TTP Top Gun Down: Escalates Afghanistan-Pakistan Blame Game & Tension on December 7, 2024 The Afghan Taliban start expelling Pakistani Taliban from border areas, & relocate them to Ghazni province, aiming to prevent interference in Pakistan. The Afghan Taliban officially have been supporting TTP while assuring Pakistan they would not allow to operate from Afghan soil. This dual policy has contributed to the deterioration of Taliban-Pakistan relations, which […]
Mini Library installed in a Salon to encourage reading in Bajur on September 6, 2023The new bookshelf is now waiting for visitors in the Barbar shop, located in the Bajuar tribal district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa This is perhaps the first of its kind initiative to promote reading habits among the visitors of the Baber shop in the tribal belt of Pakistan The library has various Islamic, Pashto and history […]
Women Jirga — Fight For The Right on April 5, 2023In Pakistan, women are entitled to the fundamental rights to life, liberty, security and dignity by the Constitution and international laws. But unfortunately, the parallel justice system, like jirgas and panchayats, has been a massive source of serious violations of these women’s rights. Shockingly, the members of jirgas and panchayats are authorised to use unrestricted […]
Review 2020: Decline in Terrorism while Militants Regrouped on January 13, 2021Pakistan has witnessed a sharp decline in the number of terrorist incidents and consequent casualties in the year of 2020 The country has recorded 86 per cent reduction in terror attacks since 2013 and 45 per cent decrease in 2020 compared to the previous year (2019) In former FATA, there is slight upward tick has […]
The Survivors of Terrorism on December 31, 2020The country has witness prolonged war and terror which caused irreparable damage to the people living across the newly merge tribal districts with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The long wave of terrorism where effect people economically and socially, the militant hit tribal district also received the highest number of people with physical disabilities across Pakistan In Pakistan, […]
Health Care on Wheels Hope in Militancy Hit Region? on December 21, 2020The health infrastructure in the tribal district has been one of the biggest casualties of the war on terror in Pakistan. After merger, the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa decided to strengthened health care system in militancy effected area of the country. Last year, the provincial government has lunched mobile health unit across the newly merged […]
The cage of death on December 16, 2020Pakistan’s largest zoo is again in the limelight due to the death of three years old giraffe inside the Peshawar zoo. This was the fourth case of African animal death reported in the zoo, situated in the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa This year, only two giraffes remain at the zoo out of the six […]
Dubious State Cause Dwindle in Repatriation of Afghan Refugees on November 11, 2020Pakistan has witnessed a sharp decline in the voluntary repatriation of registered Afghan refugees to their home country Afghanistan. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), only 1000 people have been returned to Afghanistan, following 1,597 individuals last year The UN agency usually suspends voluntary repatriation process in October every year due […]
Fighting Unique Form of Child Labor on Border Terminals on November 5, 2020Women, elders and especially underage people involvement in transporting smuggled goods in recent years has expanded dramatically across the bordering gates of Pakistan with Afghanistan. Through, the hide and seek between teenage smugglers and border police are become routine on the official crossing points between the two neighboring countries. After the announcement of resuming trade […]
Digital Terrorism – New Threat to Tribal Areas? on October 6, 2020Social media remains an issue of concern for police in order to minimize cybercrimes across Pakistan. Aiming, the Police department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has established Police Background Check Unit (PBCU) in the tribal district of Pakistan. The first of its kind desk is functional in Parachinar area of upper Kurram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa It is the […]