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Curbing polio in FATA: More funds, workers sought to run drive effectively
Officials request Rs199 million to continue campaigns, say activities being carried out using last year’s funds.
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Riots: Power, water outages spark protests in Nowshera
Major roads blocked, Pesco officials attacked.
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Anti-Taliban leader, 3 associates shot dead in Peshawar
Bodies were found around 7:00am; four of them had been shot at close range, says senior police official.
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1,035 ‘missing men’ freed on surety bonds, PHC told
Some 895 have been sent to internment centres, says official.
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NGO denies talks with Taliban over anti-polio ban
NRDF chairman appeals for international mediation.
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Boat capsizes off Australia: Dozens of Kurram tribesman were on board doomed vessel
Around 140 of the asylum-seekers on board were from Pakistan.
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District education forum: Private schools join hands to protect rights
Role of PIEMA is believed to have become ineffective as it has failed to protect the rights of the private schools.
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Supporting torture victims: Law, mechanisms needed to rehabilitate victims
Despite rectifying UN convention, no palpable steps taken to curb abuse.
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Drone strike kills 6 in N Waziristan: Officials
Unmanned aircraft fires two missiles on suspected militant compound in Shawal area.
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Suspected TTP militant killed in police encounter
Militants clashed with police in the Gula Khan Zangal, an area bordering Khyber Agency.
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Budget cuts: University staff observes nationwide black day
Demand release of Rs12b the govt has withheld; restoration of HEC’s status.
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Dr Afridi, from CIA asset to solitary cell
Brother says he is constantly trying to evade attention.
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Polio vaccination banned in South Waziristan
Mullah Nazir group issues a decree against campaign till US drone strikes halt.
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Cross-border attack: Pakistan furious over Taliban raid
‘Strong protest’ lodged with Afghan envoy as death toll mounts to 13; TTP claims responsibility.
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Conservation: Defaced Buddha sculpture gets facelift
The nearly 20-foot-tall sculpture was defaced by the Taliban in 2007.
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Seven Pakistani soldiers beheaded: Military
The bodies have not been found, but intelligence intercepts indicated that they had been killed.
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Cross-border attack: Six security men killed in Upper Dir ambush
Crossfire at check posts near Pak-Afghan border also leaves 11 intruders dead.
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Security move: K-P govt issues fresh directives to foreigners
Foreigners, accompanying locals to inform authorities of their travel arrangements 15 days prior to visits.
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Unbreakable ambition: Poverty, not disability, a hurdle for Nadeem
Physically challenged boy continues performing well in school, hopes to become doctor.
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Cross-border attack: 11 militants killed in Upper Dir ambush
Six security personnel dead, five missing. TTP claims responsibility for the attack.
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Health Regulatory Authority to tighten noose on illegal clinics, labs
Three new offices to be established in Hazara, Malakand and Bannu districts.
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Raising visibility: Young PTI supporters come out in force against govt
Party leader says ANP has failed in its claim to provide free electricity.
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Transformer move: Kheshgi farmers to take PESCO to court
Say the company has cheated, given them a smaller machine that is useless.
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Despite massive spending, private schools outclass public schools in Matric exams
'The pass rate among private schools is around 90% while that in government schools is close to 75%.'
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Two suspected murderers arrested
Police, acting on a tip-off, raided their hideout in the Asban area on Saturday and arrested the suspects.
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Man axes wife to death, injures three daughters
Locals say the accused man is mentally ill and often beat his wife and children.
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Malakand internment centre: Team to sift militants from the innocent
Monitoring panel to address PHC’s concerns over missing persons.
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Call for help: Going beyond the limitations of polio and social norms
Man appeals the president and humanitarian organisations for assistance.
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Roadside bomb injures three security officials
Bomb disposal said at least two kilograms of explosives was used.
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FATA violence: Four security personnel killed in various attacks
TTP claims to have apprehended five personnel.
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Brother opposes Dr Afridi’s jail shift
Jamil Afridi, said it would be better to keep Dr Afridi in Central Prison Peshawar as the family considered it safe.
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Panj Peer shrine: Three killed, 22 injured in Peshawar shrine blast
The bomb was planted in a donkey cart parked.
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Firing incident: Farmers’ body demands arrest of FWO men
Organisation condemned the action taken by the FWO against tenants who resisted the forced takeover of their land.
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Swat varsity to get 27 new depts
VC said the award of contract for designing of a new campus for the university is in its final stages.
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After 4-year hiatus, girls’ sports resume in Swat
Girls from different parts of K-P participating in three-day event.
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Two killed, 22 injured in Peshawar blast
Bomb was placed on a donkey cart tied near Panj Peer Ziarat.
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Marred by walkouts, K-P passes budget for fiscal year 2012-2013
Only two cut motions were allowed.
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Nawaz hits out at PPP
PML-N chief says real issue is bringing back ‘plundered money’ from Swiss banks.
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Overloaded vehicles: Road accidents claim five lives, injure 30
Policeman wounded in Lower Dir bomb attack.
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Kohistan video: SC disposes of case, rules girls are alive
A report of a judicial officer stated that media reports about the killings were bogus and that the girls were alive.
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SHO injured in Lower Dir remote-controlled blast
The SCO of Lal Qila station was on patrol in his car when the remote controlled bomb exploded.
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Uzma Ayub hearing: PHC dismisses Karak rape case, tells trial court to take over
Court withdraws suspension orders of 35 police officers.
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Clipping wings: Conduct code on the cards for peace militias
Police say the decision was taken after consistent complaints against members.
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Anti-US rant: ‘Peace treaty to stay intact despite polio drive ban’
Hafiz Gul Bahadur’s spokesperson says the US, not them, should be blamed for the restriction.
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‘Negligence’: Gynaecologist accused as baby dies during delivery
Nurses and birth attendants tried to handle the delivery but since there was no doctor, baby died during the delivery.
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The last song: Ex-husband accused of killing Pashto singer
Police say murder was pre-planned; no arrests made so far.
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Militancy: Houses of two tribesmen demolished for links with LI
Two others kidnapped by Lashar-e-Islam.
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United stand: Bar association passes unanimous resolution in support of CJP
PHCBA President Abdul Latif Afridi says Aitzaz Ahsan and Zahid Bukhari will not be prohibited entry.
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Flood preparedness: Govt allocates Rs1.25 billion for monsoon contingency plan
There will not be high-level floods in K-P this year, says Mian Iftikhar.
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K-P MPA released with family after hours of detention
On Minister Information Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Mian Iftikhar's interference, MPA Yasmin, her family was released.

















































