Shock and horror on December 7, 2016PESHAWAR: The country was left in a state of shock and horror after a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight carrying 47 people crashed on Wednesday en route to Islamabad from the northern city of Chitral. Junaid Jamshed, his family and Chitral Deputy Commissioner Osama Warraich were aboard the flight. The airline said the PIA’s […]
Four suicide bombers gunned down in Mohmand on November 27, 2016PESHAWAR: Four suicide bombers, affiliated with the banned terrorist outfit Jamaatul Ahrar, were killed as they tried to enter the Frontier Constabulary (FC) Headquarters in Ghalanai, Mohmand Agency on Saturday. Two FC personnel embraced martyrdom while another eight officials were injured in the gun battle. According to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement, four terrorists, […]
HMC to get modern imaging equipment for correct diagnosis on November 24, 2016PESHAWAR: Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) will soon have modern imaging equipment that will enable the Radiology department to precisely diagnose various health issues of patients besides enabling the department to double its capacity of caring for patients. Dr Muhammad Nawaz Khan, head of the radiology department informed Daily Times that a ‘state of the art’ […]
Pushto singer gets highest Afghan civilian award on November 18, 2016PESHAWAR: Afghanistan President, Muhammad Ashraf Ghani, has conferred the “Mir Bacha Khan” medal, Afghanistan’s highest civilian award to the legendary Pushto singer, Ustad Khayal Muhammad for his 40-year service to Pushto music. The medal was handed over to Ustad Khayal Muhammad by the Consul General, Dr Abdullah Waheed Poyan, at a prestigious ceremony at the […]
Pakistan orders deportation of iconic Afghan woman on November 4, 2016PESHAWAR: A special court in the provincial capital Thursday ordered deportation of iconic Afghan woman, Sharbat Gula, after finding her guilty of illegally obtaining a Pakistani identity card. Gula was also sentenced to 15 days in jail and fined about Rs 110,000. Gula was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Wednesday last week on […]
Free Sharbat Gula on humanitarian grounds on November 3, 2016PESHAWAR: Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Omar Zakhilwal on Wednesday requested Pakistan to release Afghan refugee Sharbat Gula on humanitarian grounds. He was speaking at a press conference at the Afghanistan Consulate in Peshawar after visiting the green-eyed Afghan lady who has been behind the bars since October 25. The envoy said the 46-year-old ailing […]
Green-eyed Afghan girl likely to get bail today on November 1, 2016PESHAWAR: Sharbat Gula, the iconic Afghan girl, is likely to be freed on bail today (Tuesday) days after being arrested for acquiring a Pakistani identity card through illegal means. Though some national and international news channels, including the BBC English website, had earlier carried the news that Gula had been released on bail. However, the […]
Iconic Afghan girl arrested for having Pakistani CNIC on October 27, 2016PESHAWAR: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) branch raided a house in Nauthia, Peshawar, late on Tuesday and arrested an Afghan refugee Sharbat Gula, known for her childhood photograph that became the National Geographic magazine’s photo of the century, for having an illegal Pakistani Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC). An FIA official, requesting anonymity told this […]
Afghan Taliban leader arrested from Quetta on October 12, 2016PESHAWAR: Sources in the Afghan Taliban movement have claimed that Pakistani authorities have arrested senior members of the Taliban Supreme council and known Taliban cleric Mullah Ahmadullah Nanay in Quetta on Tuesday. The sources claimed that Mullah Ahmadullah Nanay was taken in to custody from the seminary of Mullah Abdul Hakim in Satellite Town area […]
Taliban forced out of Lashkar Gah, people return home on October 12, 2016 PESHAWAR: Fighting between the Afghan government forces and the Taliban continued in different parts of Afghanistan as government forces on Tuesday claimed to have pushed Taliban out of Lashkar Gah and in some parts of Kunduz. The Taliban forces had stormed Lashkar Gah, the capital city of Helmand province in the south of Afghanistan. […]