Book about the founder of KP published on July 25, 2016 PESHAWAR: A Pashto book written by renowned Pashto poet and writer Prof Abaseen Yousafzai on the life and achievements of Malek Ahmad Baba, the founder of the Independent state of Pakhtunkhwa in 1520 AD, has been published here in on Monday. The 250 page book titled “Da Pakhtunkhwa Bani” includes research papers, speeches, lectures, […]
Drone strike kills Pakistani militant behind Army Public School attack on July 14, 2016PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Army’s Inter-Services Public Relations on Wednesday confirmed the killing of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan commander Umar Naray in a CIA-controlled unmanned drone in Afghanistan. Born and brought up as Aurangzeb in Adezai village some 25 kilometers south of Peshawar near the semi-tribal Darra Adamkhel area, Umar Naray changed his name to a more respectable […]
43 killed as flash floods hit Chitral on July 3, 2016PESHAWAR: The first monsoon rain wreaked havoc in Chitral, as at least 43 people were reported dead and 26 missing in the Ursoon area on Sunday. “Sixteen of the dead were offering prayers in the mosque when it was swept away by the flood,” said Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) spokesman Lateef-ur-Rahman. He said at […]
White flags waved as Pakistan, Afghanistan agree on ceasefire on June 16, 2016PESHAWAR: Peace was restored at the Pak-Afghan Torkham border on Wednesday. The area remained calm, but tense amid resumption of construction work on a check-post on the Pakistani side of the Durand Line that triggered exchange of fire between the Afghan and the Pakistani security forces late on Sunday. According to a Political Administration official, […]
Tensions escalate at Torkham; border closed indefinitely on June 15, 2016PESHAWAR: Tensions mounted at the Torkham border crossing as exchange of fire between Pakistani and Afghan security forces continued on Tuesday, resulting in injuries to two more Frontier Corps personnel. Major Jawad Ali Changezi, who was injured in the border violence a day earlier, succumbed to his injuries at the CMH in Peshawar on Tuesday. […]
Tense calm at Torkham after border clashes on June 14, 2016PESHAWAR: Situation at the Torkham border crossing remained tense even on Monday as intermittent exchange of fire continued from both sides following the overnight clashes that resulted in injuries to at least 13 Pakistani and five Afghan nationals. At least 10 civilians, two Khassadars and one Frontier Corps personnel were among those got injured when […]
Heavy exchange of fire at Torkham between Pak, Afghan forces on June 13, 2016PESHAWAR: Pak-Afghan Torkham border saw heavy firing late on Sunday over the issue of the installation of security gates on the Pakistani side. According to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement, “At about 2120 hrs on Sunday, Afghan security forces resorted to unprovoked firing on Pakistani side at Torkham gate, injuring a Pakistani soldier. Pakistani […]
Protesters against long hours of load-shedding block traffic in Peshawar on June 8, 2016PESHAWAR: Angry protesters blocked several roads and disrupted daily businesses against the hours-long electricity load-shedding in different parts of Peshawar on Wednesday. Some violent protesters took to the Indus Highway connecting the provincial city Peshawar with Kohat and other southern districts of the province, and blocked it for all kinds of traffic soon after Sehri […]
RICH mela comes to a spectacular end on June 5, 2016PESHAWAR: A two-day RICH mela and the grand opening of Nishtar Hall, arranged by the Directorate of Culture Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, came to a spectacular end at the directorate’s lawns here on Sunday. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Sports and Culture Mehmood Khan opened the event at the Culture premises on Saturday. The event attracted a large […]
Opp condemns use of force against nurses in KP on June 4, 2016PESHAWAR: Leaders of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) opposition parties Saturday criticised the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government for allegedly maltreating the protesting nurses. Speaking at a press conference, Awami National Party (ANP) provincial parliamentary leader Sardar Hussain Babak said that the three opposition parties namely ANP, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Jamait Ulema-e-Islam Fazal (JUI-F) “strongly condemn […]