Only two days after the Khyber police chief ordered heightened security at checkposts in Bara, another policeman was martyred in an incident of targeted killing on Friday. Sub-Inspector Andaz Gul came under attack when he was going to duty station in the morning, according to a statement. It said Mr Gul succumbed to injuries in a hospital. The police said motive behind the killing could not be immediately ascertained. Funeral prayers of the martyred policeman…
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PESHAWAR (APP): Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Shah Farman has said, the handmade weapons of Darra Adam Khel have more than 200 years of history but unfortunately above 2,000 workers associated with this profession were not neither recognized nor rewarded as what they deserved.Presided over a meeting with the authorities of Pakistan Ordinance Factory (PoF) and Industry Department, Govt of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at Governor House here on Friday, he said that the perfection in manufacturing of handmade…
PESHAWAR: Eight security personnel including four soldiers were martyred and another wounded in cross-border attack, ambush and bomb explosions in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in two days. Terrorists from inside Afghanistan attempted to cross the fence along the Pak-Afghan border in Kurram tribal district between the night of Tuesday and Wednesday when troops in a prompt response engaged them and thwarted their attempt, according to the military’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).…
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa president Engineer Amir Muqam has announced rallies and protest demonstration against unprecedented price-hike across the province. This he announced while addressing a press conference at party secretariat in Peshawar, he said that the rulers had become unbearable due to their uncalled for and cruel policies and the PMLN had decided to oust them from the power corridors with the public support. PML-N leader said that rallies…
PESHAWAR: The Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) on Monday announced to launch a protest movement against spiralling inflation to put pressure on the government to provide relief to the people. The decision was made at a meeting of the provincial office-bearers of the party at Watan Kor in Peshawar. QWP provincial chairman Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao presided over the meeting which reviewed the arrangements for the upcoming foundation day of the party. The meeting was told…
KOHAT: The Kohat police arrested a commander of banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan carrying Rs2 million head money during a raid here on Monday. He was involved in killings, kidnappings, and targeting security forces with IED explosions. Addressing a press conference at his office, district police officer Sohail Khalid said the police acting on information conducted a raid in Teen Talab area of Mirkheli, a mountainous terrain, and arrested Amir Jalal alias Colonel. The elite force personnel…
The last state-run school on the Durand Line in far-flung Loey Shalman area of Landikotal, which had been closed for security reasons, reopened on Monday after seven years, officials said. A colourful ceremony was held at Gulab Killay School which was participated by a large number of villagers, parents, Education Department and Pakistan Army officials. Assistant District Education Officer of Khyber, Misal Khan Shalmani, in his speech said that Government Primary School Gulab Killay was…
The University of Peshawar has instructed the students to start observing the dress code introduced by the university some eight years ago. Two separate notifications were issued to this effect on Friday. The first notification is a mere repetition of a similar one issued in March 2013 wherein the female students had been asked to wear white shalwar and kameez of a colour of their choice as well as a white overall and a chest…