Sunday, May 19, 2013
Bureau report
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senior Vice-President Azam Afridi assumed charge of the party’s acting provincial president on Saturday. He has served as the district nazim of Peshawar after the power devolution system ...

Sunday, May 19, 2013
Bureau report
PESHAWAR: The trad-ers Saturday observed a shutdown, staged a sit-in on the Saddar Road and blocked vehicular traffic after the Cantonment Board officials sealed 29 shops in Saddar Bazaar for failure to pay taxes on time. Led by ...

Sunday, May 19, 2013
Bureau report
PESHAWAR: Three constables were wounded while one person was killed in an encounter in Mathra area here Saturday. Police said that a party of the Mathra Police Station conducted a raid in Maqsoodabad after a tip-off about the ...

Sunday, May 19, 2013
Bureau report
PESHAWAR: Apparently for the first time in the history of the conservative Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), tribal women are holding protest sit-in, or dharna, in a park in Parachinar after accusing officials and a ...

Sunday, May 19, 2013
Bureau report
PESHAWAR: A sub-inspector (SI) of police was injured in an attack on a patrolling car in Matani while no casualty was reported in an attack on convoy of security forces in the same area here Saturday. Police said a patrolling car ...

Sunday, May 19, 2013
Bureau report
PESHAWAR: Abdul Aziz advocate, maternal uncle of Barkatullah Marwat, The News staffer, passed away after a protracted illness in CMH on Saturday. He was 63. His funeral prayer would be held at Dallokhel village at 9am today ...

Saturday, May 18, 2013
Bureau report
PESHAWAR: The Insaf Youth Wing of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf has demanded the party leadership to induct Tufail Anjum, a newly elected member of provincial assembly into cabinet, while ticket on NA-1 vacated by Imran Khan should be ...

Saturday, May 18, 2013
Bureau report
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Friday staged province-wide protest demonstrations against the alleged rigging in the general election. The call for protest was given by the provincial executive council of the party. ...

Saturday, May 18, 2013
Bureau report
PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chief Aftab Sherpao Friday expressed concern over the unannounced and unscheduled loadshedding in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He was addressing a function held at the QWP central secretariat here. On the ...

Saturday, May 18, 2013
Bureau report
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders and recently elected independent members in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly held a meeting to discuss various issues regarding the current political situation and formation of the ...