DHQ staffers get coronavirus inoculation on February 27, 2021The Covid-19 vaccination drive has started with the inoculation of the health staff of district headquarter (DHQ) hospital Landi Kotal here on Friday. It is worth mentioning here that China gifted 1.2 millions Covid-19 vaccines to Pakistan. As per the government policy, the coronavirus vaccine will be administered to the health staff across the country […]
Great Pashto poet remembered on death anniversary on February 20, 2021The 27th death anniversary of great Pashto poet and Baba-e-Ghazal Amir Hamza Khan Shinwari was observed here in Landi Kotal on Thursday. A literary gathering was organized under the auspices of the Khyber Pakhto Adabi Jirga with the support of the Department of Culture of Khyber Pakthunkhwa at Hamza Baba Complex that was attended by […]
Police recover weapons stashed by militants in Jamrud on February 2, 2021A huge cache of ammunition was recovered by the police in an intelligence-base operation conducted in Chora area of sub-division Jamrud, district Khyber on Monday. Sharing details in press briefing to local media by the District Police Officer (DPO), Khyber Muhammad Iqbal said that on tip, the local police officials took into custody heavy ammunition […]
Bid to smuggle fake currency foiled at Torkham border on January 21, 2021A bid of smuggling fake currency was foiled when the Pak border officials recovered 0.198 million Afghan currency from an Afghan citizen at the Torkham border. The local police official said that during the examination, the Pak border officials seized 0.198 million fake Afghan currency notes from an Afghanistan bound Afghani passenger, hidden in his […]
College student shot dead on January 19, 2021A college student was shot dead by unidentified assassins in Mazreena area of Landi Kotal sub-division. Police said that the dead body of 18-year-old Zahid Shah, s/o Babu Rehman and a resident of Sultan Khel, Shiekhan, was found dead last night at a railway track. They said the victim was shot in the head. After […]
Pak-Afghan trade to boost via Torkham border on December 13, 2020The Khyber Economic Corridor will increase economic activities in the area. All necessary initiatives will be adopted to further boost Pak-Afghan trade via the Torkham border. Grievances of the Trokham clearing agents will be taken up with the concerned departments. These views were expressed by the Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri while […]
Protest held against additional restrictions on import of sheep and lambs from Afghanistan on July 25, 2020A protest demonstration against implementation of extra restrictions on import of sheep and lambs on arrival of Eidul Azha from Afghanistan via Torkham border was held here in Landi Kotal on Friday. The demonstration was organized under the banner of Tanzeem-e-Naujwanan-e-Qabail and a large number of locals participated in it. The protestors were carrying placards […]
Child labour on the rise in Khyber amidst COVID-19 on July 2, 2020After breaking out of pandemic, child labour has increased in Khyber district as the disease affected economics of middle, middle lower and lower classes of the society. According to the experts, since long Pakistani economic conditions were uncertain and the outbreak of COIVD 19 further suffered the already economically downtrodden people of the country. Like […]
Khyber transporters protest against parking fee on June 30, 2020Members of the supreme council of the transport community of Khyber district initiated a protest demonstration on Monday against illicit money receives from trucker drivers in Bara sub-division. Scores of transporters from Shinwari, Afridi and Mulagori tribes while carrying banners inscribed with slogans in favor of their demands, gathered at Bacha Khan square, Landi Kotal […]
Tribesmen protest against forced takeover of private property on June 24, 2020Residents of Khuga Khel tribe initiated protest demonstration against forcibly hold of their private property in Torkham on Tuesday. Scores of families’ members of Gul Haider and Ambar Gul of Khuga Khel tribe including children while carrying placards inscribed with slogans in favor of their demands marched towards Landi Kotal press club. The protestors chanted […]