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Islamabad, March 30 – At least 17 people, including 14 children, were killed and 56 others were injured after heavy rains caused roofs and walls to collapse in several areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, since March 25, according to a report by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority...

Islamabad, March 30 – Pakistan’s civilian and military leadership should be pressured to confront the consequences of decades of strategic tolerance and support for terrorism operating from its soil – an approach that has made the country the most affected by terrorism in the world, according to...

Peshawar, March 30 Nine people, including eight children, have died and 47 others have been injured due to heavy rainfall across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan since last week, authorities said on Monday.Most of the casualties occurred due to the collapse of roofs and...

Peshawar, March 29 At least three children were killed and two others were injured after the roof of a house collapsed due to heavy rainfall on Sunday in northwest Pakistan, officials said.The incident occurred in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.According to initial...

Peshawar, March 29 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi of Pakistan alleged on Sunday that a recent speech by Kasim Khan, the son of former prime minister Imran Khan, was being “deliberately misrepresented” by the government in an attempt to mislead the public.Addressing a press...

Islamabad, March 29 – Residents of Lower South Waziristan in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been facing difficulties for the past two months due to disruptions in mobile network service and prolonged internet outages in several areas, local media reported on Sunday.Users of major telecom...

Islamabad, March 29 Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief secretary Arbab Shehzad Khan said that a Pakistan-Afghanistan peace jirga will be held in Peshawar on March 31 to urge the leaders of the two nations to ease tensions and work towards peace, local media reported on Sunday.Addressing a press...

Peshawar, March 28 Terror incidents in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have declined by 65 per cent following the launch of "Operation Ghazab Lil-Haq," according to official documents.The operation was initiated overnight between February 26 and 27 this year against...

Peshawar, March 28 Suspected militants opened fire on a police vehicle in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing one officer and injuring two others, officials said.The attack took place within the jurisdiction of the Hoveyd Police Station, near Mir Sher Khan Chowk, in the Bannu district...

Peshawar, March 27 At least three children were killed and three others were injured when militants ambushed the vehicle of a tribal elder in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, police said on Friday.The attack took place on Thursday in Wana, the headquarters of the South Waziristan...

Islamabad, March 27 – Pakistan has resumed the deportation of undocumented Afghan refugees through the Torkham border after the border was reopened for one-way pedestrian movement following a month-long closure due to clashes between Kabul and Islamabad, local media reported on Friday.In...

Peshawar, March 26 Unidentified armed men bombed a government girls' school in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on Thursday, police said.The incident took place in the village of Ghora, in the Baka Khel area of Bannu district, which borders northern Waziristan.The...

Peshawar, March 26 The party of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan will launch a membership drive in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, on Friday, a party spokesperson said here.The membership drive for Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (

Islamabad, March 26 – An explosion destroyed a government school in the village of Ghora, in the Bannu city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, on Thursday, according to local media reports.The explosion occurred after unidentified assailants planted explosives at the Government Primary...

Peshawar, March 25 A Pakistani court has dismissed a writ petition filed by Afghan singers and musicians seeking protection from deportation, while directing them to approach relevant authorities to regularize their stay in the country through valid visas.A two-member bench of the Peshawar...

Islamabad, March 24: According to reliable sources, the crackdown on undocumented Afghan refugees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, is expected to intensify after the Eid holidays, local media reported on Tuesday.Authorities had temporarily suspended arrests during the Eid period to allow...

Peshawar, March 23 Around 40 deaths were reported in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province during the two-day Eid holidays, officials said on Monday.The national emergency service, Rescue 1122, said that it responded to a total of 1,914 emergencies during the festive period.The...

New Delhi, March 23 – Following the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) announcement that the Pakistan Super League (PSL) would be held behind closed doors due to the conflict in West Asia, a militant group in Pakistan warned overseas players to withdraw from the league, claiming that their security...

Peshawar, March 22 Security forces killed two terrorists belonging to the banned TTP after they attempted to attack a police station under construction in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, police said.The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are referred to as...

Peshawar, March 22 Unidentified gunmen killed three women from the same family and seriously injured two children in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan early Sunday, local police said.The incident took place in the Qasmi area, within the jurisdiction of the Harki police...