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Public transport: Study for city’s mass transit system gets rolling
Final report expected by March 2014 .
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Hansen’s disease: A synonym for stigma
In the last six months, more than 33 cases of leprosy were registered in K-P.
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Challenging results :Election tribunal orders partial re-polling in PK-81
Runner-up Habib Ali Shah earlier filed a petition providing proof of mass rigging.
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Qissa khwani blast: Traders demand compensation
Representative says traders are poor and 'not in a position to restart their businesses.'
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Good PR?: NATO supply protesters distribute sweets, shawls to truckers
Claim they do not want to hurt trade between Pakistan, Afghanistan.
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Protest: Edwardes College faculty-principal standoff
Protesters blocked Sher Shah Suri Road and chanted slogans against the college administration.
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All-star event: Award show revives ‘Pukhtun spirit’
Highlights achievements of several senior television actors, Pashto singers.
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Clean and green: Municipal workers to launch protests
Criticise K-P govt’s move of giving away cleanliness project on contract.
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Fresh start: PPP’s provincial chief denies dissent in party
Says he has full support of all senior leaders.
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Keep calm and drive safe: Marching through fog
Traffic and highway police issue travel advisories and helpful tips for driving in poor visibility.
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Business interrupted: Trader challenges NATO blockade in court
Centre, K-P govt, and other officials termed respondents.
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Going professional: 780 UET graduates step into the real world
K-P governor addresses students at convocation, says youth well-prepared to solve today’s problems.
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PHC declares collection of fuel adjustment charges in electricity bills illegal
Court orders the amount recovered in bills to be returned.
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Teacher-student row: KMC student vows to end discrimination against women in veils
Faculty member says person’s face should be visible to be easily identifiable.
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Crisis in the making: Endangered messiahs
Dozens of doctors planning to relocate in the wake of targeted killings.
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Sitting ducks: 3 explosives experts killed in Peshawar blast
Driver accompanying Bomb Disposal Unit team also killed.
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Burying the hatchet: PPP stalwarts Arbab Alamgir, Zahir Shah dispel reports of dissent
Say they have jointly struggled for the party’s cause in the past.
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Poor odds: The vulnerability of those who protect us
Bomb disposal squads forced to work in high-risk environments sans proper gear, equipment.
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Valour extraordinaire: The swan song of the unsung
Always with a smile on his face, Sub-Inspector Abdul Haq was a favourite of mediamen.
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Startup Weekend: Harnessing the city’s brainpower
The global network aims to empower and inspire entrepreneurs by providing a platform to build ideas.
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Ponzi scheme: IGP ordered to investigate band of swindlers
Bail denied to two men accused of taking money on the pretext of investing in ‘Islamic’ businesses.
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Expressing reservations: JUI-F moves court against local govt act
Says those elected on reserved seats should also be eligible to become nazim, naib nazim.
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Four-in-one: KTH children’s ward struggles with shortage of beds
Doctors forced to accommodate three to four patients on the same bed.
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Ensuring harmony: Compensation sought for victims of sectarian violence
Petitioner asks court to direct prime minister to enact laws for regulating affairs of religious factions.
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Act two: Pashto play on struggle for freedom from British Raj reprinted
Dard, banned by British authorities in 1932, highlights the role of Pukhtuns in the uprising.
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Italian town invites Peshawar to become twin city
Letter from Italy offers to build cultural ties between the two cities, linked through General Paolo Avitabile.
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A busy Sunday: Traffic police cracks down on double cylinders
Action also taken against encroachment.
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Another polio case reported in NWA
12-month-old Nasir Khan, resident of Toor Tanga village in Miranshah, was diagnosed with polio virus, type-1 strain.
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Four bomb disposal unit personnel killed in Peshawar blast
A citizen was also seriously injured in the blast.
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Ghosts of the past: JI chief terms Molla a ‘patriotic Pakistani’
Condemns FO’s statement, praises Nisar’s take on hanging.
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Facilitating patients: Rs12 million released to set up seven insulin banks
Free insulin to be provided for a year to patients registered with the hospitals.
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Avoidable controversy: KMC teacher-student spat sparks tension
Faculty member says girls whose faces are visible should contest elections at Khyber Medical College.
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Innovative plans: K-P to be the first to have human rights directorate
Through a governor’s ordinance, the govt has formulated a law to empower people.
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Gearing up for local governance: Delimitation completed ahead of schedule
K-P commissioners made designated officers in their respective revenue divisions.
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Battling crime: PHC CJ says court will not allow the city to become like Karachi
IGP ordered to form team to deter extortion, kidnappings.
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Not the militant’s best friend: BDU to take special care of sniffer dogs
Unit chief says canines more effective than machines, but need skilled trainers.
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Market manipulation: Sugarcane growers complain about prices set by govt
The chief minister earlier approved a summary setting the price at Rs160 per 40kg.
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Against drone strikes: Coalition partners to protest on Sunday
Bahrullah Khan lashed out at Federal Minister for Information Pervaiz Rashid.
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Auctioning spaces: Private educational institutes bemoan proposed land policy
Institutes accuse government of favouring capitalists, taking ‘illegal’ steps.
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Make way for the muzzle: K-P to issue licences for restricted bore weapons
Previously, these came under the prohibited category which has been now split into two types of arms.
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Side effects: Food traders demand end to PTI’s ‘harassment’
Claim NATO blockade hurting non-Afghan Transit Trade between the two countries.
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Heads or tails: The legends of coins
Private collections of coins and stamps on display at Nishtar Hall as part of a Directorate of Culture initiative.
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Unsatisfied with numbers: Tribunal orders another round of polling in PK-90
Election tribunal requests ECP to conduct polling at seven stations at the earliest.
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Four BDS teams to keep explosions at bay in Peshawar
Six policemen suspended following public complaints; registration of FIRs ordered.
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Against inflation, joblessness: PPP’s district chapter to protest on December 20
Zulfiqar Afghani holds PML-N, PTI responsible for price hikes, lawlessness.
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Living legend: Peshawar celebrates Dilip Kumar’s 91st birthday
Saira Bano thanked the city’s residents for honouring her husband.
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Questionable arrest: Assistant political agent to appear in court today
PHC hears case of a man’s four-month detention by Khyber Agency admin.
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Visiting hours: Shakil Afridi meets wife, sons
Brother, lawyer denied meeting.
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Reviewing security: Better investigation, coordinated action stressed
Home and Tribal Affairs department discusses measures to curb increase in kidnappings, targeted killings.
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Bombay talkies: Tracing Bollywood’s history in Peshawar
Muhammad Zia’s book is an effort to document the city’s artistes and its role in the formative years of Indian...