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Check post targeted: Five security forces officials injured in Parachinar
Clashes between militants and security forces were continuing till this report was filed.
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Whisked away: Govt employee kidnapped in Lower Kurram
Turi and Bangash tribes vow to support govt, continue peace pact.
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Botched terror bid: Militant killed in premature explosion
Gate of contractor’s house targeted in apparent case of extortion.
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Possible offensive: N Waziristan can be cleansed within weeks
Military sources say ground offensive to be launched after govt’s nod.
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Mass exodus: Fearing operation, tribesmen take flight
Thousands of tribesmen fled North Waziristan Agency since last month as fears of military operation in the area grew.
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Court sentences man to death for killing a woman at LRH
Prosecution proves that the accused killed his victim with a knife before dousing her with petrol, setting her alight.
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Ensuring transparency: Peshawar BISE holds draw to depute supervising staff
Prof Afridi says all controllers of education boards urged to display own list of supervisory staff on websites.
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Remembering the greats: Ghani Khan’s memory reverberates at cultural night
Singers, intellectuals and poets share their memories of the great philosopher.
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To be or not to be: Health workers protest against non-payment of salaries
Project coordinator of HIV/AIDS control programme says the initiative was cancelled last June.
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International Mother Language Day: Call for Pashto to be medium of instruction
Purpose of the event was to highlight importance of mother tongue.
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Natural calamity: Avalanche flattens school
The avalanche put the future of more than 100 students at risk.
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QWP leader killed in remote-controlled blast in K-P
Two QWP members were also killed, two others injured.
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Physical remand: Accused in Shama Cinema blast sent into three-day police custody
The police wanted to keep the boy for 10 days to complete the investigation.
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New cases surface from Peshawar, NWA
This takes the country’s total to 21 this year, in comparison to only three cases reported at the same time last...
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Miacher Valley: And the slopes keep cracking from side to side
Failure of the slopes expected to block Hunza River and drown many adjacent settlements in its wake.
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No sound of music: Silenced nightingales
Singers of the Khyber Agency now live in anonymity and poverty due to threats.
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Nine militants killed as security forces strike hideouts in Hangu
Gunship helicopters engaged the hideouts after confirmed reports of the terrorists' presence: security official
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Polio, without an end in sight
Report states the number of districts/tribal agencies with infected children stands at four.
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Efficient policing: Shama Cinema attack suspect nabbed from Lady Reading Hospital
Police claim 15-year-old was brainwashed to become a suicide bomber.
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Bracing up: Fearing exodus, CM reviews measures for potential IDPs
FATA and provincial disaster management authorities discuss arrangements in case army operation launched.
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Adding to the squad: The non-human members of BDU
AIG Malik claims the dogs can spot a bomb very easily and more swiftly than humans.
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Sulaiman's Robocop waiting to roll in
Plans to build a second robot with improved function, including night vision.
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How I learned to stop worrying and dismantle the bomb
Reading a book will teach you, but the field is where you learn, says AIG Special Branch Shafqat Malik.
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End of the assembly line: Union threatens protest as govt plans to sack contractual employees
Over 850 jobs are on the line if the centre goes ahead with the decision.
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For K-P’s bomb disposal unit, less is more ... deadly
Without adequate training, equipment or incentives, the BDU remains vulnerable.
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Money talks: Tying foreign policy and investment
Civil society organisations express reservation over regulating their foreign funding.
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Healthy pastime: Stirring up sportsman’s spirit in Swat
Five-day Malik Saad Sports Festival to conclude on Saturday.
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Collect and abscond: Man swindles hundreds in the name of BISP
A man went around villages, announcing that women who had not received money should come to him with their CNICs.
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Hitting back: Air blitz flattens Khyber, North Waziristan targets
At least 30 suspected insurgents killed in ‘precision strikes’.
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Critical times: Opposition warns of a flood of violence as tide of lawlessness rises
PML-N leader accuses provincial government of being indecisive, passive
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More promises: Power projects in K-P to get ‘sufficient’ gas
K-P CM chairs a high-level meeting on petroleum and gas issues of the province
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Shama cinema blast: Suspects had taped grenades to their thighs
According to the SSP, one of the suspects is 15 years old, while the other one is between 18 to 19 years of age.
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Infectious: Madyan residents fear measles outbreak
Locals have asked the govt to arrange a medical camp for the treatment of their children
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For a law degree: Judicial Academy gets NOC
The academy also decided to establish the K-P Judicial Studies and Research Institute on campus.
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Make-shift stations: IGP calls for speedy completion of infrastructure
Nasir Durrani expresses concern over slow progress of infrastructure development for Torghar police.
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Recreational purposes: K-P to snuff out city’s drug problem with rehabilitation centres
100-bed hospital at Hayatabad Medical Complex and Police Services Hospital to accommodate drug users.
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Pressing on: CM chairs mid-year review meeting on ADP
Urges govt officials to not delay any development schemes.
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In the public’s interest: Anti-encroachment drive kicks off in DI Khan
Trader community opposes operation, says only aim is harassment.
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Court in session: PHC grants bail to two accused of illegal Afghan SIMs business
Counsel claims his clients were arrested against proper procedure.
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Who will blink first?: Students bemoan lack of recognition from PMDC
House officers, dental students protested for third day running.
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Adding to the alphabet soup: Nasim Wali launches ANP-W, Toofan to be general secretary
Demands ANP leadership hand back Bacha Khan Markaz to ‘real’ followers.
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Clash on campus: UoP students sent to jail on judicial remand
8 activists of PkSF who were arrested from UoP were sent to Central Jail Peshawar on a 14-day judicial remand.
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Case prolonged: Appeal accepted in Ghazala Javed’s murder case
Former husband Jehangir challenges double death sentence given by a court in Swat last year.
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Two more children fall victim to polio in NWA
The two new cases push the country’s total to 17 this year.
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Blast heard in Peshawar
The nature of the blast is not known yet.
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A sinking namesake: Ghani Dheri lies abandoned as K-P celebrates poet’s centenary
The building was constructed 14 years ago but has not become operational due to structural flaws.
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Medical manpower: ‘Bolster not abolish postgrad medical institute’
Doctors associations protest govt’s plan to scrap PGMI at HMC.
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Slow progress: PCSW urges expediting Kohistan video case
Five women were reportedly murdered on May 30, 2012 over a video showing them clapping and singing at a wedding.
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Punjab in the dark: High-voltage transmission line blown up
Explosives were planted at tower number 259, which was destroyed in the ensuing blast.
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Call for help: Rescue officials waiting to be treated as govt employees
The emergency service was set up under the K-P Emergency Service Act of 2012.