Three-wheelers turn into a nuisance for Peshawarites on September 12, 2016PESHAWAR: Auto-Rickshaws literally flood the provincial metropolis and it is not only the registered but the unregistered tri-wheelers that also ply the roads of provincial capital with no fear of being caught or afraid of any punishment. According to a source in the Peshawar traffic police, at least four to six tri-wheelers were illegally registered […]
PTI demands plan to end load shedding, unemployment on August 17, 2016LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar has demanded the government to evolve a ‘national plan’ for eradication of load shedding, unemployment and poverty, besides providing basic healthcare and education facilities to the citizens. He was addressing the Imran Tiger Force (ITF) convention, which was attended by ITF Punjab President Rashid Riaz, ITF Sindh […]
Martyred policemen remembered for their valour on August 4, 2016PESHAWAR: It was the brutal morning of Septumber 3, 2010. A policeman was killed and two others were injured in an explosion at Ring Road in Peshawar. The brave police constable Shah Saud was also among the injured. He was shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital in a critical condition. After 14 major surgeries the […]
Two suspects held for honour killing in Peshawar on August 3, 2016PESHAWAR: The provincial capital police have arrested two people who were allegedly involved in honour killing case from the precincts of Pishtakhara Police Station on Wednesday. According to reports, Pishtakhara police had found an unidentified body in the jurisdiction of Landi Akhun Ahmad. The deceased person was identified as Yousaf who was reported to be […]
Peshawar bomb blast leaves seven injured on July 29, 2016PESHAWAR: At least seven people including a traffic police warden were injured as a result of a bomb blast near Charsadda Bus Stand, Peshawar on Friday. The incident occurred when a remote controlled explosive device, planted at a U-turn near Charsadda Bus Stop went off early in the morning in the jurisdiction of Faqirabad Police […]
PESCO severs 12,010 illegal connections in three years on July 27, 2016PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company has severed 12,010 illegal connections during operations against hook connections in different parts of the province The power utility had arrested 3,692 consumers for power theft, besides collecting million of rupees as fine money during operations started from October 2013 until now. According to data received from the PESCO […]
Tribute paid to Abdul Sattar Edhi at UOP on July 21, 2016PESHAWAR: A glowing tribute was paid to the late Abdul Sattar Edhi for his extraordinary humanitarian work and welfare efforts at the University of Peshawar here on Wednesday. Known Pashto writer Dr Salma Shaheen said that people like Abdul Sattar Edhi were born once in a millennium. “Abdul Sattar Edhi learnt the practice of charity […]
Beware the phone snatchers in Peshawar on July 19, 2016PESHAWAR: Incidents of mobile phone thievery are on the rise in the provincial capital as cell phone snatchers have learnt new tricks to loot expensive mobiles. Like every other year, in this summer season, especially in the fasting month of Ramazan, mobile phone snatching and robbery cases were on the peak. According to a police […]
Female desks in KP to help secure goals of increasing complainants net on July 16, 2016PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s policy of stationing female desks at the three model police stations in the provincial capital has started to show tangible results in the form of an increasing number of female complainants. Basmeen Zaman, an official in charge of a female desk at Gulbahar Police Station, said that those women, who […]
Over 8000 illegal Afghan refugees held in Peshawar on July 16, 2016PESHAWAR: The Capital City Police has arrested as many as 8220 Afghan Refuges, residing illegally in various parts of the provincial metropolis, in the current year. These arrests had been made during the various search and strike operations carried out by the police, in the aftermath of a growing number of complaints being registered against […]