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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
TopicKhyber Pakhtunkhwa

Topic: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Pashtuns in KP are becoming less tolerant of Pakistan Army & state. It brings a heavy cost

Even though over 20% of Pakistan's military is Pashtun and they are well represented in the bureaucracy, the gap between the Punjab-dominated state and the Pashtun people is widening.

Blast at Pakistan’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl workers’ convention leaves at least 35 dead, 80 injured

The incident took place Sunday when a bomb exploded at JUIF's meeting in a restive tribal district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan.

‘3-yr affair’ on FB leads Indian woman to Pakistan. Detained, then released after papers found in order

In a video, Anju declared that she made an impulsive decision to reach Pakistan & added that she would return in 2-3 days. She took Wagah-Attari border to enter Pakistan, say police.

Married Indian woman travels to Pakistan to meet man she befriended on Facebook, say police

Anju met Nasrulla on Facebook a few months ago. She was initially in police custody but was released after her travel documents were verified.

Taliban militants seize police station in northwest Pakistan, take hostages

The militants Sunday seized a counter-terrorism centre in the Bannu district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and freed imprisoned wanted terrorists, said police.

21 Pakistani soldiers injured during suicide attack on military convoy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a restive tribal district bordering Afghanistan. Despite a ceasefire committed by Tehreek-Taliban Pakistan, attacks on security forces in tribal districts is on the rise.

For Pakistani women in this KP town, access to open spaces is no walk in the park

Local clerics, along with hundreds of students, lawyers and even journalists, stormed the park on Sunday demanding that women be stopped from enjoying the facility.

Talks with Tehreek-e-Taliban won’t create jihadist mini-state, Pakistan Army tells House panel

As part of peace negotiations, TTP is demanding the right to retain weapons, maintain its military organisation, and for territories it controls to regain wide-ranging autonomy.

‘Taliban rule’: Pakistanis fume after police violently disrupt Pashtun singer’s concert

Singer, poet and scholar, Karan Khan’s music is derived from his experiences and lived identity as a Pashtun. A police 'attack' on his concert didn't go well with Pakistanis.

Soldier statue in Pakistan removed. Some say it was Hari Singh, others don’t even name it

Hari Singh was known to be the Sikh warrior the Afghans were scared of. Haripur in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where the statue was removed, was named after him.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.