PTCL establishes free medical camps to treat Khasadar and Levies personnel in Landi Kotal on September 16, 2018About 172 Khasadar and Levies personnel and prisoners on Saturday availed facilities at free medical camps established under the auspices of the Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL) in Landi Kotal town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Reportedly, the medical camps were organised at the Jirga Hall and Landi Kotal lockup where doctors examined and provided free medicines […]
Bids to smuggle gold, drugs foiled on September 15, 2018The administration foiled an attempt to smuggle 814.05 grams of gold from Pakistan to Afghanistan at the Torkham border on Friday. The Torkham Tehsildar Shakeel Barki told the media that the Khasadar force stopped an Afghanistan-bound pedestrian for checking. During examination, different kinds of ornaments made of 814.05 grams of gold were recovered from his […]
Bid to smuggle Saudi currency foiled on September 13, 2018A bid to smuggle 0.754million Saudi Riyals from Pakistan to Afghanistan was foiled by the Khasadar officials at Torkham border on Wednesday. The administration official told the media that the Khasadar officials were busy in their routine checking when they stopped an Afghanistan-bound fruit loaded truck bearing the registration number KBL-78159 for examination. During the […]
Al-Khidmat Foundation distributes wheelchairs amongst differently-abled persons on September 12, 2018KHYBER: The Al-Khidmat Foundation on Tuesday organised a wheelchairs distribution ceremony for differently-abled persons in Landi Kotal town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Reportedly, Landi Kotal Tehsildar Shams-ul-Islam participated as the chief guest of the event, whereas Al-Khidmat Foundation Khyber Chief Qari Said Hakeem Shinwari, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) local leaders, tribal elders and members of civil society […]
Education Department, NCHD initiate enrolment drive to observe World Literacy Day in Jamrud on September 9, 2018The Education department and National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) on Saturday organised a gathering to mark the World Literacy Day in Jamrud town of Khyber district. Reportedly, education department director Hashim Khan Afridi, distrct education officer (DEO) Jadoon Wazir, NCHD general manger Muhammad Zahir Shah, district education program officer Fazal Wadood, principals and headmasters […]
Khyber Agency remembers fallen heroes on September 7, 2018LANDI KOTAL: Like elsewhere in the country, the 53rd Defense and Martyrs Day was observed on Thursday with zeal and enthusiasm in the Khyber Agency to pay tribute to the martyrs of 1965 war. The day was dawned with special prayers for the progress and prosperity of the country offered after the Morning Prayer (Fajr) […]
Students protest against teachers’ absenteeism on September 5, 2018Scores of female students of the Sadeqain Government Girls Middle School in Sur Kamr area of Jamrud subdivision on Tuesday staged a demonstration against teachers for being chronically absent and lack of resources in the school. Reportedly, the demonstration by students and members of civil society culminated at Bab-e-Khyber where they chanted slogans in favour […]
‘Ice addiction on the rise among youth’ on September 4, 2018KHYBER- Chairman Anti-Narcotics Khyber Pakhtunkhwa(KP), Sheraz Gauhar, said that the use of narcotics, especially the ‘ice’, was immensely effecting the youth and the issue should be addressed on war footings. Talking to the local media on his visit to the Landi Kotal Press Club on Monday, Gauhar said that recently the use of narcotic drugs […]
Congo virus claims another life in Landi Kotal on September 3, 2018The contagious Congo virus claimed life of another young man on Sunday named Khan Haidar s/o Janat Mir, from Piro Khel village of Landi Kotal division, Khyber Pakthunkhwa (KP). The death was the second case of Congo virus in the region after the first case of Salman Shinwari, a twenty years old young man, who […]
Khyber tribesmen celebrate 72nd Independence Day with zeal on August 15, 2018KHYBER: The tribesmen of Khyber celebrated 72nd Independence Day of Pakistan with patriotic zeal and fervour, and pledged to sacrifice for the motherland in terms of its development and prosperity. In this regard, number of programmes were organised across the district. Dozens of people gathered at Torkham border, where Afghan security officials felicitated their Pakistani […]