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Unmet demands: CNG association calls off strike
Govt given 72 hours to withdraw taxes, ANP senator promises to help resolve the issue.
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45-year-old woman raped to settle loan
Man escapes after allowing relative to rape wife.
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Press conference: Countrywide protests against drone attacks from June 15
DPC asks for media access in tribal areas.
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Wana check post: Rocket attack leaves one security man dead
Conflicting reports emerge about civilian deaths as well.
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Kohistan Jirga case: Salekhel tribe asks Azadkhel to own killing of women
Otherwise clear the Salakhel men they plan to kill for making the video of Azadkhel women.
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Saidu BISE results: After 6 years, boys outshine girls in SSC exam
All top three positions were clinched by students of Usmania Public School.
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City needs: Locals unite against razing of ‘historic’ cemetery
Accuse revenue dept of providing forged land documents to alleged land grabbers.
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Driven by poverty: Woman kills self, 5-year-old daughter
Woman jumped into well after her spouse refused to pay for the treatment of their physically-challenged daughter.
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Kohistan jirga: Doubts cast on the safety of ‘condemned’ women
Human rights activists claim the other three women were in another village rendered inaccessible by bad weather.
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Security official killed, another injured as militants attack Wana check post
Source says both sides traded fire using heavy weapons and ammunition with the fighting lasting over two hours.
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Charsadda blast: A notebook, a school bag and countless memories
19 killed in a blast targeting Civil Secretariat employees’ bus.
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Wild goose chase: The real worth of one rupee
Rumours of gold in the one-rupee coin has people running from pillar to post to get ‘gold’ of their own.
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Forest fire: Wildfire burns over 80 acres of forest
The fire is yet to be put out till last reports came in.
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Budget: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa govt presents pragmatic budget
The Rs303b outlay focuses on improving spending efficiency.
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Black Friday in Peshawar: Bomb tears through crowded bus, 19 dead
Six women among those killed in the attack; the bus was en route to Charsadda from Peshawar.
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Blast targeting police mobile injures six in Nowshera
Blast took place as mobile on routine patrol passed by the Aurangabad area.
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Untimely Death: Eighth grader commits suicide
15-year-old old Yaqub of the Muslim Children Academy shot himself after his infuriated father reprimanded him.
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Security in tribal belt: Redeploy FC troops in K-P, PHC tells govt
The FC has been fighting lawlessness and serving the cause of VVIP security.
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Medical ethics: Khyber Medical University to introduce new Islamiat curriculum
New syllabus to focus on purpose of Shariah and role of doctors in times of conflict.
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Pak-UK partnership: Twenty new bridges up and running in K-P
20 new steel bridges have opened links in the province that were destroyed by floods in 2010.
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Flooding along Swat River: Inundated agri land a grim reminder of 2010 floods
Locals accuse govt of laxity, demand immediate preventive measures.
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Prestige: Squash complex named after world champion
Jansher won the British Open and the World Open Squash Championships.
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Science fair: Spotlighting the techie side of Swat
The event attracted a sizable crowd from all walks of life.
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Facing the music: Performers’ haven threatened in Banr
After Taliban, police ban cultural activities, warn of dire consequences.
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Four children injured in Bajaur Agency IED blast
One boy received serious injuries after he lifted an IED mistaking it for scrap.
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Boys school blown up in Nowshera
Unidentified people had broken into the building and planted the bomb in one of the classrooms.
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Kohistan killings: Minister insists women are alive, sounds sceptical
Witnesses from rival tribe say they can help identify the graves of slain women.
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Swept away: Countrywide dust storms kill 8, injure 60
Causes widespread destruction of crops, property and electricity lines across various cities.
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Measles outbreak: 9 kids die in K-P and FATA in two weeks
Doctors blame poor vaccination campaigns, military conflict, migration and malnutrition.
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K-P chamber unhappy with federal budget
Says document lacks vision; is merely ‘creative accounting’.
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Cross-border incursion: Salala post attacked – this time by militants
Three FC personnel also injured, as militants attack check post late on Monday night.
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Illegal weapons: US consulate Pakistani employees jailed in Peshawar
The arrested Pakistanis were security in-charge Manzoor and drivers Ihsan Khan and Asif Khan.
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Unauthorised travel: US diplomats detained, quizzed, released – all in few hours
Pakistani employees of US mission booked for keeping illegal arms.
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Deadliest attack: US drone strike kills 15 in North Waziristan
Foreigners counted among the dead, say security officials.
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Kohistan killings: Govt draws blanks, witnesses say women slaughtered
Officials unable to meet women; witnesses say the ‘condemned’ women’s throats were slit.
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Jirga Controversy: Chief Justice takes suo motu notice
Justice Chaudhry says this incident is a gross violation of fundamental human rights.
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4 US officials briefly detained in Peshawar for illegally carrying weapons
Two US Consulate vehicles found carrying huge cache of arms without obtaining NOC. Staff released, FIR registered.
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Initial inquiry finds girls to be alive as CJ takes suo motu notice of Kohistan jirga
Chief justice orders attorney general to find out if the news reports about the incident were factual or not.
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US drone strike kills 15 in North Waziristan: Officials
The strike, the third in three days, targeted a militant hideout Mir Ali sub-division, North Waziristan.
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Jirga injustice: Four Kohistani women, accomplice ‘killed’ for defying customs
Administration officials refute claims, insist the women are safe.
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Militants targeted: US drones kill four militants
The dead allegedly included militant commander Malang Jan, an associate of warlord Maulvi Nazir.
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IDPs in need: If they can’t come to camps, then the camps can come to them
Danish government supplies food to over 1,100 displaced families near Jalozai camp.
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Sports festival: Multi-faceted events end amid high spirits
The five-day affair provided much needed retreat for sports buffs and spectators alike.
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Kohistan video: Local claims five women killed, officials deny
Brother of one of those accused of making video claims women were tortured before they were killed on May 30.
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US drones kill 6 militants, injure 2 in South Waziristan
Two US drones fired four missiles at a house belonging to militant commander of Mullah Nazir group in Wacha Dana town.
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Kohistan jirga controversy: Two brothers booked for filming women
Both men have already fled the area, sources in the police told The Express Tribune.
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Drone Strike: Militant chief’s brother, associate killed in Wana
Local militants reached area immediately after strike, moved bodies of dead to an undisclosed location.
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Two killed in South Waziristan drone strike
Spy plane in the Dab Kot area targets motorcycle, firing 6 missiles at it.
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Schoolboy’s suicide: Body to be exhumed for investigation
Harsh attitude of his teachers forced Mubeen to kill himself.
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The vicious cycle: With no power comes water shortage
Malookabad residents seek K-P chief minister, Swat GOC’s help.