Islamabad, July 23 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed and 19 others injured in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province since July 19 due to heavy rains and flash floods, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) statement, local media reported on Thursday. The deaths occurred after house roofs and walls collapsed and people were swept away by flash floods. The deceased comprise eight children, seven men and three women, while the injured include 11 men, four women and fo…
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Islamabad, July 21 (IANS) Pakistan federal government has increased the price of high-speed diesel by Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 5.71 per litre and reduced the price of petrol by 35 paisa per litre for one day on Tuesday, local media reported. After the government’s decision, the price of HSD stood at PKR 360.06 per litre while the price of petrol is PKR 315.8 per litre, Pakistan’s daily The Express Tribune reported. The Pakistan government has decided that fuel prices would be fixed on a daily basi…
Islamabad, July 20 (IANS) Police has detained 40 undocumented Afghan nationals during the ongoing crackdown on illegal foreign citizens in Charsadda city of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local media reported on Monday. Charsadda Deputy Commissioner Azmatullah Wazir said that detained Afghan officials were shifted from the city police station to the Peshawar holding centre. He said the detained individuals would undergo legal and administrative formalities before being deported through the Torkh…
Islamabad, July 19 (IANS) Public transport fares have increased, freight charges have been raised, and a nationwide strike threat has been issued by the petrol pump operators after the Pakistan federal government’s policy of frequent revisions in fuel prices, local media reported on Sunday. After the Pakistan government raised prices of petrol and diesel on Friday, transport operators in Rawalpindi and Islamabad revised fares with immediate effect. Public transport fares have increased by 15 to …
Islamabad, July 15 (IANS) Afghan refugees in Pakistan’s Peshawar said that their lives have collapsed into a cycle of daytime labour and nighttime fear due to police raids, economic strain and lack of legal documents, according to a latest report. Many Afghan refugees said that they work for long hours but get minimal pay and then hide in graveyards, half-built buildings or open fields to avoid arrest. Afghan refugee in Peshawar said, “We leave early in the morning to look for work. But at night…
Quetta, July 3 (IANS) At least 40 people were killed and eight others injured after a bus fell into a ravine in the Danasar area on the Sherani–Zhob highway near the border between Pakistan’s Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces on Friday, local media reported. The bus was heading from Quetta to Peshawar when the accident took place. As many as 40 bodies were recovered from the site of the accident while eight injured people were taken to the Trauma Centre in Zhob, leading Pakistani da…
Islamabad, June 24 (IANS) A government girls’ primary school was destroyed in an overnight blast in Sara Ghowara area of Birmal tehsil of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Lower South Waziristan district, local media reported on Wednesday. The school building was destroyed after unidentified assailants targeted it using explosive material late on Tuesday night. District Police Officer (DPO) Muhammad Tahir Shah said that the police have lodged an initial report on the incident and launched a probe, t…
Islamabad, June 24 (IANS) The brutal murder of elderly Sikh couple Jagan Nath and Ashawanti, who served as caretakers of a gurdwara in Mardan, a city in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has once again underscored the persistent concerns over the safety and security of minorities in the country, according to a latest report. The most troubling aspect of the case is the allegation that the arrested suspect, Sher Shah, said he committed the murders to “earn paradise”. If verified, the crime represent…
Islamabad, June 19 (IANS) The killing of an elderly Sikh couple inside a gurdwara in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has sparked fears among religious minorities, who have said they have long been targeted by radical Islamist groups, a report has detailed. On June 17, Jagannath Wanti (72) and his wife, Asa Wanti (69) were inside a gurdwara in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mardan when unidentified assailants on a motorcycle opened fire and fled, police said.Sahib Singh, a Sikh elder from Peshawar said, “The…
Islamabad, May 25 (IANS) At least 16 people were killed and seven others injured after a passenger coach heading to Swat collided with a bus parked by the roadside in Khoro Kotay Saeedabad area of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday, local media reported, citing information received from the rescue agencies. The police said the passenger coach collided with a bus parked by the roadside after it faced a mechanical fault. Following the incident, the motorway police, Rescue 1122 officials and l…