Tag: Peshawar

KP CM takes back ‘naya dress code’ decision

--Mahmood Khan withdraws district administration's notification of making abaya mandatory for schoolgirls --Education adviser says decision taken in line with traditions, Islamic values to curb...

CTD arrests alleged terrorist in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Wednesday claimed to have apprehended a suspected terrorist affiliated with a banned outfit organisation. According to details, a CTD team detained...

Doctors continue boycott of OPDs despite KP govt’s warning

PESHAWAR: Doctors across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) continued the boycott of their duties in outpatient departments (OPDs) of government hospitals for the fourth consecutive day...

KP govt warns protesting doctors of ‘severe action’ as patients continue...

PESHAWAR: Patients across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) continue to suffer due to an ongoing row between doctors and the provincial government, as a minister warned...

51.40 acres of railway land retrieved in Peshawar, Senate told

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Tuesday informed the Senate that 51.40 acres of precious railway land has been retrieved in Peshawar...

Protesters burn health unit in Peshawar over polio vaccine

PESHAWAR: Angry protesters burnt down a health facility in Peshawar on Monday following reports that multiple children had fallen sick after consuming anti-polio vaccine. The protest...

PDA DG says BRT’s total cost is Rs66bn

PESHAWAR: The total expenditures of the BRT project are Rs66 billion and denied the reports being circulated in the press about an increase in its...

Policeman martyred, 5 terrorists killed in Peshawar IBO

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Information Minister Shaukat Yousafzai on Monday said that a policeman was martyred and five terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation...

HWs hold protest for allowance, proper service structure in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Scores of Lady Health Workers (LHWs) on Monday staged a demonstration for their demands in front of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provincial assembly in Peshawar. Reportedly,...

Factory sealed, 8,000kg fake spices seized in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Food Safety and Halal Food Authority sealed a spices factory and seized over eight thousand-kilogram spurious spices during an...

KP govt rejects propaganda against Peshawar BRT as bus runs over...

PESHAWAR: A woman was crushed to death under BRT bus in the provincial capital here on Saturday, as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Shaukat Yousafzai claimed...

Digital Complex in Peshawar soon: CM’s adviser

PESHAWAR: Adviser to Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Science and Technology Kamran Bangash Wednesday said that a lease agreement is being signed for acquiring 6...

KP CM orders probe into delayed BRT project

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Sunday ordered an inquiry for ascertaining causes that delayed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project Peshawar. The KP CM...

Drug pusher held with 9kg heroin in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) arrested a drug pusher with nine-kilogram heroin worth millions during an operation in the provincial capital on Wednesday. On a tip-off,...

KP Food Authority seizes huge quantity of minced unhygienic meat

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Food Safety and Halal Food Authority seized huge quantity of mince unhygienic meat/intestines and arrested five here on Sunday. On...

Zalmi win as Hasan, Imam stun Sultans

Fast bowler Hasan Ali's exceptional four-for 17 bowling spell and opener Imamul Haq's half-century scripted a thumping five-wicket win for the Peshawar Zalmi against...

Man kills father, two brothers in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: A man allegedly shot dead his father and two brothers and injured one over a domestic dispute in Ashukhel area, said police on...