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Updated: 24 killed, 95 injured in Parachinar bomb blast

Web Desk — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 22:19:15 +0000

At least 22 people were killed and 71 others injured in a suspected suicide blast at a local market here on Friday. Political administration claimed that it was a suicide attack. Other attackers also opened fire at the market. Security forces cordoned off the area and performed rescue operation. The political administration declared emergency at […]

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20 killed, over 50 injured in Bacha Khan University attack

Web Desk — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:34:25 +0000

At least 20 people were killed and over 50 others injured when unidentified armed opened fire on students and staff in Bacha Khan University in Khyber Pakhtunkha’s Charsadda town on Wednesday morning. The attack was carried out at 9:30 am when students and faculty members gathered at the university to commemorate the death anniversary of […]

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At least 21 dead in Taliban attack on Bacha Khan university, Operation ends

AFP — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 10:18:58 +0000

Charsadda (Pakistan) – At least 21 people died in a Taliban assault on a university in Pakistan Wednesday, where witnesses reported two large explosions as security forces moved in under dense fog to halt the bloodshed. The number of dead climbed rapidly after armed men stormed the Bacha Khan university in Charsadda, about 50 kilometres […]

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Govt announces cut in prices of HSD, kerosene oil

Web Desk — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 17:25:53 +0000

The government has slashed the prices of high speed diesel, light diesel and kerosene oil for the next month. Announcing reduction in prices at a news conference here on Thursday, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said the price of high speed diesel has been reduced by three rupees to 80.79 from 83.79, light diesel by 8.29 […]

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Security tightened countrywide on new year’s eve

Web Desk — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:39:47 +0000

Special security measures have been taken in the country to avoid untoward incidents on the eve of New Year celebrations. According to reports, Sindh government has banned pillion riding at midnight tonight. In Islamabad, 1500 police officials will be deployed at various parts of the city to ensure every possible security. Meanwhile, security has been […]

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Gunmen shoot dead Pakistan prison official, brother: police

AFP — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 20:31:18 +0000

Peshawar (Pakistan) – Gunmen on Thursday shot dead a prison official and his brother in northwestern Pakistan, a week after a Taliban attack on an air force base which killed 29 people, police said. Zahir Shah, the deputy superintendent of Peshawar prison, where hundreds of militants have been locked up, was shot at home at […]

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Suicide bomber kills six in NW Pakistan: officials

AFP — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 02:57:10 +0000

Peshawar (Pakistan) – A suicide bomber killed at least six people and wounded 31 others when he blew himself up outside a local government office in a northwestern Pakistani tribal area on Tuesday, officials said. The bombing took place in the town of Jamrud, in lawless Khyber tribal district bordering Afghanistan, where the military has […]

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US drone strike kills five militants in NW Pakistan

AFP — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 02:56:08 +0000

Peshawar (Pakistan) – A US drone attack on a militant compound in a restive Pakistani tribal area Tuesday killed at least five militants, security officials said. The drone strike took place in Lawra Mandi area in the North Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan, where the Pakistani military is battling Taliban militants. “A militant compound was […]

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Pakistan provincial minister among 14 killed in suicide attack

AFP — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 20:46:53 +0000

Shadi Khan (Pakistan) – Two suicide attackers on Sunday killed a Pakistani provincial minister who had campaigned against militants along with at least 13 other people after detonating a bomb at a meeting the minister was attending. “Punjab Home Minister Shuja Khanzada has embraced martyrdom,” said chief rescue official Mohammad Ashfaq. Khanzada, 71, had been […]

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One killed five injured in Torkham bomb blast

Web Desk — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 10:33:57 +0000

An afghan national was killed and four other injured including two Khasadar force personnel and a NLC worker at Torkham in a powerful bomb blast. Two critically injured personnel were shifted to Peshawar hospital. Official and eyewitness said on Friday. The sources said that an Afghan national with his handcart loaded with wool when crossed […]

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Imran Khan misleading the nation through media: Pervez Rashid

Umar Farooq — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 07:08:40 +0000

Federal Information and Broadcasting Minster Pervez Rashid on Friday said that PTI Chairman Imran Khan is misleading the nation through media. While responding to the PTI Chairman’s press talk, the minister said that Imran Khan has not provided single admissible evidence in the judicial commission and has failed to prove the allegations of rigging by […]

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Teacher in Mingora (KP) accidentally shoots pupil dead

AFP — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 11:14:04 +0000

Peshawar (Pakistan) – A teacher in Mingora (KP) accidentally shot dead a 12-year-old pupil on Thursday while cleaning his pistol in the staff room, police said. Teachers in northwest Pakistan were given permission to carry firearms in the classroom after Taliban militants massacred 132 students at a school in the city of Peshawar in December. […]

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Suicide bomber kills one, wounds six in Pakistan: police

AFP — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 05:37:19 +0000

A Taliban suicide bomber attack targeted a senior police officer in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least one police guard and wounding six other people, officials said. Malik Tariq, the deputy commandant of the Frontier Reserve Police (FRP) was critically wounded in the attack in Peshawar, the capital of troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in […]

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Partial strike observed after call of opposition parties in KP

Web Desk — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 14:53:41 +0000

Partial strike was observed in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa on Wednesday after the tripartite alliance of the Awami National Party (ANP), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has given a call for the strike against the alleged rigging and mismanagement in local bodies’ elections. The alliance has demanded the provincial government led by Pakistan […]

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Only Election Commission can order re-election: Chief Election Commissioner

Mohammad Ali — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 15:00:08 +0000

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sardar Raza Khan on Tuesday said that it is not easy task to hold election in KPK again. Referring to Imran Khan’s statement about holding re-election if all parties agree, he made clear that the decision of re-polling or re-election in any constituency is solely in the hands of Election Commission. […]

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Imran blames ANP, JUI for KPK LB Polls, asks to accept re-election offer

Mohammad Ali — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 13:19:34 +0000

Chairman PTI Imran Khan has said that Awami National Party (ANP) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) are responsible for systematic rigging in the local body elections in KPK. “I ask JUI and ANP that if they are sincere, prepare for re-elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” Khan told journalists in Islamabad. According to Imran Khan, PPP, ANP and […]

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PTI calls APC on LG polls rigging, opposition refuse to attend

Ali Haider — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 18:50:20 +0000

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government led by PTI has announced an all-party conference (APC) on the 9th June to discuss the issues related to local body polls. Mushtaq Ghani, Information Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said, during media talks, that APC would contemplate the allegations of rigging. He further said that “We will invite all parliamentary parties to […]

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No loadshedding during Sehr and Iftar time: Khawaja Asif

Umar Farooq — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 23:45:32 +0000

Khawaja Asif, the Federal Minister for Water and Power, has said that there would no longer be any unscheduled load shedding in the country during Ramazan this year. Talking to a news channel he said that all the industries are free from load shedding across the country. He also confirmed that there will be no […]

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Imran should resign over worst rigging in KP local body elections: Maulana Fazl

Mohammad Ali — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 17:45:51 +0000

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that if Imran khan had some respect, he would resign. Talking to a local news channel here about the alleged rigging where almost all parties have raised their voices including PTI’s coalition partners JI, Maulana Fazlur Rehman of JUI-F said that the PTI chief should […]

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Cases of innocent people’s murder should be filed against Imran Khan, CM KP: Rana Sanaullah

Ali Haider — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 22:55:36 +0000

Rana Sanaullah who has been restored as Punjab’s law minister after being cleared from all the allegations in the JIT has expressed his concerns over the massive rigging and innocent killings during local body elections in KPK. Commenting over the killing of political workers in elections he terms Imran Khan as “the Hitler Khan of […]

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