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International Aid: Rebuilding lives, brick by brick
UNCHR builds brick homes for Bajaur and FATA IDPs as they return home.
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Salaries of 4,000 Khasadar, 900 Levies personnel stopped
Tribesmen protest shifting of medical college to Bajaur.
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Peshawar High Court: K-P directed to publish names of internment camp detainees
Court says the move will let families know they are alive.
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Environmental destruction: Sarban Hill at the mercy of contractors, estate developers
Quarrying and unplanned housing schemes robbing the landmark of its natural beauty.
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PHC gives 7 days to demolish encroachments in graveyards
Court directs district government to take action within 30 days if encroachers fail to act upon orders.
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Swat residents move Peshawar High Court against hydropower project
Petitioners’ insist objective not to stop project, only exercise their right to have the dam redesigned.
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Energy crisis: ‘PESCO, TESCO get only 16% of Pakistan’s total power output’
PESCO chief admits longer outages in rural areas of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, FATA.
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‘State of education emergency’: 3 million children out of school in K-P
UK govt launches education initiative to enroll 0.8m children by 2015.
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PHC hearing: DG NADRA summoned for flouting court orders
Despite PHC orders, authority refused to issue NIC to Russian woman.
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Cashing in on opportunity costs: In Torghar, tribal elders demand compensation for forgoing poppy cultivation
Demand compensation, setting up of tax-free zones.
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Backfire: USAID gluing together fragments of what US foreign policy broke, says Hussain
Calls for review of US policy towards Pakistan to gain locals’ confidence.
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The Fall: Seductress leads Mardan man in arms of kidnappers
Peshawar High Court releases one suspect after abductee reaches compromise.
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Health concerns: In Charsadda, marble factories pose threat to life
Residents say industries dispose waste into Michini canal, affecting agriculture, polluting drinking water.
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‘Jalsa-e-Inqilab’: Drone attacks, possible reopening of NATO route criticised
JI General Secretary Liaqat Baloch says party will resist any decision about the reopening of the NATO supply route.
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13 militants, 4 security personnel killed in Mohmand
50-60 militants storm check post in Bayzai sub-division.
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Coalition politics: PML-Q to join K-P govt this week
Party to reorganise itself, hold conventions throughout the province.
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Verifying records: Data unavailable for 3.5m arms licences in K-P
Sources say compiling the record could take up to one year.
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‘Major’ fraud: Fake army officer swindles doctor
Caller introduced himself as Military Intelligence Major and said that an Afghan refugee was arrested for robbery.
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Hazardous excavation: Six officials booked for deaths of 11 miners
At least ten miners and a contractor were killed when a phosphate mine caved in on January 25 in Batkinala, Tarnawai.
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Cultural festival: After a three-year hiatus, horse and cattle show returns to DI Khan
The district govt declared a two-day holiday to give people a chance to come.
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The price of peace: Once flourishing village now a ghost town
Former residents of Nolo Garhi reduced to refugees.
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‘Difficult to maintain law and order in K-P’
Maintaining law and order a challenge due to presence of millions of Afghan refugees, proximity with tribal belt.
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Pro-Hazara activists demand transfer of DIG, commissioner
Warn provincial government of agitation if police do not register FIR for killing of protesters on April 12, 2010.
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Meet The Press: Afghan Taliban resistance forcing US out of Afghanistan, says ex-JI chief
Rejects the notion that Taliban regime was an Islamic govt; tells them to seek guidance from religious scholars.
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Mohmand tribal elders demand compensation for destroying poppy cultivation
Political administration holds jirga with tribals after two anti-narcotics workers injured in eradication drive.
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5.4 magnitude earthquake hits K-P, northern areas
The earthquake occurred around 9:30am and the epicenter was around 100 kilometres north-west of Chitral.
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23 militants, two security men killed in Orakzai
11 security personnel also injured; skirmishes lasted almost eight hours.
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Tragedy: Six killed, five hospitalised in separate incidents
Six persons were killed, while five others were hospitalised in various incidents in Hazara on Friday.
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Territorial controversy: Opinions split as govt mulls over new district in Hazara
Political activists claim the decision is aimed to suppress movement for a separate province; ANP rejects allegations.
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Militancy: Boys’ primary school attacked in Charsadda
Around 12 kg of explosive were used in the attack, says bomb disposal squad.
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Mine blast: Two men, minor severely hurt in Kurram Agency
Hospital officials may amputate leg of 14-year-old Jabir Hussain.
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Militancy: Power pylon blown up near Peshawar
Two of three bombs went off, destroying two pillars completely.
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Tribal areas: Detention beyond jurisdiction, says court
PHC asks petitioner seeking release of his father to approach the Frontier Crimes Regulation commissioner.
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Chitrali women trafficked, forced into prostitution
According to a recent study, trafficking of women in the name of marriage has increased over the past two decades.
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Missing persons’ case: PHC issues notices to political agents
Court criticises police, orders SHOs to recover abducted men.
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Tragic accident: Six killed, five injured as pickup falls into ravine
Deceased include woman and her two sons.
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Structures that bind: Stranded villages bridged to the greener side
New bridge spells hope of economic vitality for communities in Kabal, Swat.
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US drone strike kills four suspected militants
The strike set the house on fire. Two people were reportedly injured.
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Wana Jirga: Ahmadzai tribesmen given 15 days to clear area of miscreants
Security forces hand over bodies of eight militants to political administration.
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Switching loyalties: Nawaz strikes another deadly blow to PML-Q
Engineer Amir Muqam decides to join PML-N, may lead to exodus from former party.
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Tragedy: Four killed in separate incidents
An altercation over a property dispute resulted in open firing at each other.
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Unending woes: Swat bearing the brunt of electricity, gas shortage
Locals question government’s sincerity in resolving the crisis.
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NATO supply resumption: JI threatens to defy Parliament if routes reopened
Also demands govt to merge tribal lands removed from Mohmand Agency territory.
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Violation of SC order: PHC restricts reappointed official from holding office
Dr Ziaul Islam, who heads 2 medical colleges in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, has been removed from office until further orders.
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Challenging Senate results: Peshawar High Court redirects petitioner to SC, ECP
Court tells rejected candidate Hussain Khan Afridi that it cannot adjudicate on the matter.
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Convocation: Tearful and generous, K-P governor tells graduating women of ‘long, exciting road ahead’
Female literacy in Fata only 3%, laments Barrister Masood Kausar
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Gas pipeline blown up in Peshawar
Police say main supply line of natural gas connecting Peshawar to Hyatabad blown up by terrorists.
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PML-Q's former K-P president Ameer Muqam to join PML-N ‘soon’
Muqam said that he will announce his decision at a press conference in Peshawar.
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‘Honour’ killing: Family vendetta claims three lives
Sabiha Bibi had married Ibrar Khan without the consent of her family about a year ago.
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Structurally flawed: Officials not willing to move into new office building at Torkham
Compound constructed two years ago at Torkham is unstable as sub-standard material was used.