MANSEHRA: A 70-member delegation of elders and Ulema from Kohistan would visit the Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan in a couple of days to evolve a joint strategy to avert incidents like the Harban bus attack in which 16 Shia passengers were killed by gunmen wearing military uniforms. The selection of 70 elders and Ulema was made at a grand Jirga, which was also attended by District Coordination Officer (DCO) Aqil Badshah and District Police Officer…
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By Riaz Ahmad in The Express Tribune PESHAWAR: At least five militant groups have been involved in violence in the capital city of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) where they are stoking sectarianism and targeting women, The Express Tribune has learnt. A senior police official claimed that the Mangal Bagh-led Lashkar-e-Islam, its Tirah-based rival outfit Ansarul Islam and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chapters in Darra Adam Khel, Mohmand and Bajuar tribal regions have been active in the city. “These…
MIRPUR: Agitated over water shortages, people took to the streets and stormed a tube-well here on Sunday. The situation emerged after the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) cut down supply of water in various residential sectors due to faults in man tube-wells. The residents raised slogans against the PHED and the district administration for failing to control the crisis. Ex-Councillor Shoaib Mir, who led the demonstration, said that despite the…