Tag: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Bus accident kills 2 Haj pilgrims, injures 11

Two returning Haj pilgrims were killed and 11 others injured after a passenger bus fell from the Adina Bridge, police said. Officials said the...

Strict action against pollution stressed

Deliberating on existing status along with health and environmental impacts of chemically-polluted sites in the country, experts and representatives of national and provincial environmental...

KP govt finalises 3-year strategy against corruption

After much debate the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government and the National Accountability Bureau (KP) finalised the anti-corruption strategy on Tuesday under the KP Chief...

Khyber Agency admin must ease difficulties of displaced tribesmen: KP governor

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor Barrister Masood Kausar directed the Khyber Agency political administration to take steps to overcome law and order problems in parts...

70% of boys’ primary schools lack non-teaching staff

More than two-thirds of the 152 boys’ primary schools in 89 districts across the country have been found having a shortage of non-teaching staff...

Don’t test govt’s patience, KP health minister warns doctors

In a warning to protesting doctors’ associations, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Health Minister Zahir Ali Shah on Tuesday announced the KP government would use tit-for-tat...

Rs 1,436 million allocated for Kurram development

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Barrister Masood Kausar on Thursday urged the authorities to strengthen the peace efforts in Kurram Agency and emphasised on improvement in...

Dengue-hit KP declared ‘calamity hit’

As the dengue fever epidemic spreads across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the government has declared the entire province “calamity-hit area”, said a press release issued...

New transport routes approved

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Transport Minister Iftikhar Hussain approved new routes in Peshawar for CNG-fitted and 14-seater transport vehicles. Speaking at a meeting of the Transport...

KP to launch culture directory

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Minister for Culture and Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain said the government will take guidance from prominent personalities who understood culture to...

6 hurt in rocket attack on KP governor meet

At least six people were wounded but none were killed when rockets struck a meeting of tribal elders convened by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor Masood...

Suspended for trimming his beard

Iqra Public School has suspended a student for trimming his beard, Pakistan Today has learnt. Student Mohammed Hamza received a letter from the school...

Another 16 succumb to dengue

There seems to be no respite from the dengue fever with another 16 succumbing to the virus on Friday, raising the death toll to...