Tag: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

PTI’s KP minister de-seated by election tribunal for fake degree

PESHAWAR- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister of Agriculture on Wednesday was disqualified from his provincial assembly seat by an election tribunal for holding a fake degree. Ikramullah Gandapur,...

JI threatens to quit KP govt if more ‘Islamic’ syllabus not...

PESHAWAR- Jamaat Islami (JI) has threatened to quit the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government if its demands of including in the curriculum chapters regarding Islam and...

Punjab govt rejects KP govt’s aid for flood affectees

LAHORE- Punjab Government has rejected a Rs100 million aid offered by the Khyber Pakhtukhwa goverment for the rescue and relief works in flood-hit area of...

Punjab bags first position for governance: survey

*PILDAT opinion survey puts KP in second and Sindh in last place *Punjab CM gets net performance rating of 33pc compared to KP CM’s minus...

No-confidence motion filed in KP assembly against CM Khattak

PESHAWAR- A no-confidence motion against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak was filed in KP assembly on Tuesday, a private news channel reported. According to...

Rain-related incidents leave 18 dead in Peshawar

PESHAWAR- Death toll has reached 18 while more than 50 people have been injured in stormy rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's capital on Saturday. Following...

DI Khan: Attacks leave five dead, two injured

DERA ISMAIL KHAN- Different incidents of violence on Tuesday killed at least five people and injured two other in Dera Ismail Khan, a private news...

PML-N decides to table no-confidence motion against KP govt

PESHAWAR- Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) has announced to bring a no-confidence motion against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak Sardar. Aurangzeb Nalotha, PML-N parliamentary...

KP Health Department establishes 11 medical camps for IDPs

PESHAWAR- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department has set up eleven medical camps in Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan and Lakki Marwat Districts to provide medical facilities...

Islamabad refuses to transfer Shakeel Afridi from Peshawar jail

PESHAWAR- The federal government has refused to accept the provincial government's request for transfer of Dr. Shakeel Afridi from Peshawar's central jail due to...

Two killed in attack on Rickshaw in Bannu

BANNI- Two people were killed while two others were injured on Wednesday when they were attacked by unidentified gunmen in Bannu. According to police, armed attackers...

Moderate 6.0 Earthquake rocks Peshawar, Swat

ISLAMABAD- A moderate earthquake struck northwest Pakistan on Saturday, causing panic in towns and cities, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or...

MoU signed to improve capacity of health units

Health departments of Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with a development sector organisation to ensure and facilitate health services...

Death toll swells to 12 in attack on polio team in...

PESHAWAR- At least twelve people were killed and 11 injured when three roadside bombs targeting a polio vaccination team in Pakistan's restive northwest exploded on...

Taliban commander held in Sawabi, planned to attack KPK IG

PESHAWAR- A commander of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was arrested near Sawabi along with his two accomplices, a private news channel reported on Wednesday. TTP commander...

Blast targets polio security team in Charsadda, seven killed

A police mobile van en-route to provide security to the polio campaign workers was targeted in an explosion that killed at least seven people...

Imran directs Khattak to plan a polio wipe-out

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Saturday directed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Parvez Khattak to shape an emergency plan for eradication of...