K-P
More News
-
High and dry: Floods take their toll on Swat’s agriculture
Farmers ask government to take interest in revival of industry.
-
Development: Wana-Angoor Adda Road to benefit tribal people: MNA
Project will be a gateway for trade and business activities between Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asian Republics.
-
Leopard kills 8-year-old boy
The animal attacked and dragged the victim to a nearby jungle.
-
Unending misery: Three years on, Zeenat still awaits compensation for her treatment
The 28-year-old woman is struggling to walk on her own.
-
Alarming statistics: Four new polio cases surface in the tribal belt
A total of 42 cases have been reported from FATA this year so far.
-
One policeman killed, another injured in Charsadda bomb attack: Officials
DSP says remote-controlled bomb was planted in the mud.
-
Militancy: Glimmer of hope for Swat farmers struggling to support families
UNDP programme offers financial and technical support to poultry farmers.
-
Going all out: Donkey-cart rider hands reins of ‘bright future’ to son
Imran’s family often went without food for days just so they could pay his fee on time.
-
Swat police back in action, locals relieved
In the last few months police have arrested more than 50 suspected terrorists and are successfully conducting raids.
-
Risky business: Illegal quarrying threatens to leave Khanpur Dam on the rocks
The leases of crush machine owners were suspended in 2006.
-
Militants kill 4 peace committee members
Security forces destroy the house of a Lashkar-e-Islam commander.
-
Female health workers: They tend to others while their own starve
Protesting women say they haven’t been paid in four months.
-
Torture victim discharged from hospital unwillingly
Hospital admin claims her foetus is alive and out of danger.
-
Post-Eid scenario: Peshawar streets littered with animal remains
Locals appalled at negligence of authorities.
-
Daral Khwar power plant: Bahrain residents seek change in project design
Claim existing plan disastrous for agriculture; project director denies accusations.
-
Blast damages girls school in Mohmand Agency
The school is located in the Khwajavas Korona area of the Haleemzai Tehsil.
-
Target killing: Violence, fear mar Eid celebrations
Four killed, four injured in a week; violence shows that patrolling by security personnel is useless.
-
Helping hands: Making their Eid special
Sacrificial meat distributed among the underprivileged.
-
In the line of duty: Eid on the pickets
Security personnel away from home and loved ones.
-
Deadly and devastating: Two incidents dampen Eid festivities in Gojal
Misgar road accident, Irshad Pass avalanche claim six lives.
-
Militant commander, accomplice arrested from Mardan
Official sources say they raided house in Mardan when upon receving information from locals about militant's...
-
Three killed in Wakhan Corridor avalanche
They were coming from Pamir (Afghanistan) to Chipursan valley of Gojal in upper Hunza.
-
Militants blow up girls school in Mardan
Sources say the militants tied about 8-10 kilogrammes of explosives to the outer walls of the school.
-
Former ANP Tehsil Nazim killed in Swabi suicide attack
ANP leader Hanif Jadoon was on his way back after Eid prayers when his vehicle was targeted by a suicide bomber.
-
Law & Order: Security heightened in Gilgit ahead of Eid
Fool proof security arrangements made to meet any untoward incident.
-
Discussion: Dialogue, not violence, key to resolving differences
Speakers urged members of different sects to be patient towards each other.
-
A second-hand Eid for the poor
Unable to afford new clothes and shoes, the poor throng the second-hand markets for Eid shopping.
-
Education dilemma: A school where ‘science is an art’, literally
There are only six art teachers for over 700 students in Manrai Village’s only high school for years now.
-
Confession under duress: Lady police torture pregnant housemaid
Christian woman hospitalised in critical condition; inquiry has been ordered.
-
Convoy attack: Five soldiers killed in North Waziristan ambush
North Waziristan, according to US officials, is the headquarters for the Haqqani network.
-
Two security personnel killed, 3 injured in North Waziristan
Following the incident, security forces retaliated, in which numerous militants were reportedly killed.
-
Crossfire: Militant commander killed in Swat, accomplice arrested
Official sources say clash started when militants tried to trespass Ningolai to enter into Bara Bandai.
-
‘Good governance vital for democracy’
Natural disasters, war on terror, energy crisis and foreign debt; major causes of economic crisis faced by the country
-
Advancement: Electricity lights up small village in Swat
EU to help develop education and power sector in the region.
-
Conference: Political agents held responsible for FATA’s problems
Speakers call for result-oriented change.
-
North Waziristan: US drones kill three alleged Haqqani militants
A security official said those killed were loyal to Jamil Haqqani.
-
Fire Incident: 25 injured as explosives blow up
The explosives belonged to a contractor who used them for construction purposes.
-
Helping out: UoP to expand market to support poor students
University of Peshawar will expand a commercial building on land donated for poor students’ benefit.
-
Recognition: British Empire honours two Pakistani social workers
Mussarat Khattak and Joseph Francis decorated for their lifelong services in public welfare.
-
Government’s indifference angers FATA senators
Lawmakers from the tribal areas say they have yet to receive development funds.
-
‘Targeted attack’: Car-bomb leaves tribal elder, 10 others injured
No casualties reported, police retrieves parts of destroyed vehicle.
-
Branded an Ahmadi, hakim is expelled from district
Police denies expulsion, claims to have closed the clinic to avoid unrest.
-
Foreign Assistance: ‘US cooperating with Pakistan on development’
Construction of 239 hotels in Swat underway; five-year plan for projects worth $90 million for Peshawar being drafted.
-
Upper Kurram: ‘New peace deal a ploy to protect Haqqanis’
YP says deployment of troops in Parachinar against human rights.
-
Eidul Azha: Security beefed up in Peshawar
CCPO also directed the SHOs of rural areas to intensify patrolling in their respective jurisdiction to curb terrorism.
-
Pakistan looks to South Waziristan highway to fight militancy
Army constructing highway that will connect South Waziristan to major cities in Pakistan.
-
Explosion in Peshawar marketplace, 11 injured
Explosion takes place near Malik Taj market in Jamrud area when car bomb goes off.
-
G-B celebrates 64th independence day
Tribute paid to those who died fighting the Dogra rule.
-
Chairlift malfunction: Stranded mid-air, rescued after nine hours
A rescue team was called in from Islamabad to pull the chairlift.
-
Shell shocked: A split second that changed their lives for the worse
Fate of most survivors awaiting promised compensation from the government, remains largely un-documented.

















































