrorists were killed and four others injured during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) conducted by security forces on the night between November 7 and 8 in general area Ursoon of...
View ArticleImmutable air pollution chokes K-P
The seasonal smog crisis has been plaguing the northern half of Pakistan since the past eight years yet an end to the health hazard appears nowhere in sight, as a high rate of deforestation coupled...
View ArticleExtortion calls, campus drugs stir concern
The third session of the Provincial Apex Committee was convened with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Caretaker Chief Minister Muhammad Azam Khan presiding. During the meeting, the committee addressed several...
View ArticleDiphtheria strikes K-P, 16 lives lost
After facing the challenges posed by Covid-19 and dengue, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) has now grappled with a diphtheria outbreak that has claimed 16 lives this year. Official sources told The Express...
View ArticlePeshawar cracks down on electric heaters
The district administration of Peshawar has initiated a crackdown on electric heaters within the city as part of its campaign to eliminate load shedding. A meeting, chaired by Commissioner Peshawar...
View ArticleA nip in Peshawar’s air after rainfall
Rain of light to moderate intensity lashed the federal capital, like other parts of the country, on Thursday afternoon turning the weather cold and compelling most of the citizens to stay indoors. The...
View ArticleK-P, Balochistan pay tribute to Iqbal
Like other parts of the country, the birth anniversary of great national poet, philosopher and visionary Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal was celebrated on Thursday in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Special programs and...
View ArticlePublic warned of NAB impersonators
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Peshawar has issued a warning to the public to be wary of individuals impersonating NAB officers and making fraudulent calls. A statement from a NAB...
View ArticleCaretaker K-P chief minister Azam Khan passes away
Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Mohammad Azam Khan has passed away, it was reported on Saturday. The retired bureaucrat was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Rehman Medical...
View ArticleTransgender person stabbed to death
Yet another transgender person fell victim to a brutal stabbing in the Faqirabad area of Peshawar on Friday. The victim, identified as Ghazal, was discovered dead in a plaza on Ring Road, lying in a...
View Article10% stipend hike for trainee medics
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) caretaker cabinet, chaired by Provincial Minister Syed Masood Shah, has given the green light to a 10% increase in stipends for trainee medical officers. Simultaneously,...
View ArticleProtest for Pakistanis detained in Afghanistan
In a fervent protest on Friday at Torkham, Khyber tribal district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), a significant number of locals gathered to demand the release of Pakistani nationals detained by the...
View ArticleUNHCR assured of humane repatriation
A three-member delegation, headed by Philippa Candler, the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for Pakistan, met with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Caretaker Chief...
View ArticleDeportation of foreigners under way
The process of voluntary return and deportation of illegal foreigners on Friday continued as 3,605 more were deported through the Torkham border. An official of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Home Department...
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