Allama Muhmmad Iqbal Words, without power, is mere philosophy.
Quaid-e-Azam Expect the best, Prepare for the worst...
An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted most parts of the country’s northwest early Saturday, the metrological department said. The epicenter, with a depth of 75 km, was in the border region between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. There was no report of any casualty and damage. The metrological department said that […]
A court in Peshawar on Thursday awarded one-year jail term to former ANP provincial minister, Syed Aqil Shah, over holding fake degree. Syed Aqil Shah has served as provincial minister for sports from in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the ANP-led coalition. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 3000 on Mr Shah. The […]
Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf, Imran Khan, announced in a big election rally in Swat on Sunday that if voted to power, he will restore peace in Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the tribal regions. Khan said that people of Swat rendered sacrifices but peace could not be fully established. “There will be peace in KPK […]
A suicide bomber attacked a police van in Mardan district on Saturday and killed a police officer and injured several other persons, police said. The bomber on foot struck the police mobile party in Katlang, a small town, some 90 kilometers from Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The police mobile team […]
The Taliban and other banned militant groups have planned attacks during campaign for the May 11 elections and during polling, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday. The ministry in a report presented in a high level meeting in Islamabad that Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, two other extremist groups – Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Jundullah could carry out attacks in different […]
The Election Commission on Wednesday that schedule for the May 11 parliamentary polls will be announced on March 23, the day Pakistan also celebrates its republic day. President Asif Ali Zardari has set May 11 for parliamentary elections, presidential spokesman senator Farhatullah Babar said. A spokesman of the Election Commission announced that the process […]
Justice (retd) Tariq Pervez Khan, a former judge of the Supreme Court, was administered the oath as the caretaker chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Peshawar on Wednesday. Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti and leader of the Opposition in provincial assembly, Akram Khan Durrani, had agreed on Tariq Pevez recently. KPK took […]
The Khyber Pakthunkhwa Governor Engineer Shaukatullah Khan on Tuesday dissolved the provincial assembly on the advice of Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti. The Governor signed the summery sent to him by the Chief Minister at 2:12 pm. The Chief Minister while exercising his power under article 112 (1) of the Constitution has sent […]
The government and the opposition in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Friday announced that Justice (retd) Tariq Pervez Khan, a former judge of the Supreme Court, as the caretaker chief minister. Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti and leader of the Opposition in provincial assembly, Akram Khan Durrani, made the announcement at a joint press conference in […]
A bomb blast in mosque in Peshawar killed at least six people and injured nearly 30 others, hospital sources and police said. Police said the blast ripped through the mosque near Meena Bazaar area in Peshawar when the people had gathered for noon prayers. The blast also caused damage to Jamia Chishtia mosque. […]
In an apparent incident of sectarian violence, a Shia doctor was gunned down in Peshawar on Tuesday afternoon at his clinic in Liaqat Bazaar, Saddar. Eyewitnesses said that they heard several gunshots minutes after three men entered Dr Shahnawaz Ali’s clinic. When they rushed to the clinic, they found him dead with a bullet […]
Hundreds of Bara tribe men have staged sit-in with 18 dead bodies found a day earlier in Alamgudar area of Khyber tribal region’s Bara tehsil in front of the on Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa governor house. Reports said that the protestors carrying the bodies of 18 tribe men who were found in different areas of Bara […]
