Fertiliser smuggling bid foiled on November 5, 2016 KHYBER AGENCY: An attempt of smuggling of fertilisers was foiled by the custom officials by recovering 80 tons of fertilizers from two trailers loaded with Afghanistan repatriated families here at Torkham border. Superintendent Torkham Custom Center, Naeem Kham told Daily Times on Friday that custom officials in routine duty stopped two Afghanistan bound trailers […]
Students talent award ceremony held in Jirga Hall on November 3, 2016KHYBER AGENCY: Students talent award ceremony was initiated here in Jirga Hall of tehsil Landi Kotal on Wednesday. The activity was organized by Khyber Youth Forum (KYF) and beside Assistant Political Agent(APA) Landi Kotal, Rahim Mehsud as chief guest Tehsildar Irshad Mohmand,large numbers of tribal elders and members of civil society participated in the simple […]
TDPs of Koki Khel tribe seek early registration, resumption of ration on October 15, 2016 KHYBER AGENCY: Tribally Displaced Persons (TDPs) of Koki Khel tribe have asked authorities to ensure their registration and resume their ration otherwise they would initiate indefinite agitation. Speaking during a protest demonstration in front of Jamrud Press Club Koki Khel elders Aqal Shah, Bakhtawar Khan, Haji Asmatullah, Haji Wazir and others said that in […]
Merger of FATA with KP only option: JI on October 15, 2016KHYBER AGENCY: Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Haroon-ur-Rashid has said that keeping in view prevailing security situation, merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) was the only practical and feasible option for tribesmen. Addressing a press conference in Landi Kotal Press Club, JI tribal belt Ameer said that except one or two, […]
Elders for resolving Torkham Taxi Stand dispute on October 12, 2016KHYBER AGENCY: The elders and representatives of Khuga Khel sub-tribe of the Shinwari tribe in Landi Kotal blamed the local administration for playing partial role in resolving Torkham taxi stand dispute among elders of tribe and threatened to stage protest in front of Governor House and FATA Secretariat. While addressing a news conference on Tuesday […]
JUI-F rejects merger of FATA with KP on October 10, 2016KHYBER AGENCY: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) FATA leadership rebuffed the merger of tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and asked the federal government to decide the fate of FATA in light of opinions and views of the tribesmen. In a news conference at Landikotal Press Club, JUI-F FATA Ameer Mufti Abdul Shakoor, JUI-F General Secretary Mufti […]
One killed in Bara IED explosion on October 5, 2016 KHYBER AGENCY: A man was killed, while another sustained injuries in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast planted by unidentified miscreants in Khyber Agency’s Bara tehsil. An official of the Khyber Political Administration and local sources informed this scribe that local tribesmen were passing by the area when one of them accidentally stepped on […]