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Unexplained delays: 58 lawmakers including CM yet to file asset details
ECP’s deadline passed on September 30, extension ends on October 15.
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Damage control: PDMA observes National Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
Pledges to minimise losses by introducing effective counter measures.
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Awaiting remuneration: Teachers hold sit-in, demand overdue salaries
Threaten to reassemble within a week if not appeased.
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Under the spotlight: Parliamentary secretary visits Dilip Kumar’s former residence
Promises to preserve the structure for coming generations.
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Medical oversight?: Court seeks response from health dept over alleged negligence
Sheheryar told the HR Directorate LRH doctors administered his son the wrong injection.
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Garhi Mali Khel blast: Niaz Gul fought for peace till he breathed his last
Deceased peace militia head would always be present to help victims after terrorist attacks.
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‘Honour’ killing: Gunmen kill four of a family in Mardan
Only surviving member of the harrowing incident is a seven-year-old girl.
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8 years later...: K-P demands abolishment of Earthquake Reconstruction and Relief Authority
Resolution seeks transfer of allocated funds to the provincial exchequer.
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Earthquake 2005: Rebuilding homes amid fear
Local residents have replaced concrete with wood to rebuild their homes.
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Earthquake 2005: Outdoor schools in the line of fire
Studying outdoors, especially this close to LoC, increases sense of insecurity among students and teachers alike.
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Earthquake 2005: Survivors who cannot go home
They are suffering from paraplegia – complete paralysis of lower half of body, caused by damage to spinal cord.
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Heading home: Governor pledges more funds for repatriation of IDPs
Condemns attack on polio team, expresses condolences to bereaved relatives.
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Sufi Muhammad acquitted in treason case
The total number of cases Sufi has been acquitted in has now reached five.
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Youth welfare: Books and pens, not (toy) grenades and guns
MPAs demand legislation over toy weapons to protect children from violent tendencies.
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Urging peace discourse: Maulana Hamdullah Jan calls for dialogue with Taliban
The two elders discussed various critical challenges facing the country.
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Facilitating patients: HMC’s newly-appointed chief urges cleanliness
Addresses staffers during introductory meeting, pledges to provide better services.
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Pulling the shutters down: PDA shuts down 19 clinics in residential areas
Capital city police asked to assist administration in raids.
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Commercial activities: ‘Legitimise trade of Afghan refugees’
Petition states that the trade and business of Afghan refugees be governed.
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Increase in educational expenditure fails to boost female literacy in FATA
Most number of girls enrolled in Kurram Agency and FR Kohat, states Education Atlas report.
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With three new cases, at least 34 have been infected with the paralysing virus
Polio has been confirmed in two 13-month olds, one 10-month-old in FATA.
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Widespread reforms: Chief minister vows to revamp ‘useless’ education system
Announces to introduce English as medium of instruction from next year.
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Outsmarted: Lured by swindlers, traders find fool’s gold
Travel to Faisalabad to purchase ‘treasure’, only to discover its real value upon their return.
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In Swat, schoolgirls pray for Malala's Nobel in secret
Many regard her with suspicion and even contempt in her home town.
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Explosion in Peshawar kills 2 police officers, injures 8
Police van providing security to a polio team was targeted.
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Gunfight: Militants fire at police van
The vehicle was partially damaged while no human loss was reported in the incident.
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Ill-equipped: KTH’s neonatal ICU deprived of functional X-ray machine
CEO promises to repair or replace equipment lying idle in the storeroom.
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Feeling threatened: Peace committee members demand protection
Security forces continue searching for those who attacked Qalandar.
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Local Government Bill 2013: New draft ensures interference by provincial govt in district affairs
The new law envisages establishing 3,500 villages and neighbourhood councils.
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Tug of war: PML-N K-P chapter feels victimised, struggles with internal rifts
Local leaders claim PTI is attempting to weaken PML-N’s provincial roots.
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No end in sight: Dengue continues to spread in Swat and Shangla
Patients at Besham THQ Hospital are treated under the sky due to lack of space.
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In the works: K-P to pass legislation on breastfeeding, child nutrition
The bill has been finalised by the health department and is being discussed with various stakeholders.
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Postmarked Maidan: Overgrown harvests, overrun fields of black gold
In the 2nd part of the Tirah diary, tribesmen discuss the loss of cannabis, a cash crop, to operations, displacement.
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Provincial govt has turned into an NGO: Fazlur Rehman
Says certain forces want to neutralise sentiments of the people of K-P.
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Roadside blast kills 3 officers near Bannu-Miranshah Road
A curfew was imposed in the area after the blast.
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Stopped in time: Police foil attempt to marry off minor girl
No case registered against accused, but police obtained affidavit from Hassan stating he would not marry his daughter.
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Shuffling around: PHC orders transfer of judicial officers
Senior Civil Judge Irshad Ahmad Khan, on his return from studying abroad, was posted at PHC as in-charge of the NJPIC.
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Heinous crime: Teenage girl allegedly abducted and raped
Investigation officer Bashir Khan said Nazira Bibi went missing in May and returned home on October 4.
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Officials summoned to suggest easier ways of obtaining domiciles
Petitioner tells PHC obtaining the certificate is a tedious task under the current policy.
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World Teachers’ Day: Educators in FATA awarded for exceptional services
Serving teachers questioned how schools that have been shut for the past five years can receive an award.
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Traders decry recent tax hikes by Federal Board of Revenue
PML-N working committee asks for fiscal relief in the form for reductions in tax, utilities costs.
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FR Peshawar: Security forces withdraw post operation
According to local elders, the security forces ended their operation and have withdrawn.
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All Saints Church attack: LRH holds condolence reference for slain employees
CEO says funds provided by the provincial govt for emergency treatment are inadequate.
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Cyber crime: Health department receives threatening emails
Police asked to monitor all internet cafés, maintain record of visitors.
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Agreeing To Disagree: Sherpao distances QWP from Imran Khan’s statement
Sherpao lamented the PM was yet to visit Peshawar after the recent blasts.
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Government ‘keen’ on negotiations with Taliban: Governor
Shaukatullah Khan visits Swat to assess measures taken to prevent spread of dengue.
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Tremors felt in Chitral, Swat and Lower Dir
The epicenter of the 5.6-magnitude quake was at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border.
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TTP condones Peshawar church attack
TTP says it has checked with all its groups and none of them owned the church attack.
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K-P cabinet clears local government bill for debate in assembly
"The commission will be completely independent and even the Chief Minister will be made accountable," says Farman.
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Restrictions removed: CM lifts recruitment ban for Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
AWKUM is the only public university to not yet submit its five-year hiring record.
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GulBela bus attack: ATC sends driver, cleaners on remand
The accused were then presented before ATC judge Asghar Khan.