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Sexual assault: Teenage boy gang-raped
Police register case against three suspects, launched search for their arrest.
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Lax investigations?: Father of gang-raped toddler threatens self-immolation
Blames police apathy for not bringing the perpetrators of her brutal killing to task.
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A new era: Justice Miankhel sworn in as PHC chief justice
Replaces Justice Fasihul Mulk who served at the post for a little over two months.
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Point-scoring: Chaudhry Shujaat hits out at govt, opposition parties
PML-Q chief says only a high-level commission could help ascertain the true picture.
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Promoting education: CM launches enrolment drive across K-P
New medium of instruction introduced in govt schools.
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Phony credentials: Govt to award hydropower projects to ‘dubious’ firm
Documents reveal Sinotec submitted false claims regarding project expertise.
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Whisked away: Khasadar official kidnapped from FR Peshawar
Khan’s kidnapping has spooked locals, as he belonged to what is considered most powerful of all clans in area.
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Collective responsibility: Woman accuses khasadar of son’s detention
Protests on Pak-Afghan Highway in Jamrud, warns of more agitation if son not released.
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Nature’s fury: Avalanche in Upper Dir claims over a dozen lives
Eleven children among the dead; rescue operation underway.
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Registering protest: Lawyers boycott court proceedings
K-P Bar Council observes strike over attack on senior lawyer.
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Tax fraud: Remand of tax official extended
NAB arrested Orakzai over alleged involvement in fake income tax refunds, resulting in loss of Rs160m to exchequer.
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8 killed as militants clash in South Waziristan
The clashes that have been going on for three days now have seen 18 suspected militants killed and nine injured.
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Unfair admissions: Govt College Peshawar principal, others transferred
Merit allegedly overlooked on sports seats, deserving students not admitted in 2013.
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Equality for all: ‘FATA jurisdiction issue requires constitutional amendment’
Larger PHC bench observes it cannot hear cases of tribal areas owing to bar by Article 247.
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Foreign assistance: 150 families from FATA handed ownership of houses
Saudi fund and UN Refugee Agency help 150 families left homeless because of security forces’ operations in FATA.
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A tribute: Where is Jinnah’s secular Pakistan, ask Pashto poets
Demand Pashto, regional languages be given status of official languages to promote cultural diversity.
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Corrupt practices: Protest against education officer enters fourth day
Several govt schoolteachers accuse official of demanding bribes.
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Playing politics: Muqam asks Imran to take stock of party post ‘forward bloc’
Says PML-N will nevertheless refrain from destabalising K-P govt with ‘un-democratic’ ways.
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Short tenure: Peshawar High Court bids farewell to CJ Mulk
Justice Miankhel to take oath as the new chief justice today.
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Pay up: Peshawar takes the lead in reported cases of extortion
Last year, the provincial capital had 22 reported cases, followed by Lakki Marwat with nine.
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Taking offence: Opposition submits motion against PTI chief’s ‘threat’
Claims the party leader’s remarks about dissolving the assembly are unconstitutional.
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Woman and child killed in deadly downpour
Four others also injured in separate incidents in district.
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Polio: Three new cases surface from NWA
Country’s polio count this year already at 43.
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In solidarity: Journalists protest attack on Express News bureau chief’s house
Chant slogans against government for failing to protect journalists.
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K-P Governor Engineer Shaukatullah submits resignation
PML-N had decided earlier to replace Khan with Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan Abbasi.
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K-P opposition members submit privilege motion against Imran Khan
Lawmakers from ANP, PPP, JUI-F submit the motion in K-P assembly.
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Car attack leaves 4 dead in South Waziristan
Unidentified armed men opened fire on a car in the Shaktoi area of the agency.
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Gender discrimination: Education facilities on unequal ground in Upper Dir
Majority of female students drop out past primary level.
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Hydropower project: WAPDA assures villagers demands will be met
Verbal agreement ensuring uninterrupted construction on Dasu Hydropower Project has been reached.
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Literary giant: Rahman Baba’s Urs invites the best of Pashto poets
This was the first year the event was held at the Iranian Cultural Centre.
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Sehat ka Insaf: 1.3m children immunised in four districts
Tenth round in Peshawar; first in Charsadda, Mardan, Swabi.
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Close call: Powerful bomb defused outside a house in Jamrud
Another house in the area was attacked with rockets and its boundary wall destroyed.
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Crisis averted?: Imran pacifies disgruntled MPAs with ‘hotline’
Aggrieved PTI legislators claim their objective is to ‘save’ the party ahead of LG polls.
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Mixed messages: LG elections cannot be held on April 30, says ECP
The commission’s provincial chapter claims it needs more time to prepare.
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On their own: Pamphlet threatens Masho Khel residents
Fourteen people have been warned of ‘dire consequences’.
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When it rains: Four injured, crops destroyed in downpour
Supply of electricity suspended in Kot Taga, Musa Zai, Chowdwan because of rain.
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Taliban non-combatants: Govt ponders proposal to set up special panel
Security establishment believes it’s too early to release Taliban prisoners.
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Express News bureau chief’s residence attacked
KhUJ will stage a demonstration outside the Peshawar Press Club at 1pm on Monday to protest against the attack.
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Executive vs judiciary: Tussle between civil judge, AC continues to paralyse courts
Bar association asks PHC chief justice to take suo motu notice of incident.
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Explanation demanded: CM directs Nowshera DPO to submit report on toddler’s murder
Three-year-old Sawera’s tortured and raped body was found on Friday.
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A delicate subject: Parliamentary committee formed to further Hazara province’s cause
Religious affairs minister asks region’s lawmakers and activists to unite.
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Kidnapped: Prayer leader abducted
Residents believe prayer leader was taken away because he was suspected of working as a spy for the security forces.
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Mind your head: ‘Aerial firing, over-speeding major causes of head injury’
Doctor explains head injuries can be devastating and cause major psychosocial complications.
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Days gone by: K-P continues to be deprived of its Gandharan glory
v excavated from the region remain in possession of museums elsewhere in the country.
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Sehat ka Insaf: Immunisation drive enters three more districts
Section 144 imposed in Swabi, Mardan and Charsadda.
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Cultural icon: ‘Rahman Baba should be used as a symbol of peace in current times’
Seminar held at Khana-e-Farhang to commemorate death anniversary of the region’s most loved poet.
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Helping hand: Govt urged to promote physical activities for disabled
Pakistan Association of the Blind president points out that only 2% quota in civil service jobs for the disabled.
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Reckless driving: Bus accident leaves 44 injured
One of the injured says the bus was loaded with extra baggage on the roof and was being driven recklessly.
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International Day for Mine Awareness: Speakers support mine risk education to avert accidents
Share stories of victims at ceremony held in Ekka Ghund.
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Police raid: Explosives, suicide jacket seized in Kohat
Three suspected militants managed to escape before the raid.