Former PPP senator Waqar Ahmed Khan joins PML-N
Former federal minister for privatisation and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) senator Waqar Ahmed Khan on Wednesday announced his decision to join the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Addressing the...
View ArticleTwo soldiers martyred in North Waziristan IED explosion
At least two Pakistan Army soldiers embraced martyrdom during an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded on a convoy of security forces in North Waziristan district, the military said in a...
View ArticleTwo killed in Bajaur bomb blasts
Two individuals were killed and three others injured in two separate bomb blasts in Bajaur tribal district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Wednesday. Police told The Express Tribune that in the troubled...
View ArticleSwift progress in hydropower urged
In a bid to achieve self-sufficiency in hydel power generation, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Caretaker Chief Minister, Justice (Retd) Syed Arshad Hussain Shah, has issued directives for an assertive plan to...
View Article65-year-old breaks barriers, joins school
In a remarkable display of determination, Dilawar Khan, a 65-year-old resident of Dir Upper, has etched his name in history by enrolling in the first grade of a local primary school with the sole...
View ArticleChina tie-up to advance EV charging network
During the China Innovation Summit and Digital Economy Tour, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade (KP-BoIT) and China’s ADM International Trading Company inked a memorandum of...
View ArticleNovember drive targets polio-free future
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Secretary of Health, Mahmood Aslam Wazir, emphasized the critical importance of every vaccination campaign as an opportunity to immunize all eligible children and halt the...
View ArticlePublic school examinees perform poorly in K-P
Contrary to popular belief, the performance of a student on an exam is not always reflective of their intellectual prowess or study vigour since a variety of factors including their sleeping patterns,...
View ArticleMDCAT retest today amid tight security
After a delay of more than two months, the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) will be held afresh on Sunday (today) amid tight security arrangements with mobile signals completely...
View ArticlePTI worker injured in Upper Dir police firing
A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) worker and several policemen were injured in a clash in Upper Dir district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Saturday. The PTI had announced a workers’ convention in...
View ArticleEight terrorists slain in Waziristan IBO
The security forces on Sunday killed eight terrorists while conducting an intelligence based operation in Sararogha area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan district. According to the military’s...
View ArticleRs110m released for healthcare staff in NMDs
The caretaker Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government has released Rs110 million for the payment of doctors and paramedical staff’s salaries in the newly merged tribal districts of the province. The...
View ArticleMDCAT held peacefully across 7 K-P districts
The Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) was conducted in 7 districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday amid tight security arrangements. The provincial government had already decided to...
View ArticleBannu attack martyrs two civilians, injures 10 including three troops
The suicide attack in Bannu's Bakka Khel area martyred two civilians and injured 10 others, including three security forces personnel, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Monday. The...
View ArticlePakistan hosts multinational counter-terror exercise ‘Fajar Al Sharq-V’
The National Counter Terrorism Centre in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Pabbi hosted a two-week long multinational joint counter-terrorism exercise Fajar Al Sharq-V, the military said in a statement. According...
View ArticleGovernment entities owe PESCO Rs7b
Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (PESCO) on Monday revealed that government departments in the province owed over seven billion rupees in unpaid electricity bills. An official document of PESCO...
View ArticleBlome commends municipal project
US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome on Monday hailed the Municipal Services Project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), for the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
View ArticleCM orders inquiry into Kohistan girl’s killing
Caretaker Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Justice (retd) Syed Arshad Hussain Shah on Monday took strict notice of the killing of a girl, purportedly on the orders of a local jirga in Kohistan,...
View ArticleFather of girl killed for ‘honour’ arrested
Peshawar Police in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Tuesday arrested the father of the girl who was allegedly killed in the name of “honour” in Kohistan, officials said. The suspect Arsala was presented...
View ArticleWaziristan jirga bans anti-polio campaign
In North Waziristan tribal district of KhyberPakhtunkhwa, a local Jirga has declared a fine of Rs500,000 on parents who allow anti-polio vaccination for their children. The Utmanzai Jirga, spearheading...
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