Cop killed, 3 injured in Peshawar blast
A cop has been killed while three others injured when a bomb blast took place near a police van in Peshawar on Friday, a private TV reported. According to reports, a remote-controlled bomb was lobbed at a police mobile near Sultan Garhi at Ring Road. Resultanlty, four cops got severely…
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Terrorists surrender, hostages freed in Peshawar
The three terrorists who had seized control of a building in Peshawar have surrendered releasing the two hostages. The terrorists had taken over of a building earlier in the after taking two security personnel hostage. Director General ISPR Athar Abbas had said the terrorists were shifted to the building after…
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Gunmen cornered by security forces near US consulate in Peshawar
Security forces have cornered an unknown number of gunmen who launched an attack early Saturday morning near the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, a private TV reported. According to the reports, the incident broke out at about 5:00 a.m. local time at Shama chowk area in Peshawar, an area considered to…
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Altaf commits treason, should be sentenced under Article 6: Iftikhar
Information Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mian Iftikhar Hussain said that Altaf Hussain committed treason by issuing statement in favour of martial law and he should be sentenced under Article 6. In a media briefing in Peshawar, he said that that the MQM was actually the biggest follower of feudalism. He said…
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Famine feared in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
PESHAWAR – The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa announced the names of 10 most affected districts of the province and mentioned that a total of 1,033 people have been killed while 1,000 others got injured, besides displacement of 3.9 million people.
Briefing the journalists here at Chief Minster House, Mian…
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‘Altaf is a product of martial law’
PESHAWAR (Online) – The federal government has not given even a single penny for flood affectees, however, in first round Rs20,000 would be given to each affected family, said Senior Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bashir Bilour.
Talking to the media, he said, “The statement of MQM Chief Altaf Hussain against democratic…
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Ex-MNA among 22 die in Wana suicide hit
PESHAWAR – At least 22 persons including a former MNA Maulana Noor Muhammad were killed and 35 others got injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a mosque in Wana, South Waziristan Agency, on Monday.
According to eyewitnesses, MNA Maulana Noor Mohammed was delivering a sermon at the…
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Categories: The News Tags: Peshawar, South Waziristan, Sui, Wana
Three killed in Peshawar blast
PESHAWAR – At least three persons including two members of Adezai Peace Lashkar were killed and seven others including two minors got injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast here in Mattni Bazaar on Monday evening.
Sources said that the bomb was planted on a roadside and probably the peace volunteers…
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US drone strike kills 20 in NWA
PESHAWAR – At least 20 people were killed in a US drone attack in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) on Monday night.
Sources informed that a suspected militant compound was targeted with three missiles in Dandey Darpa Khel village, some five kilometres away from Miranshah.
Official sources confirmed the attack saying…
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Categories: The News Tags: Drone Attack, Iran, North Waziristan, Peshawar
4 killed, 7 injured in Peshawar Matni bazaar blast
At least four people were killed and seven others injured in a blast which went off Monday evening at a bazaar in Peshawar,a private TV reported. According to the reports, the blast took place at Matni bazaar in Peshawar. Police sources said that the attack was designed to target at…
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16 relief camps of banned outfits closed down in KP
PESHAWAR – The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has practically launched a crackdown against the banned outfits collecting donations and carrying out relief activities in the flood-hit areas of the Province.
After imposing a ban on the relief activities of the non-registered non-governmental organisations few days back, the KP Government started…
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KBD not acceptable: KP govt
PESHAWAR – The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government declared its 17 out of 25 districts as calamity-hit areas.
He admitted that due lack of coordination among concerned departments, the notification, as announced by Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, was not timely issued in this regard.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister, Mian…
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Present rains and floods have devastated vast areas of agricultural lands: Arbab
Federal Minister for Communications Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil starts off a series open assemblies to solve people’s problems at their door step.
The Arbabs win the hearts of Peshawarites. The Federal Minister, on Sunday, not only went from door to door to have meetings with people, but also…
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Flash floods caused over 10 bln loss to PEPCO
Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) has suffered a loss of over Rs 10 billion to its installations so far across the country due devastated floods. Sources told this agency here that four of the total nine power distribution companies including Peshawar Electric Company (PESCO) Multan Electric Supply Company (MEPCO), Quetta…
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6 peace body volunteers killed in Mohmand
PESHAWAR – At least six volunteers of a peace committee were killed and five others received injuries in a landmine explosion in Mohmand Agency on Saturday.
The volunteers of Khuizai Peace Committee were the prime targets of the roadside mines planted by miscreants that went off when their vehicle was…
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Property moguls harassing flood-hit Afghan refugees
ISLAMABAD – Influential property moguls from powerful land mafia in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are reportedly using pressure tactics to get the Government-owned lands vacated from the Afghan refugees for land grabbing motives. Repo-rts receiv-ed from Peshawar, Nowsh-era and Chars-adda, the cities that have highest number of registered Afghan refugees, reveal that…
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US drone strike kills four militants in NWaziristan
Four militants were killed in a US drone attack in country’s northwest tribal belt on Saturday, security officials said. The missiles targeted a compound used by militants in Kutabkhel village, some three kilometres south of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district, a security official based in Peshawar…
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Categories: The News Tags: Drone Attack, Iran, North Waziristan, Peshawar