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Protests across Pakistan slam Israeli aggression in Gaza

1 week ago | dawn.com | Umar Bacha |Imtiaz Ali |Arif Hayat |Abdullah Zehri

Large rallies were staged on Friday across the country in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and to condem Israel’s devastating military campaign in the enclave amid the death toll in the battered territory rising to 50,912. The Israeli offensive, which began in response to Hamas’ unprecedented attack on October 7, 2023, has killed more than 50,000 Palestinians and destroyed much of the housing and hospital infrastructure in the enclave.
Demolition of bunkers begins in Kurram as peace deal implementation begins: Barrister Saif

Jan 13, 2025 | dawn.com | Arif Hayat

Adviser to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister on Information Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif said on Monday that under the peace agreement the demolition of bunkers has begun in Kurram district. On Sunday, the Kurram district commissioner said that the process of demolishing bunkers in Lower Kurram as per the recent peace agreement was scheduled to begin.
9 killed, 11 injured in truck collision in KP’s Karak: rescue officials

Jan 11, 2025 | dawn.com | Arif Hayat |Shahid Mehmood

Govt scraps 10,000MW projects to curb costs Cartoon: 9 January, 2025 Khuzdar rampage E-governance After a decade, govt wakes up to market Gwadar port A six-million-dollar banana? Was it the seemingly banal, but rather innovative, idea of duct-taping a banana that conferred such tremendous value upon it?
KP CTD lodges terror case against ‘unknown miscreants’ for abduction of 17 PAEC employees

Jan 10, 2025 | dawn.com | Arif Hayat

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has registered a terror case against “unknown miscreants” for their abduction of 17 workers of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), it emerged on Friday. Sources said the private PAEC workers were on their way to a project site in the Qaboolkhel area of the district on Thursday morning when their private coach was intercepted by armed assailants near Wanda Painda Khan in Lakki Marwat.
KP supervisory committee formed to restore law and order in Kurram

Dec 9, 2024 | dawn.com | Arif Hayat

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cabinet on Monday constituted a Provincial Supervisory Committee to restore law and order in Kurram, according to a notification. Tensions have been high in the region since Nov 21, when a convoy of vehicles en route to Peshawar was ambushed, claiming the lives of at least 40 people. Ensuing tribal clashes have since taken the death toll . On Friday, warring sides in Kurram agreed to an indefinite ceasefire.
Bushra Bibi resurfaces after PTI protest, says she ‘did not run away’

Dec 6, 2024 | dawn.com | Arif Hayat |Ashraf Jehangir Qazi

Bushra Bibi, the wife of former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan, clarified her position on Friday regarding her departure from the recent PTI protest held in Islamabad. On Nov 13, Imran issued a “final call” for nationwide protests on Nov 24, demanding the restoration of the PTI’s electoral mandate, the release of detained party members, and the reversal of the 26th Amendment which he said had strengthened a “dictatorial regime”.
KP Governor Kundi slams PTI amid party’s absence at multi-party conference

Dec 5, 2024 | dawn.com | Arif Hayat

Lawmakers from various political parties on Thursday criticised the PTI for its rhetoric centred on violence and conflict, as the party skipped a multi-party conference in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa hosted by Governor Faisal Karim Kundi. Last month, Kundi announced the conference in December to discuss various issues faced by the province, including terrorism.
KP CM orders Mashal Yousafzai’s removal as special assistant

Nov 30, 2024 | dawn.com | Arif Hayat

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has ordered the removal of Special Assistant to Chief Minister Mashal Yousafzai from her position, it emerged on Saturday.
7-day ceasefire agreed between warring tribes in Kurram: Barrister Saif

Nov 24, 2024 | dawn.com | Arif Hayat |Abbas Nasir

DAWN.COM E-Paper | November 24, 2024 Following the government’s efforts to ease tensions in Kurram, a ceasefire was agreed between the two warring tribes in the region on Sunday. The provincial government decided to constitute a high-powered commission to settle land disputes between the tribes in the Kurram district as 18 more people were killed in fresh clashes yesterday.
3 terrorists killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa engagements: ISPR

Nov 23, 2024 | dawn.com | Arif Hayat

Three terrorists were killed in two separate engagements with security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber and South Waziristan districts, the military’s media wing said on Saturday. A statement from the Inter Services Public Relations issued today said that an intelligence-based operation was conducted in Khyber’s general area of Bara. “During the conduct of operation, own troops effectively engaged” the location of the terrorists and eliminated two, Haqyar Afridi alias Khyberay and Gulla Jan.