Tag: kurram agency
Authorities in Kurram continue collecting rahdari tax despite ban
PESHAWAR: Despite the ban imposed by the federal government, administration in Kurram region has restarted collecting rahdari (import tax) on a range of items,...
ECP increases NA seat from Kurram Agency
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Friday increased the seat of National Assembly from Kurram Agency from one to two.
The commission made this decision...
MNA, tribal elders demand Aghan soldiers’ trial under international law
KURRAM AGENCY: Member National Assembly (MNA) Sajid Hussain Turi alongside tribal elders on Thursday called for Afghan soldiers involved in the skirmish along the...
Two security personnel martyred in Afghan cross-border attack
Pakistan Army says officials were reviewing fencing arrangements when attacked
Tribal sources say scores of armed tribesmen assembled at border to support forces
PESHAWAR:...
Security forces unearth terrorist network in Kurram Agency
RAWALPINDI: Security forces unearthed a major terrorist network in Kurram Agency on Tuesday.
According to details, security forces personnel conducted an operation in the agency and...
Kurram Agency’s retired female officer to contest general elections
KURRAM AGENCY: A retired female officer, reportedly for the first time in Kurram Agency, has announced to contest general elections 2018.
Ali Begum has not only...
Kurram Agency elders hold protest against PTM: report
KURRAM: Kurram Agency elders held a Pakistan Zindabad rally in favour of Pakistan army and against Pakhtun Tahafuz Movement’s (PTM) alleged protest against law enforcement agencies,...
Eight of a family killed in Kurram Agency landmine explosion
KURRAM AGENCY: At least eight people of a family, including three women, were killed and another injured as a result of Improvised Explosive Device (IED)...
A Philippine woman asks for citizenship after marrying Pakistani man
ISLAMABAD: A Philippine woman, Maryam, had married to a Pakistani man Imran, a resident of Kurram Agency, after converting to Islam. Maryam asked the...
US drones kill 31 Taliban along Afghan border; JuA chief ‘critically...
Pak Army spokesperson says no drone strike has taken place in Kurram Agency
Foreign minister says for talks to be successful, US should...
CM censures landmine blasts in Kurram Agency
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has unequivocally condemned the landmine blasts the area of Kurram Agency and expressed deep sense of sorrow over the martyrdom...
Three suspected militants killed in Kurram Agency drone strike
US drone attacks inside Pakistan have become rare over the past few years.
FATA residents reject census results, term them biased, irrational
ISLAMABAD: The recently-released statistics by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics pertaining to the population of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) have shocked the...
PTI chief condemns US drone strike
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has strongly condemned the US drone strike in Kurram Agency.
In his message on twitter, he said, “The drone...
IS spreads chilling propaganda in Parachinar
Peshawar: Militants from notorious terror outfit Islamic State (IS) –also known as Daish– are running amok distributing propaganda pamphlets in the Parachinar area, sources reported...
Woman injured in landmine blast, four arrested in Kurram Agency
A woman was injured in a landmine explosion, while the political administration arrested four suspects in a search operation on Saturday.
Political administration sources said...
Bara Bazaar reopens after eight years
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Saradar Mehtab Ahmed Khan on Monday formally reopened Bara Bazaar in Khyber Agency after eight years.
The bazaar had remained closed due...
