Three cops martyred in Tank ambush
Three policemen, including an SHO, were martyred in an ambush by heavily armed terrorists on a police convoy in Tank district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Saturday afternoon. The police told The...
View ArticleSmog engulfs Peshawar, impairs visibility
The people of Peshawar on Saturday witnessed difficulties while travelling due to a smog which impaired their visibility. It disrupted traffic on the roads as well as the motorway. The traffic police...
View ArticleJustice (retd) Arshad Hussain Shah takes oath as interim K-P CM
Justice (retd) Arshad Hussain Shah took oath as the caretaker chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday, following the death of former CM Azam Khan a day prior. Haji Ghulam Ali, the governor of...
View ArticleK-P governor removes confusion about cabinet
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor Haji Ghulam Ali has formally announced the dissolution of the provincial caretaker cabinet after the death of the caretaker chief minister Azam Khan due to the claims by...
View ArticlePeshawar Gem, Jewellery and Mineral Exhibition to be held in March
A gem, jewellery and mineral show will be held in March next year in Peshawar. A press statement issued by the All Pakistan Commercial Exporters Association says that buyers from at least 150 countries...
View ArticleAt least one dead, multiple injured in attack on oil & gas company
At least one person has been killed, and multiple are injured in an attack on a oil and gas company in the Darazinda area of Dera Ismail Khan, on Monday. In another incident earlier, two police...
View ArticleTwo soldiers martyred in North Waziristan shootout
Two soldiers of the Pakistan Army embraced martyrdom on Monday during an exchange of fire with terrorists in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan district, the military said in a statement. According...
View ArticleGlaring lack of female police personnel deterring women from reporting...
When Khalida Bibi, a long-term resident of Mohmand District now residing in Peshawar, asked her brothers for a share in the inheritance money they received by selling off their ancestral land, she was...
View ArticleThree soldiers martyred in two incidents
Three Pakistan Army soldiers embraced martyrdom in two separate terror incidents in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan district and Dera Ismail Khan, the military said in a statement on Monday....
View Article9-member caretaker cabinet sworn in
The formation of a 9-member caretaker cabinet in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) took place on Monday, a day after the swearing-in of Justice (retd) Arshad Hussain Shah as the interim chief minister. The new...
View ArticlePHC CJ orders early disposal of cases
Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Ibrahim Khan has taken notice of the decrease in the rate of disposal of cases as compared to the filing of new ones in district and civil courts of...
View ArticleRepatriated Afghan girls face bleak futures
As schoolchildren across the country eagerly await growing up and pursuing their dream careers, Afghan girls deported back home to life under the extremist Taliban government resent the cruelty of...
View ArticlePolice stop open courts to dismay of populace
For a city that is facing multiple issues such as a worsening security situation and a rise in crime rate, open courts, colloquially referred to as khuli kacheris, offered residents of Peshawar the...
View ArticleSeven terrorists killed in Tank operation
Security forces killed at least seven terrorists in the Tank district during an intelligence-based operation (IBO), the military said in a statement on Wednesday. According to Inter-Services Public...
View ArticleWitness tampering frees drug dealers
In a landmark judgment, the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday declared that some witnesses deliberately changed their statements to benefit the accused, indicating that “moral values” had died. A...
View ArticleAfghan culinary legacy enriches Pakistani kitchens
As Afghans bid adieu to cherished memories, they are leaving behind a savoury legacy that now graces the tables of homes and renowned eateries across Pakistan. While the waves of migrations triggered...
View ArticleSend old guard home, Bilawal tells people
In a fervent appeal to all political parties, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari urged a collective trust in the people's decisions. Speaking at a workers' convention in...
View ArticleWaziristan boundary dispute to be settled
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government is set to establish a commission to definitively resolve the boundary dispute between Lower and Upper South Waziristan districts. Caretaker Minister for Newly...
View ArticleUlema moot targets polio eradication
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government organized a one-day Ulema Conference in Bannu district, aiming to engage religious scholars in the mission to make the district polio-free. The conference, attended by...
View ArticleMore than 317,000 Afghans repatriated
The ongoing repatriation efforts of illegal foreigners in Pakistan have seen a continuous influx of returning refugees, with more than 317,000 individuals having already returned to Afghanistan through...
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