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Worth your time?: Delayed proceedings become norm in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
With lawmakers arriving late, sessions start with delays of more than an hour.
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Social taboos: Patients choose quiet death over treatment
Of more than 100,000 cases, only 9,865 are registered with the AIDS control programme .
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Shabqadar police station targeted
No casualties have been reported
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TTP commander killed in Jamrud artillery strikes
His body will be handed over to his heirs on Sunday for burial
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Plea bargain: Court orders PDA director’s release
Plea bargain: Court orders PDA director’s release
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Alleged sexual harassment: Environmental dept dean suspended
Alleged sexual harassment: Environmental dept dean suspended
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Inferno: Poultry farm, four shops gutted
Four shops and a poultry farm were damaged in two different fire accidents
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Contested claims: Man attempts suicide in police custody
His family accuses the police of torture and threatens to go to court.
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The corruption agenda: NAB arrests one more suspect over modaraba, musharaka scam
Separately, bureau apprehends former divisional accounts officer for embezzling development funds.
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Now you sue me, now you don’t: Is the customer always right?
Exclusive courts to hear cases of consumer complaints.
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In protest: SAP teachers’ sit-in completes fortnight
They await regularisation and pay raise 20 years on.
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Lights out: Disconnected power supply paralyses FATA Secretariat
Work at all depts comes to a standstill; PESCO claims dues worth Rs300 million still pending.Asad Zia
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Out of reach: Despite completion, new college building remains non-functional
Technical education director claims construction of college has not been completed, locals claim otherwise.
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Fowl play: There’s a new bird in town
UoA introduces the Campbell duck in K-P to improve poultry industry.
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Demanding justice: JUI-F activists across K-P protest leader’s murder
Dr Khalid Soomro was gunned down in Sindh.
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Sound of music: New academy to revive Peshawar’s lost melodies
Family of musicians gives a new lease of life to music.
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ANP lashes out: ‘PTI will be responsible for martial law’
Ghulam Ahmed Bilour claims Imran Khan staged sit-in after PM refused to extend COAS’ tenure.
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Complaint cell set up in FATA Secretariat
The complaint cell will look into issues that fall under no legal jurisdiction in the region
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20 seminary girls arrive in Peshawar from Karachi
Assitant Bajaur Agency takes minors to their hometown via special flight
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For social reconstruction: Women leadership programme launched
Under the programme, UN Women will work with govt and key partners to support advocacy for integrating gender concerns
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Building bridges: ‘Student exchange to cement Pak-Afghan ties’
Afghan consul general invites students to his country in spring.
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Empowering locals: Community-driven development in the works
Four-year programme, funded by EU and K-P govt, aims to benefit 1.59m people
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Rooting it out: DC Swat takes action against revenue department officials
Sends reports against two tehsildars to provincial secretary
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Export woes: Application filed for release of confiscated cloth
The applicant requested the customs court to conduct an independent enquiry and assess the loss inflicted
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Targeted: Peace committee leader escapes attempt on life
The peace committee head was unharmed in the blast but one of his colleagues was injured and two vehicles were damaged
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Final abode: Slain MWM leader laid to rest
Allama Irfani was shot dead in Islamabad on Wednesday
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Slipping through: Govt admits oil and gas pilferage worth billions from Karak
Lawmakers claim large-scale theft was carried out in connivance with district administration, police
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Blame game: Asfandyar says PTI stole ANP’s election mandate
Govt failed to provide compensation to ANP workers, says central general secretary
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Where war and women are dominated by men
Rakshanda Naz gives women legal recourse in a place where rights are considered an ideological matter.
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Neighbourhood Watch: Ghani admin shuddered by spate of Taliban attacks
Analysts cite signing of controversial bilateral security agreement as reason for increase in violence
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FC soldier among 2 killed in Peshawar IED blast
Education department official Abdul Basit was killed, his friend Javed, a resident of Karak, was seriously injured
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Heads roll over Quetta tragedy
At least four polio workers were shot dead on the outskirts of Quetta
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Influential tribal leader survives bomb attack in South Waziristan
Gul's personal security guards opened fire soon after the explosion while security forces cordoned off the area
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Too far from home: Sending their daughters away
As probe is under way, the question remains why girls were sent to Karachi
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Structural change: The loss of lives from BDS to BDU
Increase in the number of staffers killed while defusing IEDs in 2008 moved K-P authorities to upgrade the BDS to BDU.
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Leading from the front: Lesson learnt: Never underestimate your enemy
How a bomb disposal unit official gave the ultimate sacrifice.
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Mistaken identity: Man assumed dead returns home an hour before funeral
Earlier, on Tuesday, the police had found the remains of a man near Panian
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More laurels: Gujrat to name new college after Malala
The new college in Jalalpur, Gujrat will honour the Nobel laureate’s struggle for the right to education
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Recreational schemes: ‘Government has allocated funds for sports promotion’
Rs150 million have been allocated to establish academies under the Talented Youth Scheme
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Communication breakdown: Reported refusals leave over 30,000 children at risk
More than 12,000 parents did not allow teams to vaccinate their children in recent drive
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Free, fair and equal: Gender checklist for elections unveiled
Aims to ensure women’s right to vote and stand for public office
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Lacking urgency: Educationists flay govt for failure to enact Article 25-A
Say despite ‘education emergency’, K-P rulers yet to construct a single school
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Backlash: Three-day mourning period in Parachinar
Tribal people gathered on Thursday to condemn the the killing of MWM cleric Allama Muhammad Nawaz Irfani
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Discrepancy: Top health official allegedly appointed against law
Insider claims new DG health services was 17th on the seniority list
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Enforced disappearances: Families of deceased can file FIRs: PHC
CJ says centre in charges only in control on paper
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King of the jungle: Armed force part of proposed legislation to guard wildlife
If approved, K-P will see fresh laws on preservation, conservation after almost 40 years
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Unused funds
Consequences of failure to utalise the funds will be huge & the K-P government needs to think about this seriously
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'Human trafficking' case: Police attempts to connect the dots as parents appear clueless
Parents say they sent their daughters to Karachi in hopes of securing a better future for them
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Senate moot: Irregularities in FATA uplift projects anger Senate panel
Calls for establishment of monitoring cell to stop nepotism in the area
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Recovery of girls: K-P governor requests Sindh govt to ensure girls’ safety
Directs Bajaur Agency’s political agent to find out and contact parents of these girls