Tag: Peshawar

Frontier, Peshawar clash tomorrow

LAHORE - Frontier Women Club will take on Peshawar Club in the fourth edition of the National Women Football Club Championship on Sunday, 17 April 2011 (3.30 PM). They started the winning note when they thrashed Striker FC 7-1 at the Frontier College for Women.

Three militants, one cop killed in Peshawar shootout

PESHAWAR - At least three militants were gunned down in a clash with police at Hayatabad Industrial Estate in the wee hours of Monday. The encounter also left a police officer dead and a constable injured. The incident occurred when dozens of militants attacked a police post at Hayatabad Industrial estate before the dawn. They killed an assistant sub inspector (ASI), Sajid Khan and injured one police constable.
In retaliation, the policemen cordoned off the militants and killed

Gunfight in Peshawar kills one policeman, three miltants

PESHAWAR - Three militants and a policeman were killed in a pre-dawn gunfight in Peshawar on Monday, police said.
The clashes took place in the wealthy suburb of Hayatabad when a group of five militants attacked a police patrol with small machine guns and Kalashnikovs, police said.
"Three militants were killed during the exchange of fire. We also lost one of our policemen," said Shafiullah Khan, a senior police officer.
Two militants managed to flee the scene, Khan

Taliban force famous singer out of Peshawar

PESHAWAR - As extremists are hell-bent to eliminate culture and different forms of art, their fear has compelled famous singer of Pashto Nazia Iqbal to leave Peshawar, as she opted to shift to Islamabad. She is not the first singers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to leave the province, as least 15 well-known figures besides many others have earlier migrated to other areas and even abroad whereas several including Alam Zeb Mujahid left the showbiz world.
Some like Gulzar Alam and Shahinsha

SHO among 2 injured in Peshawar blast

PESHAWAR - Two Police Personnel including Station House Officer (SHO) were injured in a roadside remote control bomb blast near Rehman Baba Colony here on Friday.
According to details, SHO Khan Razzaq Police Station and a gunman were wounded when their vehicle hit a roadside remote control bomb blast near Rehman Baba Colony in Shauba Bazar.
The Police mobile van was on patrolling at the time of incident. Police said that the explosive material was planted on a roadside.

55 criminals, seven POs arrested in Peshawar: Police

PESHAWAR - The city police have arrested 55 criminals and seven proclaimed offenders and recovered caches of weapons from their possession on Wednesday, police said.
According to details, the police on special directives of CCPO Laiqat Ali Khan, started grand operation in various areas of the city and booked seven proclaimed offenders and 55 outlaws.
The police also recovered six kalashnikovs, six pistols, one gun, hundred of cartridges besides 32 kilogram opium and 9

No terror, no fear in Peshawar

PESHAWAR - Complete hush prevailed over Peshawar's busiest commercial centers and government offices which was only broken by the cheers of cricket lovers when the Pakistani team took Indian wickets at regular interval.
Busy roads, covering which normally takes hours, were empty as Peshawarites were either in their homes to watch the match or were enjoying the match on the big screen displayed at Qayum Stadium. Provincial Sports Minister Syed Ail Shah was also among the hundreds

8 killed, 40 kidnapped in Khurram District

PARACHINAR - Militants ambushed a convoy of vehicles carrying members of an anti-Taliban tribe on the Afghan border on Friday, killing eight and wounding five, tribesmen and government officials said.
The militants also kidnapped nearly 40 people after the attack on the convoy near Bagan, a militant stronghold in the tribal region of Kurram, where Pakistani troops have killed several hundred insurgents in fighting in the past few years.
"It was the convoy of five buses that

4 corpses found in Peshawar

PESHAWAR - At least four people's dead bodies have been recovered that were thrown in the fields after being murdered in Gul Bela in Dawood Zai on Thursday. According to police, the reason of murder could not be known yet however the identification of the dead bodies was in progress.

Peshawar police hold, then let go 4 US nationals

PESHAWAR - Police on Monday took into custody four foreigners, believed to be US nationals, on charges of having incomplete documents and driving vehicles with fake registration numbers, but later set them free on the request of the US Consulate, police said. The men were arrested when moving in two bullet-proof jeeps in the University Town area on Abdara Road without any security guards. They also did not bother to inform the police station concerned about their movement, which is

Bomb goes off early in Peshawar mosque, no casualties

PESHAWAR - A bomb exploded prematurely inside a mosque in Peshawar shortly before prayers on Friday but caused no loss of life, the police said. The bomb detonated 90 minutes before the usual 150, by when a strong congregation was supposed to gather at the mosque in Bhadha Bher village in the suburbs of Peshawar.
"It was a timed device and the target was the Friday gathering but it exploded prematurely," Kalam Khan, a senior police officer, told AFP, adding that the bomb caused

Two in a row – Suicide bomber targets Peshawar funeral, 36...

PESHAWAR - At least 36 people were killed and more than 50 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral in Adezai village on the Peshawar-Kohat Road on Wednesday. The attack was the second in the country in as many days, following Tuesday's car bombing near the office of the Inter-Services Intelligence in Faisalabad. Police said that the explosion took place when around 300 people were preparing to offer funeral prayers for a relative of an active member of the Adezai

2nd SKMCH’s foundation stone laid in Peshawar

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti laid foundation stone of the second Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital in Peshawar in a ceremony on Wednesday. Shaukat Khanum Hospital Medical Director Dr Asim Yousaf said some 40,000 cancer patients who belonged to KP and adjacent tribal regions came to Lahore for their treatment that was 13 percent of the total patients. Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust chief cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan said the

Seductresses’ kidnapping ring on the loose in Peshawar

PESHAWAR - Attractive ladies in Peshawar delude youngsters due to their appealing look and later abduct them for heavy ransom as the Western and Indian cultures influence the Pakhtun society and push teenagers towards moral and spiritual evils.
The mobile device was invented to facilitate people but, in Peshawar city, mobile technology is being used for the proliferation of social evils as a large number of youngsters have been fettered by the professional abductors who train

US national arrested in Peshawar granted bail

PESHAWAR - A local court on Monday accepted a plea by one Rehana and ordered the release of her husband Erin Mark De Haven on bail. De Haven was arrested under Section 14 of the Foreigner's Act by security forces on March 25 from outside a fast food restaurant in Peshawar. Additional District and Sessions Judge Altafur Rehman heard the arguments in favour of the bail plea of De Haven and reserved the judgement on Friday.
Civil Judge Qudratullah Marwat ordered sending De Haven on

11 mega projects okayed to ensure smooth traffic in Peshawar

PESHAWAR - Keeping in view the frequent blockade of roads and increasing flow of vehicles, a high level meeting, held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti on Wednesday, approved at least 11 mega projects.
The meeting was also attended by senior ministers Rahim Dad Khan and Bashir Ahmad Bilour, Sports and Tourism Minister Syed Aqil Shah, Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Chief Secretary Ghulam Dastgir Akhtar, Peshawar Development Authority (PDA)

KP seeks Malakand-like security package for Peshawar

PESHAWAR - Expressing concern over the fresh wave of violence and terrorism in Peshawar and southern districts, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to call upon Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to convene a meeting of Strategic and Oversight Committee.
"The Strategic and Oversight Committee will be requested to introduce Malakand-like package for the security of Peshawar and southern districts," remarked Mian Iftikhar Hussain while briefing media people about the