Levies soldier martyred in Chitral blast By: Agencies on January 20, 2019A Levies soldier was martyred in a blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Chitral district on Saturday. According to officials, a blast was reported at around 12:45pm near the Old Power House in Arandu Village. As per a statement issued by Chitral's deputy commissioner, the blast was caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) and resulted in the martyrdom of Chitral Levies soldier Javed. Published … [Read more...] about Levies soldier martyred in Chitral blast
Cultural activities will sustain peace in tribal districts By: Staff Report on January 20, 2019Militancy-hit-tribal districts' long standing dream of merging FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is being made practical & journey of development has started already, this was held by prominent poet & Professor Abaseen Yousafzai. He was speaking on the literary session jointly organized by Mohmand Adbabi Ghuncha (MAG), Mohmand Adabi Tolana (MAT) and Markazi Mohmand Adabai Tolana here at Degree … [Read more...] about Cultural activities will sustain peace in tribal districts
Bara Peace Committee chief shot dead By: inp on January 20, 2019Unidentified armed men gunned down chief of Bara Peace Committee district Khyber Malik Mir Alam Afridi here on Saturday and escaped the scene. Police said that unknown armed motorcyclists sprayed bullets chief of Bara Peace Committee in Hayatabad area of Peshawar. As a result of firing Mir Alam Afridi was killed on the spot and the assailants fled the scene. The body was shifted to Hayatabad … [Read more...] about Bara Peace Committee chief shot dead
Earthquake of magnitude 3.3 jolts Mansehra, surroundings By: inp on January 20, 2019A mild earthquake jolted Mansehra and surroundings here on Saturday but no causalities or property damages were reported. According to geological wing of PMD, tremors measuring 3.3 on Richter scale were felt in Mansehra and surrounding areas. People rushed out of homes, offices and shops in panic, reciting Kalma-e-Tayyeba and verses from Holy Quran. However, no property damages or … [Read more...] about Earthquake of magnitude 3.3 jolts Mansehra, surroundings
KP appoints first woman DSP in counter-terrorism department By: inp on January 19, 2019The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government on Friday appointed the first female police officer in the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD). Bano, a grade 17 officer, is the first woman to be appointed as DSP in the department. She was inducted in the police in 1996 as an assistant sub-inspector (ASI). Since 2005, Bano has been posted at the Central Police Office as a DSP. Over the last two years, she … [Read more...] about KP appoints first woman DSP in counter-terrorism department
Police constable, driver injured in DI Khan blast By: inp on January 11, 2019At least two police personnel were injured when explosives went off in Dera Ismail Khan's Kolachi district late Wednesday. Initial reports said a homemade bomb, planted in the jurisdiction of Kolachi Police Station, exploded near a police mobile patrolling the area. Driver Zahoor and constable Fareed were injured in the incident while the police van was damaged. Shortly after the incident, … [Read more...] about Police constable, driver injured in DI Khan blast
Security forces recover 14 miners kidnapped from Darra Adam Khel By: News Desk on January 8, 2019Security forces succeeded in recovering 14 miners who were kidnapped Sunday night from Hafiz-ur-Rehman coal mine in Darra Adam Khel, private channel reported. Two of the kidnapped miners had managed to escape in the darkness of the night, and had alerted the authorities who then conducted the rescue operation. According to the two colliers who managed to return, the kidnappers had taken their … [Read more...] about Security forces recover 14 miners kidnapped from Darra Adam Khel
Police deployment in Mohmand haunts tribesmen By: Staff Report on October 26, 2018Mohmand tribal elders Thursday blocked Peshawar-Bajaur Highway during a protest against deployment of police in the area. Tribal elders blocked the Peshawar-Bajaur Highway at Chanda in Haleemzai tehsil for three hours, triggering a tail back on the road. Similarly, roads were blocked in Safi and Ekkaghund tehsils where tribesmen protested against the police system. It might be mentioned that … [Read more...] about Police deployment in Mohmand haunts tribesmen
MPA Samar Haroon wants judicial commission to probe her husband’s death By: News Desk on October 19, 2018The newly-elected member of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly, Samar Haroon Bilour, demanded, on Thursday, that a judicial commission should be formed to probe the suicide attack that left her husband martyred among 19 other people during the camping for last general elections. Samar Haroon, in a statement, said that she would raise the issue at the floor of the assembly for formation of … [Read more...] about MPA Samar Haroon wants judicial commission to probe her husband’s death
Former ASWJ Peshawar chief gunned down By: Agencies on October 5, 2018PESHAWAR: Unidentified assailants gunned down Maulana Ismail Derwish, former chief of defunct Siph-e-Sahaba for Peshawar district, and his police guard on Thursday night. A police official said that Derwish was traveling in a car along with his guard when attackers opened fire on them on Phandu Road. "The gunman was killed on the spot while he [Derwish] was critically wounded, and later … [Read more...] about Former ASWJ Peshawar chief gunned down
