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PARACHINAR: At least seven teachers were killed in a firing incident in a school in Parachinar, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Thursday. This was the second incident of firing reported from the Kurram agency in a day. Taking the total number of deaths in the district to eight. The teachers, who were at …

PESHAWAR: The coalition government partners on Saturday announced that they would participate in the by-elections for three seats of the National Assembly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). Pakistan Democratic Party K-P spokesperson Abdul Jalil Jan said that “it is our policy and decision that we will not participate in any by-elections”, …

NOWSHERA: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Governor Haji Ghulam Ali on Friday said he would hold talks with the chief election commissioner (CEC) next week to confirm the date for holding the elections of the provincial assembly. Talking to a delegation of journalists from the Nowshera Press Club, the governor said that the …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday confirmed that it cannot participate in a consultative session with President Dr Arif Alvi regarding electoral dates for the Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa National Assembly polls as the matter was subjudice. A letter from the ECP Secretary Omar Hamid Khan stated that the …

PESHAWAR: Peshawar. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police officers say they have been “thrown to the beasts” in their battle against rising militancy after a blast at a headquarters killed dozens of their colleagues. A suicide bomber wearing a police uniform infiltrated the heavily guarded compound in Peshawar on Monday and blew himself up …

PESHAWAR: Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Haji Ghulam Ali on Saturday appointed Muhammad Azam Khan as the caretaker chief minister of the province. The governor signed the summary of the appointment of Khan and a formal announcement of the appointment has also been issued. As per sources, the swearing-in ceremony of …

  Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Finance Minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra on Thursday claimed that the federal ministry of the same portfolio had slashed the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas’ (Fata) budget on the intervention of the coalition government. Jhagra has been seeking a meeting with his federal counterpart, Ishaq Dar, for the past …

PESHAWAR: President Arif Alvi on Wednesday approved the appointment of former Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) senator Haji Ghulam Ali as the governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). The president made the appointment on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif under Article 101 of the Constitution. Earlier today, PM Shehbaz sent President Alvi …

KARACHI: The Edhi Foundation on Friday urged the government to lift a years-old ban on a number of international non-governmental organisations so they can help with relief efforts following catastrophic floods. Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northern mountains have brought floods that have killed at least 1,208 people, destroyed …

KARACHI: An unprecedented monsoon spell which has caused widespread devastation across Pakistan is also adding to already escalating food inflation, aside from exacerbating fears of food insecurity in the country. With food inflation already going through the roof at 30%, the ongoing monsoon spells have destroyed huge amounts of ready-to-reap …