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1 week ago | 
dawn.com | Manzoor Ali |Aamir Yasin |Jawed Naqvi
• Heatwave conditions to persist in southern regions• KP PDMA issues Glof warning for Chitral, Dir, Swat and Kohistan RAWALPINDI / PESHAWAR: Rain, wind and thunderstorms are expected to sweep across the northern parts of the country from Wednesday (today), the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said.
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1 week ago | 
dawn.com | Manzoor Ali |Javid Hussain |Jawed Naqvi
Traders of Parachinar city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district observed a shutter-down strike on Tuesday against the months-long closure of the Parachinar-Thall Road amid a volatile security situation. The Thall-Parachinar Road — the only thoroughfare leading to the city — has been closed since the Nov 21, 2024 attack on a convoy in the Bagan area that left more than . Ensuing clashes stemming from decades-old land disputes claimed more lives.
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Umar Bacha |Imtiaz Ali |Manzoor Ali |Tahir Khan
Once excluded from political discourse, the far-right AfD party has gained legitimacy and electoral strength.
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Manzoor Ali |Abbas Nasir |Muhammad Amir Rana
IN September 1996, Al Haq, Jamia Haqqania’s monthly magazine, published a special edition celebrating Taliban victories following Maulana Samiul Haq’s visit to Afghanistan. The magazine detailed how Samiul Haq, after returning, urged students to support the Taliban, offering special concessions to those willing to join. Within days, 250 students volunteered and were dispatched to Khost, Uruzgan, Logar, Maidan Shahar and Jalalabad.
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Imtiaz Ali |Umar Bacha |Manzoor Ali |Tahir Khan
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Imtiaz Ali |Umar Bacha |Manzoor Ali |Tahir Khan
With autonomy and success already achieved, how does a woman weigh the benefits of marriage against her independence?
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Manzoor Ali |Abbas Nasir
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Saturday urged the federal government to withdraw a committee formed to manage the Accelerated Implementation Programme (AIP) for merged tribal districts, declaring the move “ill-conceived political adventurism.” On Jan 16, the planning ministry notified the establishment of a nine-member steering committee to “channel 80 per cent of AIP funds, identify development needs and recommend development schemes to be executed by the federal agencies.”...
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Manzoor Ali
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has informed the federal government that it wouldn’t accept any extension of the seventh National Finance Commission Award without making the funding for merged tribal districts part of the province’s share in the federal divisible pool.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
dawn.com | Manzoor Ali
PESHAWAR: Declaring the recent changes to the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) Ordinance, 2024, against the spirit of federalism, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to take them up with the Council of Common Interests (CCI) for repeal.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
dawn.com | Manzoor Ali
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief conservator wildlife has requested his counterparts in Punjab and Sindh to advocate with the climate change ministry for designating more area along the River Indus as the biosphere reserve and promote its trans-boundary management for the effective conservation of Indus blind dolphins and the associated habitat.
