Pakistan a battlefield for world powers on June 15, 2017KHYBER AGENCY: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government with the collaboration of USAID and Khwendokor on Wednesday organized a daylong seminar in which speakers agreed that insurance of individual financial security and social change was the basic guarantee that can play a vital role for sustainable peace and stability of a country. The seminar, titled “Peace and stability […]
Residents demand transfer of two FC, FIU officials on June 13, 2017KHYBER AGENCY: Residents have appealed to the high-ranking officials of the Frontier Corps (FC) to transfer Subedar Naveed and Federal Investigation Unit (FIU) employee Jamal, as they allegedly insult and misbehave with local residents at Bagyari Checkpost. Speaking at a press conference here at the Landikotal Press Club on Monday Arif Shinwari and Hazrat Ameen […]
Centre asked to start freight train from Peshawar to Karachi on June 11, 2017KHYBER AGENCY: The Pak-Afghan Joint Chamber of Commerce (PAJCCI) and Sarhad Chamber of commerce and industry (SCCI) senior official has demanded the federal government to launch a cargo train service from Peshawar to Karachi to boost up the exports of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Talking to reporters Zia Ul Haq Sarhadi, the senior vice president of PAJCCI […]
Anti-polio drive halted amid death of kids on December 24, 2016KHYBER AGENCY: Following the death of two children due to alleged expired polio vaccination, the campaign has been temporarily halted in Khyber Agency,health officials said on Friday. Agency Surgeon Dr Niaz Khan Afridi told Daily Times that theWorld Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Khyber Agency chapter officials have directed […]
FATA officials accused of embezzling millions on October 14, 2016KHYBER AGENCY: Offi-ce bearers of the FATA Disable Cricket Association (FDCA) on Thursday accused officials of the Social Welfare Department, FATA Secretariat of swallowing millions of rupees in the name of FATA disable players. FDCA General Secretary, Haji Akbar Shinwari while talking to reporters here in LandiKotalPress Club said that FATA officials were exploiting their […]
Afghan truckers stopped at border without legal travel documents on October 2, 2016KHYBER AGENCY: Pakistani border authorities at the Pak-Afghan Torkham Border Crossing denied the entry to Afghan trucks temporarily for not having valid travel documents as the deadline of preparing and possessing of valid documents expired on September 30. However, the trucks were allowed to cross border after two separate rounds of negotiations held between Pak-Afghan […]
Transporters threaten wheel jam over visa condition at Torkham on September 20, 2016LANDIKOTAL: Afghan and Pakistani transporters have demanded the withdrawal of visa condition set for truck drivers as it was impossible for thousands of truckers who daily cross the Pak-Afghan border to obtain visa. The demand was made during a joint Jirga of Afghans and Pakistani transporters union leaders with Pakistani officials at Torkham border. The […]
Tribesmen protest against FC personnel on August 18, 2016KHYBER AGENCY: Hundreds of Khugakhel tribesmen residing in Bacha Mina border village with Afghanistan on Thursday staged a protest demonstration against Frontier Corps (FC) personnel deployed at Shaheed Morr check-post. Alongside the Bacha Mina residents, a large number of All Torkham Custom Clearance Agents Union (ATCCAU) workers, also participated in the protest demonstration. The protesters […]
Students threaten to protest over closure of free classes on August 3, 2016KHYBER AGENCY: The student union leaders have threatened that they would stage a protest if free second shift classes in the government degree collage were not resumed within a period of one week in Landikotal. While addressing a press conference held at Landikotal Press Club, Landikotal Degree College Students Union President, Shafat Khan Shinwari said […]