Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

PESHAWAR: Punjabi Taliban, an influential militant faction of the Pakistani Taliban on Friday said it would abandon insurgent activity inside the country and redirect its energies towards Afghanistan. The announcement indicates further fragmentation in the umbrella Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which suffered a setback Thursday when a new bloc declared its...

KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA’S  PROVINCIAL BUDGET FOR THE FINANCIAL  YEAR 2014-15 OF OVER 404 BILLION RUPEES PRESENTED IN THE PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY . The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa budget for fiscal year 2014-15 of over Rs. 4.04 trillion has been presented.  Budget recommendations with Rs. 139 billion for Annual Development Programs (ADPs) and Rs. 261...

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said that work has already started on a plan to generate 900MW electricity to overcome energy crisis in the province. Talking to new person, he said we intend to generate 2000 MW electricity through competitive bids to be published in the newspapers...

Gallup Pakistan's  Survey 2014 Opinion Poll SOCIETY Satisfaction 44% Pakistanis are dissatisfied with the current situation in Pakistan. Satisfaction is highest in KPK (57%) and lowest in Balochistan (8%). GILANI POLL/GALLUP PAKISTAN Islamabad, Apr 04, 2014 According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan, 44% Pakistanis...

Peshawar :  10 persons were killed and scores injured on Tuesday as triple blasts occurred in Shamah cinema on Pajlaki road. According to rescue sources, multiple explosions occurred during a movie show in the cinema. On receiving information, rescue teams reached the site and shifted the wounded persons to Lady...

Bannu‚ 22 security personnel were martyred and 30 others injured in a bomb explosion in Bannu cantonment area today (Sunday). According to initial reports‚ the explosive had been fitted in a civilian vehicle hired by security forces. The explosion occurred when the convoy of security forces was set to leave...

KOHAT: Army troops have been called for the assistance of civil administration in Kohat after violent protests in the city against incidents in Rawalpindi on Friday. The authorities have imposed curfew In Kohat and adjacent district of Hangu after violence claimed at least three lives including two policemen. In Rawalpindi...

An Educational Development Organisation based in Okara known as Aspire official website URL www.aspire.org.pk been attacked by Indian Hacker known as SHIVAM. Such attacks are not new at all, most of the time the educational institutions, official website along with small business sites gets hacked / Defaced by the hacker from Pakistan...

Dera Ismail Khan‚ eight people‚ including Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Law Minister Israrullah Khan Gandapur were killed and twenty others injured in a suicide attack at Kulachi this evening (Wednesday). According to police the suicide bomber went to the Hujra of Israrullah Khan Gandapur for Eid greetings and blew himself up amid guests....

Peshawar Blast - Two people‚ including one police personnel‚ were martyred and eleven injured in a bomb explosion at a hospital in Badhber near Peshawar this morning. According to official sources‚ the policemen were escorting the polio teams when the incident took place. The injured have been shifted to Lady Reading Hospital....

Thirty-seven people were killed and over one hundred injured in a powerful bomb blast outside a police station near Qissa Khwani Bazaar in Peshawar today. Lady Reading Hospital sources say that six women and four children are among those killed in the blast. Three buildings and several shops were also...

Peshawar: A bomb exploded on a bus carrying government employees in restive northwest Pakistan today, killing at least 17 people and wounding nearly 50 others, officials said. The incident happened in Peshawar, the main city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which has been hit by numerous bomb and gun attacks blamed on...