Tag: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Enslaved by tradition

Despite the placing on Pakistan’s statute books of tougher laws against the practice of `swara’ or the “giving away” of a woman to a...

Earthquake jolts parts of KP

Various parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were jolted on Sunday evening by an earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale. According to the Meteorological Department, the...

Netherlands to fund ‘rule of law’ in KP

The Government of Netherlands and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) signed an agreement on Tuesday regarding Netherlands’ contribution of US $ 2 million in...

PM announces special assistance for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPAs

Prime Minister (PM) Raja Pervez Ashraf on Sunday announced a special assistance of Rs. 20 million for each member of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly...

Govt releases Rs 30m as compensation to blast victims

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has released Rs 30 million on account of compensation for the dead and injured in terrorists’ activities. According to a...

More rains predicted

The meteorological department has predicted more rains in the Punjab, Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa areas in the next 24 hours while flooding has inundated...

Flood warning issued for KPK rivers

A warning for high-level flooding in the next 48 hours has been issued for rivers including Kabul, Kurram, Gambeela and Swat in the Khyber...

NWA, Bajaur, Shabqadar residents celebrated Eid on Saturday

Even before Saudi Arabia and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - people in North Waziristan, Bajaur agency and Shabqadar celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr on Saturday. People gathered in mosques and...

Compound of Osama Bin Laden transferred to KP govt

The land previously under usage of Osama Bin Laden has been transferred to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government. A notification in this regard has also been...

PK to start ‘Meat & Dairy Project’

The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) has decided to start a 2-years project of ‘Meat and Dairy Development’ with a cost of 150 millions...

Rs 47b to be spent to meet water needs

The government plans to spend an amount of more than Rs 47 billion on different projects in the water sector, especially in the refinement...

Police arrest three, recover explosives in Shabqadar

Police arrested three people and recovered large quantity of explosive material from their car on Wednesday here in Shabqadar area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Charsadda...

4 new polio cases confirmed in FATA, KP

Four new cases of polio were identified in FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday. The polio monitoring and coordination cell confirmed the cases after...

A hungry man is an angry man

Prolonged electricity outages amid extreme humid temperature in Ramadan have forced the patience of the people to run out and desperate citizens continued with...

USAID funds rebuilding of schools in KP

An agreement for a new USAID assistance worth $25 million has been signed between the USAID and the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for reconstruction...

Hoti escapes terrorism bid

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti on Monday narrowly escaped a terrorist attack when police seized a truck laden with 200 kilogrammes...

HRCP condemns killing of KP cops in Lahore

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Friday condemned the killing of nine trainee prison staff from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in a terrorist attack...