KHYBER: Three people lost their lives and another was injured after a hand grenade accidentally exploded inside a house in Bara tehsil of Khyber district on Saturday. The incident occurred at the residence of Dawlat Mir in the Malakdinkhel area, when an occupant inadvertently pulled the grenade’s pin. Read More: Grenade attack on police patrol injures […]
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Three dead in Khyber grenade blast
Three people lost their lives and one seriously wounded when a grenade exploded in their house in the Khyber District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday. Soon after the incident, police reached the site and started an investigation to determine whether the grenade was in their possession or was thrown from outside. Sources said that all […]
Torkham border reopens after 20 days for deportation of undocumented Afghans
KHYBER: The Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan was reopened on Friday after 20 days of closure, but only to facilitate the deportation of undocumented Afghan nationals, officials confirmed. Hundreds of Afghan refugees have gathered at the Torkham Immigration Center, where officials are processing their documents before allowing them to cross into Afghanistan. However, […]
CM calls Chashma Right Bank Lift Canal vital for KP’s food security
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan termed Chashma Right Bank Lift Canal (CRBC) as a project of vital importance for the food security of the province and directed the authorities concerned to complete feasibility study, preparation of PC-1 and other pre-requisites of the project by March next year. He issued these directives while chairing […]
Japanese envoy inaugurates education initiative in Khyber
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan Matsuda Kuninori on Wednesday inaugurated the project for re-expansion of Primary School in Village Raziq Kalay being managed by Learning Awareness and Motivation Programme (LAMP), a non-governmental organisation, in Khyber tribal district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The government of Japan, under its Grant Assistance, had provided financial assistance of […]
PM vows to defeat ‘vested interests’ opposing change
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday vowed to devolve powers to the local bodies and defeat the vested interests resisting the change in the country. Addressing a press conference, flanked by the chief ministers of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Usman Buzdar and Mehmood Khan, here at the PM Office, the prime minister spoke at length […]
Punjab Games to be held from April 3-6 in Lahore
The contingents of Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa will participate in the 72nd Punjab Games 2019 on the invitation of the Sports Board Punjab (SBP) to show solidarity with Punjab. The 72nd edition of the Punjab Games is being organised jointly by the SBP and the Punjab Olympic Association here at various venues in Lahore from […]