Peshawar, April 1 At least six people were killed and two others were injured when a gunman opened fire on a meeting of tribal elders in northwest Pakistan, police said on Wednesday.The incident took place in the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where members of the Istrana...
Peshawar, March 31 A joint Pakistan-Afghanistan "jirga" held here on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire to ease the rising tensions between the two neighbors.A jirga is an assembly of elders and community leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan that resolves disputes based on consensus...
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...