report in Dawn, Sept 21st, 2023KHYBER: Police in Bara tehsil here seized a huge quantity of explosives and also arrested a would-be suicide bomber here on Wednesday. Khyber district police officer Salim Abbas, in a statement issued from the Shah Kas Police Lines said that the police intercepted a rickshaw loaded with hay at the Nala checkpost in Malakdinkhel area during routine checking. He said upon search of the rickshaw, 350 kilogrammes of explosives were…
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Bara peace rally calls for effective clampdown on militants
by Ibrahim Shinwari in Dawn, August 13th, 2023KHYBER: A large rally for peace was staged in Bara tehsil here on Saturday with the speakers urging security agencies to show seriousness in addressing terrorism in the tribal district. They demanded an effective crackdown on militant groups in the region. The rally was organised under the auspices of the Bara Siyasi Ittehad and addressed by Senator Mushtaq Ahmad of the Jamaat-i-Islami, Shahbuddin Khan of the Pakistan Muslim…
Checkpost attacked in KP’s Khyber district
By Qazi Fazlullah in The News online, July 30, 2023KHYBER: A checkpost of law enforcers was attacked in the Spin Qabar area of Bara after an attacker fired and threw a hand grenade at it, the police told Geo News on Sunday. The police and Frontier Corps (FC) personnel retaliated, but the attacker escaped. Police reported no loss of life in the attack. The attack on law enforcement personnel comes as the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province…
Cabinet expansion unlikely before by polls:
Report in The Kathmandu Post, April 14, 2023The much-awaited Cabinet expansion is unlikely to happen before the by-elections in Tanahun, Chitwan and Bara that are scheduled for April 23. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will appoint new ministers only after the by-elections, leaders of the ruling alliance said on Thursday quoting Dahal and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba. Earlier, Prime Minister Dahal had expanded the Cabinet on March 31 for the seventh time in…