Mashals father seeks help against powerful killers on June 6, 2017PESHAWAR: Expressing his confidence in the findings of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) in the lynching case of his son Mashal Khan, Muhammad Iqbal has said that he will soon file a request through his lawyers for shifting the legal proceedings to Peshawar High Court as he couldn’t face the powerful killers in Mardan. Speaking […]
Mashals lynching draws clear divide between good and evil on April 25, 2017PESHAWAR: The lynching of Mashal Khan on April 13 inside Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM) in a fabricated case of blasphemy on social media shook the whole country. The inhuman incident not only triggered long debates about whether mobsters have been given a free hand in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to issue verdicts […]
Mobsters lynch Mardan student over blasphemy on April 13, 2017PESHAWAR: A mob beat a student to death on Thursday in Mardan after he was accused of sharing blasphemous content on social media. An angry mob beat Mashal Khan, 25, with planks until his skull caved in and later shot him dead at the Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan. Mashal, a student of Journalism and […]
Jashan-e-Nowruz marked at Afghan consulate on March 21, 2017PESHAWAR: The Afghanistan consulate in Peshawar celebrated Jashan-e-Nowruz, the first day of the Persian New Year 1396 as well as spring in Afghanistan, Iran and some Central Asian states here on Monday, inviting a large number of dignitaries including diplomats, politician, journalists, writers and poets. Afghan Counsel General in Peshawar, Dr Abdullah Waheed Poyan welcomed […]
PMA demands trauma centres across country on February 27, 2017PESHAWAR: Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) on Sunday demanded of the federal and provincial governments to establish district level trauma centres with proper facilities of dealing with emergencies caused by terrorist activities throughout the country. Talking at a high level meeting of the PMA central counsellors from all over Pakistan, Dr Muhammad Ashraf Nizami, President PMA […]
Botched suicide attack kills seven in Charsadda on February 22, 2017PESHAWAR: At least seven people, including a lawyer and an eight-year-old boy, were killed and as many as 25 others were injured when three terrorists wearing suicide vests attacked the sessions court in Tangi tehsil of Charsadda on Tuesday. According to local sources, the attack begun at around 11:40am when the terrorists opened indiscriminate fire […]
Suicide attacker hits judges in Peshawar on February 16, 2017PESHAWAR: The driver of a government vehicle was killed while at least seven people – including four women – were injured when a suicide bomber drove a motorcycle into a van carrying several judges in the Hayatabad area of Peshawar on Wednesday. It was one of three attacks – involving four suicide bombers – in […]
Autobiography of famous oncologist launched on December 16, 2016PESHAWAR: The book launching ceremony of ‘In Pursuit of Knowledge’, the autobiography of renowned Oncologist Professor Dr Sher Muhammad Khan took place at 100 years’ old Roos Keppel Hall of Islamia College University Peshawar. The book, as Dr Sher Khan puts it, is the memoirs of his life and experiences that he has learnt about […]
Observing World Human Rights Day worldwide through films on December 11, 2016PESHAWAR: Observing the World Human Rights Day through displaying films about human rights world-wide is a new and interesting way of observing the occasion that the international community around the world observed on December 10. Sonita, a film about a 17 year old Afghan refugee girl Sonita Alizadeh living in Iran was displayed at the […]
Plane had sent distress signal soon after takeoff on December 7, 2016PESHAWAR: The ill-fated Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-661 had sent out a distress signal soon after taking off from the mountainous region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A source at the Chitral airport informed Daily Times on the condition of anonymity that soon after leaving for Islamabad, PK-661 sent a message to the control room that […]