Tag: South Waziristan

SC questions monitoring of entry, exit points in S Waziristan

The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the practice of keeping records of entry and exit of individuals travelling to and from South Waziristan. A two-member...

S Waziristan’s Khasadars to get paid after 10 months

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to clear the long-pending dues of Khasadar force of South Waziristan district. In this connection, the Finance Division has agreed...

Imran assures South Waziristan residents of speedy development

--PM vows to bring looted wealth back to country, never offer NRO to corrupt leaders   WANA: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday assured the people of...

Mobile phone services launched in South Waziristan

ISLAMABAD: In an unprecedented development, the people of the long-deprived and war-weary district of South Waziristan would now enjoy mobile phone services. According to details,...

Three suspected terrorists killed in South Waziristan

ISLAMABAD: Three terrorists have been killed in an intelligence-based operation in the Gulkuch area of South Waziristan district, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced on...

Defence minister, KP governor visit South Waziristan

PESHAWAR: Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor Shah Farman visited South Waziristan on Tuesday and saw the ongoing border fencing work...

Tribal leaders boycott polio vaccination drive till acceptance of demands

ISLAMABAD: The tribal elders of seven union councils of Barmal tehsil of South Waziristan have boycotted the ongoing polio vaccination drive to press the...

Three soldiers martyred, five injured in S Waziristan blast

At least three soldiers lost their lives and five others were wounded in a roadside bomb blast in South Waziristan near the Pak-Afghan border...

Elections remain peaceful in FATA amid good participation of women

--Minor incidents of firing, complaints of combined male-female polling booths and lack of stamps reported in some constituencies ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be a...

Section 144 limits electioneering in South Waziristan

Threat alerts mar election campaigns in North and South Waziristan regions PTM members face threats from pro-government militants besides admin’s restrictions PESHAWAR: Amid security threats that...

PTI’s decision of not fielding candidate against Ali Wazir hints at...

--PTI supporters shocked by Imran’s announcement of not fielding candidate in NA- 50   ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) decision not to field a candidate against Ali Wazir...

PTI will employ any strategy to win elections, defeat PML-N: Imran...

  In a goodwill gesture, PTI decides not to field candidate against PTM's Ali Wazir PTI chief says Sita White is non-issue Khan says...

PTM leaders accuse govt-formed jirga of violating commitments

PESHAWAR: The representatives of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) in a meeting with the government-constituted jirga have conveyed their reservations over, what they said...

PTM announces support for sit-in against target killings in N Waziristan

--Manzoor Pashteen warns of similar protest in Wana, Barwand of South Waziristan PESHAWAR: The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), while announcing its support to sit in protest...

Three PTM members reported dead as Ali Wazir comes under attack...

--10 PTM activists, including Wazir’s cousin, injured in the attack PESHAWAR: Dozens of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) supporters were injured and at least three were killed as...

Army starts handing over South Waziristan checkposts to FC

PESHAWAR: The army has begun transferring its checkposts in South Waziristan Agency to the Frontier Corps (FC), FC Inspector General (IG) Major General Abid Lateef...

Four injured after gun attack in South Waziristan

TANK: People injured in result of firing in South Waziristan political administration office were targeted again in the hospital premises on the same day...