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6 Uzbek militants killed in North Waziristan drone strike: Official
Militants were visiting a spring for leisure when they came under attack and were killed.
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Curbing crime: Vehicle registration to be computerised
Officials say new procedure will reduce number of fake certificates.
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Measles outbreak: Six children die in Mohmand
People of Ambar demand vaccination teams to be sent to the agency immediately.
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Blackmailing traders: Criminals pretend to be from militant outfits to extort money
Political administration says more arrests will be made soon.
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Displaced: Migration creates shortage of houses
Nearly all vacant houses have been rented by IDPs.
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Still without connection: For Swat’s village, an uphill battle for gas
Officials concerned say facility will be provided once ban is lifted.
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Bannu jail: Prisoner on death row commits suicide
Jail staff find victim hanging from a hook.
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Mehsud IDPs hope to find a way back home
In the wake of TTP threats, repatriating tribesmen has proved to be a difficult task.
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Exposed pipeline: Gas seeps into houses through sewage lines
SNGP workers are accused to have left unfinished work behind.
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Understanding militancy: NGO offers chance to study terrorism
Three-month course intended to raise awareness about the phenomenon.
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Defending religious rights: Protests breakout over killing of Muslims in Myanmar
IJT and TNFJ activists ask for a UNCHR inquiry to be carried out.
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Rendered homeless: K-P housing authority to raze old houses
Intends to construct four-story flats in place of old houses in Civil Quarters; residents strongly oppose move.
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‘Manhandled’: Hundreds protest against police’s high-handedness
The two victims demand legal action against the policemen, threaten to move court.
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Forced marriage: Woman seeks protection
Sofia, 16, was forced to marry Naveed, who subjected her to sexual abuse.
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The gender divide: More men than women affected by hepatitis in Swat
Experts cite lack of treatment and diagnosis for women as the cause.
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Swabi school blown up by militants
The watchman was not at his post when two planted bombs destroyed the school's boundary wall, classroom.
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Power outages: Political tussle leaves villages in darkness
Villages in the Charsadda district suffer due to wrangling over local grid station.
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Health hazard: Wards swelling up with the arrival of Ramazan
Increasing sales of substandard food items causing serious illnesses.
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Punishable acts: PHC issues notice to govt, summons law secretaries
Provincial and federal governments given a final chance to pay attention to violation of human rights by local customs
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Terror strike: Bajaur truck bomb kills nine tribesmen
IED planted in a pick-up truck exploded in the Pashat bazaar.
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No specific fatwa against polio campaign: Hameedullah Afridi
IPO chairman says Fata tribesmen are not against polio, vaccines administered to most of the children in Fata.
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17-year-old undergoes sex change
Rabia, subjected to years of bullying and pain, begins new life as Umair.
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A legend fades: The Queen of Pashto ghazals passes away
Bacha Zarin Jan could perform in multiple languages.
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Internal bickering: With elections looming, PML-N heads towards rifts
Despite efforts to mend relations between party leaders in K-P, PML-N’s bad spell in the province likely to persist.
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Poultry farmer accuses vet of killing 6,000 chicks
Threatens to file suit against the accused if proved guilty.
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Downpour in Bannu: Seven of a family injured as roof of their house caved in
Over 22 houses flooded, rooms and boundary walls collapsed.
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Clashes leave 13 dead in Orakzai: Officials
Says more than 30 militants attacked a Frontier Corps checkpost in Dabori area.
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Polio eradication: Previously prohibited areas to receive vaccines
45 officers trained to assist polio campaign, provide vaccination at transit points.
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Reopening supplies: NATO container attacked in Khyber
One killed, another injured as suspected militants open fire.
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Bannu Jailbreak: K-P says Centre to charge sheet FC men
The chief minister suspended the jail superintendent, DCO Bannu and a few others.
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Shah Hassan Khel bombing mastermind gunned down in S Waziristan
Commander Ashraf Ali was wanted for a number of suicide bombings and murder of JUI-F leaders in K-P.
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Two injured in Peshawar blast
Blast took place in ground where people gather every day for Iftar. No loss of life reported.
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4 children injured in Darra Adamkhel blast
All injured were shifted to Lady Reading Hospital and were reported to be out of danger.
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Drone kills 12 militants at training compound
Senator Dianne Feinstein says that collateral damage of strikes has been greatly reduced.
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PHC orders police to protect Afghan runaway couple
CJ Dost Muhammad Khan says police was assisting opponents of the couple.
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Gastroenteritis outbreak?: Three dead, over 100 with symptoms in two districts
Health officials of Abbottabad, Mansehra say cause of illness is not gastro.
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In the ‘food basket of Khanpur’, a tough season for Lychee
Growers face triple whammy of hot weather, water scarcity and pests.
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Drone strike kills 12 people in North Waziristan
Drone fired six missiles on a house.
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Act of terror: Blast damages clinic in Tank
Official says they heard the blast they rushed towards the site and surrounded the area.
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Taliban factions at each other’s throats – again
Recent killing of a militant pits TTP and Maulvi Nazir groups against each other.
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Orakzai Operation: 14 killed as jets bomb militant hideouts
Two fighter jets bombed militant hideouts in the Kago Qamar and Zakhtan areas of Orakzai.
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Runaway couple: Afghan woman married to ‘brother-in-law’, says family
Says two girls accompanying Mariyam are her daughters, demand they be extradited.
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Rural development: After two years, electricity returns to Swat village
30-kilowatt micro hydropower station installed in a remote village of Swat.
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Link to paradise: Mahodand Lake gets new road
The lake is now easy to travel to for tourists and serves as a beautiful picnic spot.
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Airstrikes kill 15 militants in Orakzai Agency: Officials
Airstrikes targeted four hideouts in remote Ghaljo and Dabori areas of the Orakzai tribal region, the officials said.
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In Swat, legal matters come to a stop as stamp papers go short
People being forced to buy stamp papers in black by paying four times the official price.
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‘Govt not serious about reducing tobacco’
Growers say PTB supporting companies instead of farmers.
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Swat Intermediate part-II exam: Pre-medical group bags top three positions
63% of the candidates who sat the exam passed.
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Police ban underage cigarette sale
Locals laud decision, shopkeepers express reservations.
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Orakzai bombing: Suicide blast targeting pro-govt elder kills 12
Mullah Nabi Hanfi escapes unhurt; three children among the dead; Upper Dir roadside blast claims four lives.