Islamabad, March 24 (IANS) Crackdown on undocumented Afghan refugees in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is expected to intensify after Eid holidays, as per reliable sources, local media reported on Tuesday. The authorities had imposed a temporary halt on arrests during the Eid period to allow families to observe the festival peacefully. As the Eid celebrations concluded, law enforcement personnel are poised to resume strict actions, targeting Afghan refugees who do not have valid documents, Pakist…
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Islamabad, March 21 (IANS) Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir’s “ill-considered decision” to declare war on Afghanistan amid the fragile situation at home has plunged Pakistan into a crisis with little prospect for a swift exit. By conducting airstrikes across the Durand Line, Rawalpindi has placed the Afghan Taliban alongside its long list of adversaries, a report highlighted. “Despite applying brute force, including the use of drones and armed helicopter gunships, ongoing attacks on the Pakis…
Athens, March 20 (IANS) The worsening situation in the Kurram district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reflects broader challenges in the country’s periphery, where unresolved disputes, weak institutions and politicised security responses intersect. The prolonged closure of the Thal–Parachinar Road has escalated sectarian violence into a humanitarian emergency, forcing civilians to bear the brunt of administrative inaction, a report said.“For more than three months, the people of Pakistan…
Islamabad, March 19 (IANS) An assistant sub-inspector of the Elite Force was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Mano Banda area of Gandigar in Upper Dir district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported on Thursday, citing police. Bacha Yousaf Khan was targetted by assailants outside his residence. He was immediately rushed to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. According to police sources, Khan was heading to mosque to offer prayers when he was targeted, Pakista…
Islamabad, March 18 (IANS) Nearly 28 per cent of children in Pakistan, aged between 5-16 years, are out of school. Quite alarmingly, girls are disproportionately impacted as 34 per cent of girls are not enrolled in schools in comparison to 22 per cent of boys, local media reported on Wednesday. These disparities are more seen in rural regions of Pakistan, especially for girls, where exclusion for education is more, pointing to how gender and geography reduce educational access.Two-thirds of Paki…
Kabul, March 13 (IANS) As Pakistan’s ongoing conflict with Afghanistan escalates, several critics have termed it as a deliberate ploy adopted by the country’s failed military to create instability in the region in order to divert attention of people from the fundamental failures of government, a report has stated. Domestic opposition to Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir is growing and increasingly visible. After the killing of civilians by security forces during local protests in Pakistan-occupie…
Kabul, March 13 (IANS) Afghanistan’s Ministry of National Defence said on Friday that it has conducted strikes on Pakistani military centres and installations in Kohat district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in retaliation to the airstrikes launched by Islamabad on Thursday night which resulted in several civilian casualities on the Afghan side. According to the statement released by Kabul, military fort in Kohat and the war command centre along the Durand Line were targetted during t…
Islamabad, March 13 (IANS) At least six police personnel were killed and one injured in a blast near a police vehicle in the Bettani tribal of Lakki Marwat district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the local media reported. According to a spokesperson of the local police, the explosion took place near a police mobile, causing death of six police personnel and injuries to one policeman. The spokesperson further said that additional police personnel were deployed at the site of the incid…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) A parallel government has taken over the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) with the Pakistan security forces failing to rein-in the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).The battle against the Afghan Taliban and Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) appears to have taken a toll on the Pakistani security forces, as a result of which, the TTP has made major advances.Indian officials tracking the developments say that the TTP has managed to assert itself in a big way in the Khyber d…
Islamabad, March 10 (IANS) The Human Rights Council of Pakistan, a non-government organisation, has revealed that as many as 258 rape cases were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in 2025. However, only one conviction was recorded, the local media reported. Human Rights Council of Pakistan (HRCP) revealed the fresh statistics in a 2025 human rights report launched at the Peshawar Press Club, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported.During the launch of the report, the council’s provincial pre…