Kohat police and Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested two key terrorists linked to the banned TTP in a joint operation. The suspects included a district police constable and a CTD officer. Both were active facilitators of the outlawed group while serving in security agencies. During a press conference, Regional Police Officer Abbas Maroof revealed that the […]
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Kohat’s elected members take oath
Kohat’s elected members take oath PESHAWAR, A simple but impressive oath taking ceremony for village council chairman and other members of Tehsil Gumbat was held at Government Boys Degree College Gumbat on Tuesday. Additional Deputy Commissioner Kohat Bashir Ahmed administered the oath to the elected representatives. Similarly in Kohat, the newly elected members […]
Man who murdered MBBS student for refusing marriage proposal given death sentence
A district and sessions court in Peshawar handed a death sentence to the main accused Mujahidullah Afridi in the Asma Rani murder case. District and Sessions Judge Ashfaq Ta announced the verdict after examining evidence and hearing both the prosecution and the defence. The court acquitted two accused Siddiqullah and Shahzeb due to lack of […]
Sindh governor donates Rs 0.5 million for social welfare
Sindh Governor Imran Ismail has said that charitable organisations have assumed the responsibility to provide education and health services to the needy in the country, as the state brazenly failed to fulfil its basic obligations towards the masses. He said this while addressing as the chief guest at the joint fundraiser of the Green Crescent […]
4 dead, 11 wounded as tractor rams into tree near Rawalpindi
KOHAT: A traffic accident on Thursday night claimed four lives along with 11 wounded near Rawalpindi Road. According to authorities, the accident occurred when a tractor trolley rammed into a tree near the road. The tractor was reportedly travelling from Pindi to Kohat when the driver lost control of the vehicle. Rescue officials confirmed that the […]
Asma Rani murder case: Interpol enlists Mujahidullah in most wanted category
KOHAT: The Interpol has on Monday placed prime suspect in Asma Rani murder case, Mujahidullah Afridi, on most wanted list. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Police had reached out to the Interpol after Mujahidullah, accused of murdering a medical student from Kohat, fled the country. Asma Rani, a medical student from Kohat, was shot dead on January […]
Asma Rani murder case: Police arrest another two suspects
KOHAT: Inspector-General (IG) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Salahuddin Mehsud on Wednesday said that two more suspects in Asma Rani murder case have been arrested. Asma Rani, a medical student from Kohat, was shot dead on January 27 by the accused Mujahidullah Afridi for allegedly refusing a marriage proposal. Addressing a press conference, IG Mehsud said that another […]
KP Police better than Punjab counterparts, says Khattak
ISLAMABAD: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak on Wednesday said that the criticism on KP police due to a few cases was uncalled for and that police in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) administered province was better than that of Punjab. Speaking to the media at the nation’s capital, Khattak stated the KP police works without […]
SC to hear suo moto case of Aasma Rani murder today
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan is expected to conduct hearing of Aasma Rani murder case later today (Wednesday). Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday took suo motu notice of the murder of Aasma Rani, a third-year medical student who was shot by main accused Mujahidullah Afridi on Saturday in […]
Main accused in Kohat murder case flees country
KOHAT: Mujahidullah Afridi, the main accused in the murder of a medical student, Aasma Rani, has fled to Saudi Arabia, said police sources on Monday. Rani, an MBBS student at Abbottabad Medical College, was shot thrice by the accused, Mujahidullah, on Saturday for rejecting a marriage proposal, said the victims family. The victim also identified […]