ANP leader renews pledge to safeguard interests of Pakhtuns on November 21, 2019Provincial President of Awami National Party (ANP) Aimal Wali Khan has said that the rulers in their areas are not the true representative of Pakhtuns and therefore the decisions being taken by them are totally adverse to the interest of Pakhtuns. He pledged that ANP will leave no stone unturned to safeguard interests of Pakhtun […]
Jirga held against ex-FATA merger on November 12, 2019Tribal leaders have rejected the merging of the ex-tribal agencies and said a case against the merging had been accepted in the Supreme Court for hearing. In this connection, a grand jirga of the elites under the banner of Qabail Tahafuz Movement(QTM) held in the organisation’s main office, Shahkas, Jamrud in which tribal elders from […]
Two rockets fired into Landi Kotal on November 4, 2019Two rockets were fired by unidentified men, which hit a residential area of forces cantonment in Landi Kotal in the wee hours of Sunday; however, no causality was reported. The forces official told that at 3am, the first rocket was fired by unidentified miscreants from Hamza Baba complex area that hit outer wall of Naik […]
KP CM, governor review Warsik-Nowshehra canal project on October 24, 2019Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mehmood Khan and Governor Shah Farman paid a visit to Jamrud and reviewed Warsik-Nowshehra canal remodelling project on Wednesday. They visited to pump house, Jamrud and then they went to the construction site where they were briefed of the scheme. Later on speaking to the media persons CM, KP Mehmood Khan […]
Kabul refuses to keep Torkham border point open round the clock on October 10, 2019The Kabul government has refused to keep the Torkham border crossing open round the clock on the pretext of lack of necessary facilities on their side of the frontier, officials told Daily Times on Wednesday. According to the fresh schedule, Afghan border security officials permit the trailers to cross only between 9am and 7pm. Border […]
Verification process underway to hunt out ‘ghost’ Khasadar, Levies personnel on October 7, 2019First ever verification of Khasadar and Levies personnel began in Landi Kotal on Sunday. It is to be mentioned here that there are approximately four thousand Khasadar and Levies persons deployed in Khyber district and since last week authentication of Khasadar and Levies have been started in Jamrud and Bara tehsils. District Police Officer, Muhammad […]
Dozens of Afghan families received domiciles unlawfully on September 24, 2019Dozens of Afghan families, residing in various villages of Landi Kotal received domiciles unlawfully with the support of administration officials. Scores of Afghan citizens living in Mukhtar Khel, Khuga Khel, Bacha Mena, Piro Khel and others areas of Landi Kotal have been issued domiciles, whose photo copies have been mixed up with other domiciles, which […]
Local school collecting money from students for repair work on September 20, 2019The teaching staff of the Government Girl’s High Secondary School has been collecting money from their students for repair work in the educational institution. The principal of the institution had assigned duties to every class teacher to collect Rs 20 to Rs 30 per student, said a student of Grade 5 on the condition of […]
KP CM examines security arrangements for PM visit on September 18, 2019Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan paid a visit to Landi Kotal on Tuesday to examine the arrangements for Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s visit to Torkham. The CM arrived to the Torkham border in the evening and viewed the final preparations that were made for the PM visit on Wednesday. According to the […]
Torkham border remains open round the clock on September 4, 2019The Pak-Afghan border crossing point at Torkham in Khyber district remained open for trade and business activities around the clock from Monday night on a trial basis. It is to be mentioned here that six months ago, Prime Minister Imran Khan asked the authorities concerned to adopt all possible measures to keep the Pak-Afghan border […]