KP police chief says reforms underway in the force on October 16, 2020Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police chief Dr Sanaullah Abbasi has said that while around 29,000 Levies and Khassadar personnel have been merged into the regular police force after the merger of the FATA districts into KP, they are now being trained before they take up their responsibilities in the force. In an interview with Daily Times, the […]
IGP says reforms underway in KP Police on October 15, 2020Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police chief Dr Sanaullah Abbasi has said that while around 29,000 Levies and Khassadar personnel have been merged into the regular police force after the merger of the FATA districts into KP, they are not training the former tribal police. In an interview with Daily Times, the inspector general of KP Police said […]
Online seminar discusses research, development in tribal districts on June 30, 2020An online seminar at Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (Awkum) on Monday debated in detail the situation prevailing in the tribal districts of KP. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sanaullah Abbasi visited the university for the event where AWKUM Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Zahoor-ul-Haq welcomed him. DIG Sher Akbar, DPO Zahidullah, and university’s faculty and […]
Projects underway for promotion of education in Malakand division: official on June 6, 2020University of Malakand Vice Chancellor Dr Gul Zaman said on Friday that the university is working on several projects for promotion of education and research in Malakand division. The UoM recently secured first position among all universities of KP province in the Pakistani universities’ impact category-ranking list announced by the Times Higher Education, United Kingdom, […]
Book on Shalmani tribe presents a concise history of Pashtuns on May 24, 2020Though there are a number of books on Pashto literature and history, the one authored by Arshad Karim Shalmani is a vivid description of Pashtuns’ history, their origin and also the Shalmanis, one of the major Pashtun tribes. An interesting and unique feature of the book titled “Shalmani, Yawa Serhana,” (Shalmani: a discussion) is that […]
What it’s like to guard an Ashura procession in KP on October 3, 2017Salman wiped the sweat off his face and stood guard on a road in the provincial capital amid tight security for a procession of the Shia community on the 10th of Muharram. Salman, a pseudonym to maintain anonymity, left his aged mother and wife back home in Lower Dir district. “When my mother came to […]