Islamabad, May 21 (IANS) Two miners were killed and another injured in two separate coal mine incidents in Shangla district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported on Thursday. The first incident took place at Mine No 5 of Akhorwal coal mines. The sources revealed two workers were buried during debris during operations in the mine. Rescue teams, fellow miners and local residents retrieved the trapped workers after working for nearly two and a half hours, Pakistan’s leadin…
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Islamabad, May 12 (IANS) At least seven people, including two police personnel, were killed in a blast in the Serai Naurang tehsil of Lakki Marwat district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, local media reported citing information received from the local police. Quoting Lakki Marwat district police spokesperson, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported that 23 other people have been injured in the incident.He said that it was not clear whether a rickshaw carrying explosives was …
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) The death toll from an attack on police personnel at a checkpoint in the Bannu district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has climbed to 15, local media reported on Monday.A militant outfit identified as Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan (IMP) claimed responsibility for the bombing through social media channels.Reports suggest that between Saturday and Sunday night, the armed group rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the Fateh Khel police checkpoint in Bannu, re…
Islamabad, May 10 (IANS) Transporters in Pakistan’s Peshawar and across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province held protests against a hike in prices of petroleum products, local media reported on Sunday. Dozens of transport operators gathered at the Hajji Camp Terminal in Peshawar on Saturday and demanded an immediate reduction in prices of petrol and diesel, The Express Tribune reported.While addressing the protesters, transport leader Zubair Ahmed Qureshi said that the prices of petroleum are increasing…
Islamabad, May 10 (IANS) At least 12 police personnel were killed and several others injured after a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a police installation in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, official sources said on Sunday. The attack targeted the installation in Bannu district of the province at 8:55 p.m. local time on Saturday, causing massive destruction to the facility, the sources told Xinhua news agency on condition of anonymity.”The assault involv…
Islamabad, April 17 (IANS) Free treatment of cancer patients at three major medical teaching institutions of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has been hampered due to lack of funds, local media reported on Friday, citing officials. Pakistan’s Health Secretary Shahidullah Khan said he was in contact with the Planning and Development Department for reappropriation of funds to resume treatment of cancer patients, the daily Dawn reported. However, over 1,000 poor patients already registered fo…
Islamabad, April 7 (IANS) At least five police personnel were injured in an explosion in the Shahbazkhel town of Lakki Marwat district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported citing confirmation from the police department. According to leading Pakistani daily Dawn, district police’s spokesperson Qudratullah said that ‘Fitna-al-Khawarij’ carried out the attack on the Bannu-Dera Ismail Khan section of the Peshawar-Karachi Indus Highway. Pakistan uses ‘Fitna al Khawarij’ ter…
Islamabad, April 3 (IANS) At least five people were killed and 13 others, including one police personnel, were injured after a suicide car bomb attack at the Domel Police Station in Bannu district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported on Friday. The explosion took place when a vehicle laden with explosives rammed into the rear side of the police station, causing a blast followed by an exchange of gunfire. As per the initial reports, the sentry post of the police station…
London, March 12 (IANS) The pursuit of justice for murdered transgender women remains symbolic in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. As the numbers continues to rise, accountability remains absent and response of authorities is defined more due to inertia than intervention, a report has revealed. “In the narrow streets of Peshawar, the valleys of Swat, and the market towns stretching from Chitral to Dera Ismail Khan, violence against transgender people has become grimly routine in north…
Islamabad, March 2 (IANS) A local court in Pakistan has sent hundreds of Afghan nationals to jail who were detained during the crackdown launched on foreigners residing illegally in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported on Monday. The Afghan refugees, who were sent to jail on judicial remand on Sunday, were arrested on Saturday when the law enforcement personnel conducted the crackdown, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported. The judicial magistrate, Mohammad Anwar Khan, directed…