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Grid station blast: People left searching for water in blast aftermath
Water fetched from far-off ponds is causing fatal diseases among children.
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20 militants killed in joint operation: Officials
Operation by security forces in Bajaur and Mohmand agencies launched after attack on levies checkpost.
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Bakht Khan: shrouded by the sands of time
An important leader in the 1857 war, Khan's life records are vague and sketchy.
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Disabled woman fears for family’s lives
Samreen seeks protection for family from brother’s accused killers.
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Memorial: Slain police officer’s services recalled
Rich tributes paid to late IGP Malik Saad Khan for his services in combating terrorism and extremism.
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Overcharging: Crackdown on public vehicles on cards
PTA likely to launch a crackdown on transporters charging exorbitant fares.
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Mohammad Afzal Khan Lala: The man who stood up against militancy
The ANP leader refused to leave Swat when militancy in the valley was at its peak.
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18 killed in Mohmand Agency assault
Security forces pound militant hideouts in different tehsils.
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Qabool hai... : 45 couples tie the knot
Where heavy expenditure in marriages has become a social bane, an NGO works to celebrate ceremonies of many couples.
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Quick action: Hungarian firm’s staffers recovered
Authorities hope MOL will now resume oil & gas exploration in Kohat.
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Civic sense: Keeping the city clean, or at least trying
Students come together for a week-long campaign to clean their city Peshawar.
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Ignoring history: Down memory lane in Peshawar Museum
Museum reflecting the rich culture and civilization of Pashtun people is rarely visited by locals.
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Pursuing demands: Pressing for recovery of abducted advocates
Lawyers to observe one-day weekly boycott of courts across K-P.
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Tremors: Moderate quake jolts northern parts of country
Areas jolted by the earthquake include Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Chitral and adjacent areas.
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Eight people killed in traffic accident
Bus heading towards Peshawar falls into ravine due to over-speeding. Sixteen people also injured.
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Dr Farooq: A light the obscurantists put out
Dr Muhammad Farooq Khan as serving as the Vice Chancellor at Swat University, Imam Dheri, which cost him his life.
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Brigade rotation: Jirga resolves to eradicate militancy
Aman jirga urges government to do more for education in Swat.
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Hungarian firm’s engineers: Ex-lawmaker’s hand in kidnapping suspected
‘There were clear instructions that workers should not travel after 3.30 pm’.
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Unrest continues: Former Hangu mayor targeted in gun attack
Gunmen ambush vehicle carrying former mayor of Hangu, killing three people and wounding four others.
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Fight against militancy: Three drone strikes kill 13 in North Waziristan
Some 1,800 tribesmen stage demonstration against the continuous attacks as drone strikes continue.
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Col Imam executed?
Officials refuse to confirm or deny the slaying of former ISI official.
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Swat rehabilitation: Robbed by the Taliban, denied by the banks
Association claims banks refuse to co-operate; pleas to CJ, PM, president and CM bore no results.
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School blast: A father’s last day with his only child
Friday congregation, condolences and a prayer to damn the terrorists.
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Pakistan Red Crescent Society: Workers accused of corruption
Locals claim PRCS officials involved in black marketing.
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Convention: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa lawyers to boycott courts on Monday
Lawyers are going on a strike to protest kidnapping of their colleagues.
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Militancy: Bomb kills three, wounds seven in Orakzai agency
Three people, including two paramilitary soldiers, were killed in a roadside bomb blast.
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Three killed in Orakzai blast
Land mine exploded when a vehicle was passing on the road; two security personnel among the dead.
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Aiding reconstruction: World Bank, Japan provide $518m for rehabilitation
Funds will primarily be spent in flood-and militancy-hit areas of K-P, Fata.
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Unsuspecting targets: Tribesmen protest against drone strikes
More than 1,000 protesters staged the demonstration in Miranshah shouting slogans against the US and CIA.
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Oil and gas extraction: Attack sets off alarm for exploration firm
Foreign firm halts operation after staff targeted by ‘militants’.
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Another child dead in Peshawar school blast
Death toll rises to two as critically wounded child succumbs to injuries.
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Blast outside Peshawar school kills one
Eighteen people injured; cart driver hands himself over to police.
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Flood-hit families to get shelter houses by Feb
Disaster Management Authority to reach out to thousands of families rendered homeless in Gilgit-Baltistan.
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Sound survival: If music be the food of love, play on
Responding to ultra-conservatism, Pashto dramas and pop music CDs spread across K-P and achieve niche status.
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Nizam-e-Adl Regulation: Top sharia court set up in Swat
K-P chief minister defends the law despite widespread criticism.
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Militancy in Malakand: Sufi Muhammad charged with terror
ATC in Peshawar frames terror charges against TNSM chief who pursued demand for imposition of harsh brand of sharia.
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Attacks on supply trucks: Pakistani officials put blame on NATO
Officials say the alliance turned down Pakistan’s plan for ensuring safe transportation of supplies to Afghanistan.
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Fighting extremism: 10 militants killed in Orakzai Agency
Four militants killed by security forces in Orakzai Agency, six others died when their vehicle ran over a landmine.
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Pre-dawn blasts: Two girls schools blown up, mosque damaged
Locals term attack a conspiracy against region’s development.
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Five suspected militants killed in land-mine explosion
Vehicle carrying nine people completely destroyed after it hits land-mine.
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Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Police salaries increased by 50 per cent
Chief Minister Hoti appreciates services of police to the province.
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Over 1,100 teachers unpaid for 6 months
Teachers threaten to strike if not paid this month.
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Alternative routes : Gilgit-Chitral road construction okayed
The construction of an Rs18 billion, 370 km long road from Gilgit to Chitral announced.
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Power Conservation: Optimising electric supply by smarter use
PESCO Chief Executive advises effectual usage of power to maximize output.
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Crippling statistics: Fight against militants leads to polio spike
Pakistan is the only country in 2010 to record an increase in cases of polio.
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Masked attackers: Policewoman, five of her family killed in Hangu
Four men barged into her house and opened indiscriminate fire.
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Eleven militants killed in Mohmand, Kurram
Security forces respond to attack on their camp in Mohmand, bomb militant hideouts in Kurram Agency.
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Mortars across Afghan border kill five in Pakistan: Official
Six others wounded after mortar shells fired from Afghanistan hit village in Mir Ali district of N. Waziristan.
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MBBS exam: Khyber Medical varsity announces results
A total of 260 students appeared in the examinations in which 166 were declared successful.
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Foreign hands: India suspected of creating unrest in FATA
Corps commander Peshawar says authorities have credible evidence of external interference in tribal regions .