Shawalian residents protest against installation of stone crushing plant. Despite a ban on cutting hills in Hazara division, the Department of Mines and Minerals Tuesday has started leasing the land for cutting mountains in the tourist areas of District Abbottabad. The lease contract which permitted stone crushing would destroy the natural environment of the area […]
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PHC Abbottabad bench nullifies ‘Mines and Mineral act 2017’
ABBOTTABAD: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) Abbottabad Bench on Saturday nullified the May 2017 notification of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minerals Department and sent it to the Secretary Minerals to hear the grievances of the people and take action. The decision was announced on the writ petition filed by Bilal Mining. Senior lawyer Khurram Ghias, representing […]
Teacher raped two school students raped in Abbottabad
ABBOTTABAD: Two school students have been raped by a teacher at a government school in Abbottabad district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Wednesday. Two school students were sexually abused by a teacher at a government school in the Sherwan area of Abbottabad district. Police officials have immediately arrested the alleged rapist after the registration of […]
Ghani says Rs14bn road projects to change Abbottabad’s sketch
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani on Monday said that communication uplift schemes worth Rs 14 billion would change the sketch of Abbottabad district on completion. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of renovation work at Kanj Kehal, he said that Rs 14 billion for the expansion of existing road networks would even benefit the […]
Horse-mounted police will perform duties in Abbottabad region
Abbottabad division police to go with a horse-mounted special security squad instead of police mobiles for easy access to mountainous areas. The newly posted Hazara division Regional Police Officer (RPO) Hazara Mir Vais Niaz while talking to the media on Tuesday said that police of Abbottabad division will have a horse-mounted squad to inaccessible mountainous […]
Mansehra: CTD apprehends TTP terrorists
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested two terrorists of banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) here on Friday. The CTD sources said that on intelligence tips-off, operations were conducted in different areas of Mansehra and Abbottabad. During operations, TTP commander Azeem Jan and another extremists Muhammad Anwar was apprehended. The nabbed TTP terrorists were shifted to undisclosed […]
Terrorist behind Daesh network held in Abbottabad
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested a notorious terrorist running Daesh network here on Saturday. On an intelligence tip-off, the CTD conducted operation in Abbottabad city during which a terrorist identified as Mujeebur Rehman was arrested. The nabbed terrorist hailing from Karachi was involved in bomb blasts, target killings, bank robberies and other terrorist activities […]
The Kohistan video scandal whistle blower shot dead
ABBOTTABAD: Afzal Kohistani, the man who exposed the 2012 video scandal in Kohistan shot dead on Wednesday in Abbottabad. Afzal was shot dead multiple times and died at the spot. He was shot dead at 8:00 p.m by some unidentified persons. Afzal body was taken to District Headquarters Hospital for post-mortem. Three other passer-by were […]