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LOWER DIR: The police claimed on Friday to have arrested the alleged killer of assistant sub-divisional education officer Gul Mohammad of Munda circle within six hours of the murder, and recovered a pistol and the victim’s mobile phone from him. Briefing reporters at the Timergara police lines, SP investigations Mushtaq Ahmad Khan said Imdadullah of Walai Kandao had confessed to the crime during interrogation. He said an unclaimed body was found in Bandagai area of Talash the other day. A bro...

Govt asked to set up economic zone in Lower Dir National January 22, 2021 TIMERGARA: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) youth chapter and the Lower Dir Chamber of Commerce on Thursday demanded the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to include the district in its plans for establishing new economic zones in the province. The JI youth provincial general secretary Hafeezullah Khaksar said the PTI lawmakers from Dir should admit their failure and resign from the assembly as Lower and Upper Dir districts had been ig...

PESHAWAR: The coronavirus on Thursday claimed 10 more lives and infected 342 other people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, taking the death toll to 1762 in the province. With 462 new cases, officials said,...

Crackdown against adulteration mafia intensified in KP Peshawar January 15, 2021 PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority has intensified crackdown against adulteration mafia, discarding a large number of unhealthy food items in various operations in the province on Thursday. Director Operations Food Safety Authority Dr Azmatullah Wazir said that crackdowns were being conducted on directives of Director General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety Authority Sohail Khan ...

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Monday called upon the federal government to take concrete steps to stop the fresh wave of terrorism in the country. — AFP/File PESHAWAR: Condemning the brutal killing of 10 people in Balochistan’s Mach coalfield, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Monday called upon the federal government to take concrete steps to stop the fresh wave of terrorism in the country. The resolution unanimously passed by the house also flayed the killing of a youngster by the police ...

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Monday called upon the federal government to take concrete steps to stop the fresh wave of terrorism in the country. — AFP/File PESHAWAR: Condemning the brutal killing of 10 people in Balochistan’s Mach coalfield, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Monday called upon the federal government to take concrete steps to stop the fresh wave of terrorism in the country. The resolution unanimously passed by the house also flayed the killing of a youngster by the police ...

Cop on polio duty martyred in Khyber Pakhtunkhwas Karak Pakistan Tue, Jan 12, 2021 KARAK: A policeman was shot dead in an attack on the security team of polio workers in Khyber Paktunkhwas Karak Tuesday. Unidentified motorcyclists opened fire on the team, killing constable Junaidullah, a resident of Mianki. Junaidullah belonged to the Frontier Reserve Police. The police said an anti-polio team was vaccinating children in the area when they were attacked. The polio immunization drive has been s...

TEVTA okays 462 new posts in merged districts National January 11, 2021 PESHAWAR: The 17th meeting of the Board of Directors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (KP- TEVTA) has approved the creation of 462 new posts to functionalise 10 technical education institutes in the newly-merged districts. The meeting was held here with Chief Minister Mahmood Khan in the chair, said a handout. The chief minister directed the authorities concerned to expedite the ...

KP CM calls for developing skilled workforce National January 11, 2021 PESHAWAR: The 17th meeting of the Board of Directors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (KP- TEVTA) has approved the creation of 462 new posts to functionalise 10 technical education institutes in the newly-merged districts. The meeting was held here with Chief Minister Mahmood Khan in the chair, said a handout. The chief minister directed the authorities concerned to expedite the p...

‘Hospital admissions rate increased due to Insaf Health Card’ Peshawar January 11, 2021 PESHAWAR: The hospital admissions rate quadrupled in the first two months of Health Card Plus, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health and Finance Minister Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra said on Sunday. He said that the hospital admission rate has quadrupled in the two months since the launch of Health Card Plus. According to the details, the enrollment rate in Zone 1 Malakand districts has increased four times while the...