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1 week ago | 
dawn.com | Zahid Imdad |Jawed Naqvi
Pakistan Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) in the light of rising temperatures, starting tomorrow, has warned of a potential flood situation due to glacial bursting in the northern areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A PDMA spokesperson noted that the high-risk districts include Chitral, Upper Dir, Swat, and Kohistan. A glacial burst or glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) refers to an outburst of water from a glacial lake which could lead to severe flooding downstream.
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Murad Khan |Tahir Khan |Zahid Imdad |Abbas Nasir
Two policemen were martyred while one security guard lost his life in separate overnight attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak and Peshawar, officials said on Sunday. The development follows a spate of attacks in the province a day ago in Lakki Marwat, Bannu, Mohmand district and Bajaur. According to Karak District Police Officer (DPO) Shahbaz Elahi, terrorists attacked two police stations and a Sui Gas installation overnight.
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Zahid Imdad |Rafia Zakaria
Twelve people were injured on Saturday after a gas cylinder exploded in a roadside cafe near the Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) in Peshawar, a rescue official said. Rescue 1122 spokesperson Bilal Ahmed Faizi told Dawn.com that rescue officials immediately rushed to the scene upon receiving information regarding the blast and started the rescue operation.
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Zahid Imdad |Umair Javed
A police constable on polio duty was killed on Monday in the Jamrud town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber district on the initial day of the year’s first nationwide anti-polio campaign, authorities said. The vaccinators, who go door-to-door to innoculate children, are frequently targeted by militants, especially in KP and Balochistan. In 2024 alone, 20 people had been killed and 53 injured during anti-polio campaigns in the province.
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Zahid Imdad
An estimated 1.8 million people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are at risk of climate change-induced health issues in the coming years, according to a research-based adaptation plan issued by the provincial health department. The plan projected that people in the province may face life-threatening challenges, including diseases, injuries, and fatalities caused by natural disasters such as floods and landslides.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Zahid Imdad
A policeman was martyred while a civilian was killed in two separate bomb blasts reported on Saturday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district, according to the police. Bajaur District Police Officer (DPO) Waqas Rafiq told Dawn.com that both blasts were caused by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Mamund tehsil. He said a policeman was killed in the first incident while the second incident left a civilian dead.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Zahid Imdad
Seven policemen who were kidnapped from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district a day ago were safely recovered on Tuesday, according to the district police officer (DPO). Unknown armed men had kidnapped the police officials from the Rocha Check Post earlier on Monday night, in the Wazir subdivision of Bannu district. Bannu DPO Ziauddin Ahmad told Dawn.com today that all seven personnel were received by the police.
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
defence.pk | Murad Khan |Zahid Imdad
1 cop martyred, 3 injured in blast while escorting foreign diplomats in SwatMurad Ali Khan | Zahid Imdad | ReutersSeptember 22, 2024 A police vehicle lies damaged after it was caught in an explosion on Malam Jabba Road in Swat on September 21. — Photo via authorA policeman was martyred while three were injured on Sunday when their vehicle, part of a convoy escorting dignitaries from 12 countries, was caught in an explosion on Malam Jabba Road in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat district, police said.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Zahid Imdad
DAWN.COM E-Paper | August 16, 2024 Two cops were among five people injured in a blast in Peshawar on Friday, a police official said on Friday. “A police van was on patrol when a remote-controlled IED (improvised explosive device) exploded,” Warsak Superintendent of Police (SP) Arshad Khan told Dawn.com. The incident occurred at around 9am, according to the police official. “Four to five kilogrammes of explosives were used in the blast,” SP Arshad noted.
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Aug 10, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Zahid Imdad |Aqdas Afzal
A man died while three children and a woman were injured in an explosion in Gilani Town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan division on Saturday, rescue officials said. Aizaz Mahmood, spokesperson for D.I. Khan’s Rescue 1122 service, confirmed the casualties from the same family in a statement to Dawn.com. “A man died while four people, including three children and a woman, were injured in the blast,” the statement said.
