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Three militants killed in Khyber Agency
KHYBER AGENCY - The security forces on Saturday claimed to have killed three militants and injured four of them in jet strikes in Maidan, the far-flung area of Tirah valley of tehsil Bara, subdivision of Khyber Agency. Sources said the forces’ warplanes attacked hideouts of the militants ...
Gunmen kill NATO driver in Khyber: officials
Gunmen on Friday opened fire on a convoy of NATO containers in a northwestern Pakistani town near the Afghan border, killing a driver and wounding a helper, officials said.The attack took place at Shagai area, 20 kilometres (12 miles) southeast of Landi Kotal, the main town of the troubled Khyber ...
Khyber without medicines
KHYBER AGENCYSince long the tribesmen are facing shortage of health facilities in their respective areas and the situation got worse when the supply of medicines to 13 Basic Health Units (BHUs) have been stopped for the last four months in all three tehsils of Khyber Agency.The elders of different ...
Who will rule Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
Peshawar - The PTI has emerged as the most popular party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by bagging biggest chunk of the provincial assembly seats but with its 34 seats, out of the total 99, it is not in a position to form provincial government on its own.Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl JUI-F, which has secured 16 ...
Tehrik-i-Insaf sweeps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
PeshwarPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has swept the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in landmark general elections by standing victorious on 35 national and most of provincial assembly seats. Unofficial results put PTI ahead of other parties and independent candidates on 35 national and 99 provincial ...
16 militants killed, two soldiers martyred in Orakzai, Khyber operations
Pakistani troops overran two militant hideouts and killed 16 insurgents after heavy overnight fighting at a flashpoint near the Afghan border in which two soldiers also died, the military said Sunday.The fighting took place in the wake of a fresh military push in the Tirah valley in the tribal ...
Quake shakes parts of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted several parts of Punjab, Kashmir and Khyber Pakhutnkhwa on Wednesday.The epicenter of the quake was centered in Eastern Kashmir.According to reports, quake tremors were felt in Islamabad, Lahore, Peashawar, Rawalpindi, Jehlum, Murree, ...
Aqeel lifts Khyber Tennis title
ISLAMABAD- Aqeel Khan lifted the 32nd CAS Khyber Cup Open Tennis Championship - 2013 singles title in a rain-shortened final against younger brother Yasir Khan at Officers ‘Mess PAF Base’Peshawaron Friday. Aqeel was one set up and had a break in the second set serving at 2-1 when ...
JI demands reshuffle in Khyber Agency’s bureaucracy
PESHAWAR - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Ameer Khyber Agency Hassan Shinwari has demanded immediate reshuffling of high officials of the agency to ensure free, fair and transparent elections in the agency.Addressing a press conference here at press club on Monday, Shinwari said that despite the clear ...
Militants blow up another school in Khyber Agency
KHYBER AGENCY - Another government primary school for boys was razed to the ground in a bomb blast in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency on Saturday, official and local sources said. Luckily no casualty was reported as no one present at the school at the time of the blast, sources said, adding the ...
PSO to set up refinery in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
ISLAMABAD - To secure country’s energy supply chain, Pakistan State Oil (PSO has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (GoKP) for the establishment of a state-of-the-art oil refinery in the province, which is expected to be fully commissioned by ...
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April 09, 2013
Influential Khattaks in field to conquer Nowshera
PESHAWAR - Electioneering is picking up momentum in Nowshera as the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP-P), Awami National Party (ANP) and Pakistan Tahrik-e-Insaf (PTI) have fielded senior politicians from Khattak tribe to win elections from the NA-5 Nowshera-I ...
Japan-funded primary school opened in Khyber Agency
PEHSAWAR - A primary school for boys and girls has been constructed with the financial assistance of the Japanese government in a village Kadam, Khyber Agency. The honorary Consul General of Japan in Peshawar Nawabzada Fazal Karim Afridi formally inaugurated the school in a ceremony held at the ...
20 militants killed, 5 hideouts destroyed in Khyber agency, Orakzai
At least 20 suspected militants were killed early on Wednesday when army jets pounded militant hideouts in the northwestern tribal regions of Orakzai and Khyber.According to Media reports, the jet planes pounded militant hideouts in Khyber Agency at the area of Dwatoie, three hideouts of the ...
Khyber clashes toll now 81
KHYBER AGENCY - At least 81 people have been killed so far in continuing clashes between Tirah-based pro-government Ansarul Islam (AI) and defunct Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) that started on Friday.As the clashes spread to the other parts of Tirah valley, tribesmen started migrating to other ...
Khyber admin restores 600 Khasadar men
KHYBER AGENCY – The 600 Khasadar Force personnel, who were sacked by the political administration of Khyber Agency, have been restored, a statement issued by the Khyber administration said on Saturday.Official sources informed that the political administration of Khyber Agency had sacked the ...
Khyber fighting uproots hundreds of thousands
PESHAWAR - Nearly half a million people are estimated to have fled fighting between soldiers and militia in Khyber with more than 264,000 registered for aid, officials said Monday.Authorities say increasing numbers of women and children are fleeing the area, one of the seven districts that make up ...
TTP-LI gunbattle kills four in Khyber
BARA - Four militants were killed and three others injured in an armed clash between two banned organisations on Monday.According to sources, firefight between TTP and Lashkar-i-Islam erupted in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency, killing four extremists and wounding another three. However, the ...
Time bomb kills nine militiamen in Khyber
PESHAWAR - A bomb blast Sunday in remote Tirah valley in Khyber Agency killed nine members of a tribal militia set up to combat militants, and wounded six others, an official said.The bomb was planted by local militant group Lashkar-e-Islam, which is led by warlord Mangal Bagh, at Markaz Stani ...
Army, militia kill 17 militants in Khyber
PESHAWAR - Troops killed 17 Taliban on Friday in a clash in Khyber Agency, with one soldier and three militiamen also dying, security officials said.Fighting erupted after Pakistani troops and a government-backed local militia launched a joint operation against the Taliban in the Spindand area of ...
Repeated transfer of Khyber surgeon troubles locals
KHYBER AGENCY Repeated transfers of surgeon of Khyber agency have cast negative impact on the administrative business in the Health Department. Transfer of on-duty agency surgeon will further make the situation worse and will multiply miseries of the tribal people. They have asked the stakeholders ...
Cholera breaks out in Khyber
KHYBER AGENCY - Many people fell ill as cholera broke out in different parts of Khyber Agency, sources from health department and the locals said Sunday. They said some 300 persons including women and children fell ill due to cholera break-out in various parts of the agency including Malagori, ...
Sarhad Chamber renamed as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CCI
PESHAWAR (APP) - The general body meeting of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) Thursday passed a unanimous resolution renaming the trade body as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KPCCI), Peshawar. The executive committee of the chamber in its meeting held on ...
Khyber Rifles' sacrifices matchless: Col Amir
PESHAWAR (APP) - Commandant Khyber Rifles, Col Amir Akbar Khan on Monday said Khyber Rifles played matchless role in the war against terror and sacrifices of the troops have globally been acknowledged. Addressing the passing out recruits of Khyber Rifles at Landi Kotal, he said sacrifices of Khyber ...
Anti-polio drive launched in Khyber Agency
Landikotal Like other parts of the country, a three-day anti-polio drive launched in Khyber Agency. In this connection, a ceremony was held here in Jamrud hospital, which was attended besides health officials, by a large number of Maliks and tribal elites. Khalilur Rehman, Assistance Education ...
'Aversion to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is treason'
PESHAWAR (APP) - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information, Mian Iftikhar Hussein has said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is now become part of the constitution and aversion to it is tantamount to treason. He was addressing a meeting of the Pakhtuns Students Federation (PkSF), student wing of the ...
Boys' school dynamited in Khyber
PESHAWAR (AFP) - Taliban militants blew up a boys school in Khyber, officials said Wednesday. The boys school attack took place overnight in the Spin Qabar area of Khyber, a lawless district that straddles the main supply line for NATO troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. All four rooms of ...
Girls school detonated in Khyber
PESHAWAR (AFP) - The Taliban blew up a girls school in Khyber district, an official said Wednesday. Militants detonated explosives overnight at the government-run school in Bazgarah town, about 40 kilometres west of Peshawar. The building had 21 rooms. All have been completely demolished, local ...
Bank of Khyber reports profit
KARACHI (APP) - The Bank of Khyber has posted profit after tax of Rs 137.348 million in the financial year 2008. According to bank's intimation to Karachi Stock Exchange here Wednesday, the pre-tax profit decreased to Rs 205.869m during the period ended Dec 2008 as earning per share stood at 27 ...
116 Afghans held in Khyber
PESHAWAR - Amidst continuous curfew in the restive part of Khyber Agency around 116 Afghans were arrested by the security forces while dozen of hideouts of miscreants were bulldozed during the second consecutive day of military operation in Jamrud and Shakus area of Khyber Agency. Addressing a ...
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