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K-P jails now army detention centres for militants
PESHAWAR: A total of 1,008 detained militants are to be transferred to newly established detention centres in Kohat and Lakki Marwat from Peshawar Central Jail, Khyber-Pakthunkhwa (K-P) Information...
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Traffic woes: Police to launch campaign against unregistered rickshaws
PESHAWAR: In a bid to control traffic congestion in the capital city of Peshawar, the police have registered about 4,500 rickshaws without road permits according to a plan to introduce a colour-coded...
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Youth festival: Spotlighting the colourful side of Pakhtun culture
PESHAWAR: To underscore the importance of peace and education, a cultural festival featuring traditional performing arts and Pashto poetry was held on Wednesday. The event was attended by a large...
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From book to boutique: Peshawar’s largest old bookshop gets shelved
PESHAWAR: It’s one thing when an ‘old bookshop’ becomes old news. What really stings is when it’s replaced with a spanking new boutique. A book was, after all, judged by its cover. Peshawar’s largest...
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Reasearch: ‘Media perception affects tourism potential’
PESHAWAR: The tourism industry is considered to have suffered the most from the repercussions of 9/11. However, there has been little research on the perception of violence and instability in areas...
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Anti-polio campaign: Over 30,000 houses in Peshawar skipped in second phase
PESHAWAR: As one round of polio immunisation campaign ended in February, residents of the upscale neighbourhood of Hayatabad are still waiting for the second one to begin. They expressed reservations...
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Punjab gives its nod for federal drug authority
PESHAWAR: The Punjab government has issued a no-objection certificate (NOC) for establishing a drug regulatory authority (DRA) – removing the last hurdle in the way of establishing the authority. All...
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Top PML-N leader quits in a huff
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) suffered a setback in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, as the party’s former central general secretary Saranjam Khan and former provincial president Abdul Subhan...
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Peshawar blast: Five hurt in grenade attack on police convoy
PESHAWAR: At least five people, including a police constable, sustained injuries when suspected militants lobbed a grenade on a police convoy on Thursday, police officials said. According to medics,...
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Battle of survival: Watching the tongues slip into extinction
PESHAWAR: A classic case of irony. While lawmakers table ‘ethno-linguistic’ basis for the creation of new provinces; in hindsight, the debate renders itself preposterous given the fact that 28 of the...
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International Mother Language Day: Participants stress on need to impart...
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a seminar on Mother Tongue Instruction and Inclusive Education underscored the need to impart education in the mother tongue on Tuesday. Participants including native speakers...
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By-elections 2012
NA-168 [Vehari] The total number of registered voters in the constituency is 258,233 The NA-168 seat became vacant after MNA Azeem Daultana of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) died in a car accident. The...
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Young talent: Spotlighting the creativity of students in digital media
TOPI: Students from various parts of the country showcased their expertise in digital media at the fifth Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI) Media Festival,...
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Chinese woman, local man shot dead in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: Two people, one of them a Chinese woman, were gunned down by unidentified men in a densely populated area of Peshawar, police officials said on Tuesday. The Chinese woman, who was reported...
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Move to end secret ballot falls through
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly on Thursday spent much of its time on tirades against horse trading. Ruling and opposition benches, however, could not agree over a resolution to amend...
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Polling for Senate seats ends, vote count underway
ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: Regional lawmakers on Friday cast their votes for members of the Senate, the indirectly-elected upper house of the federal parliament. A vote count is currently underway. From...
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Outrage in K-P Assembly: Legislators condemn desecration of holy Quran by US...
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Saturday condemned the desecration of the holy Quran at Nato’s Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan, through a unanimous resolution. The issue was taken up by...
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Wild weather: Landslides, avalanches kill nine in G-B, Chitral
GILGIT / PESHAWAR: Heavy downpours in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral regions triggered landslides and avalanches that claimed at least nine lives on Tuesday. In G-B, landslide hit Qurqulti village in...
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Royal visitor: Thai princess expresses solidarity with Pakistan
PESHAWAR: Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand said the Thai government was well aware of the sacrifices the people of Pakistan have made in the war against terrorism and it supports the...
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Forging consensus: Fazal to host opposition huddle tomorrow
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that his party would not allow parliament to be used for fulfilling US’ wishes. Talking to reporters at the JUI-F’s provincial...
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