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TopicKhyber Pakhtunkhwa

Topic: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Pakistan races against time to negotiate release of nuclear agency employees abducted by Taliban

Year 2024 was Pakistan’s deadliest in a decade, with at least 685 civilian fatalities & roughly 444 terror attacks, according to an annual security report by a Pakistan-based think tank.

Pakistan ‘perplexed’ as China’s envoy says attacks on its citizens ‘unacceptable’

Seven Chinese nationals killed in Pakistan since beginning of 2024, and 21 since CPEC project began a decade ago. Baloch rebels have claimed responsibility for at least 2 attacks this year.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM detained, Imran Khan’s PTI hit streets in Lahore & Islamabad amid Army presence

Protests which saw violent clashes Friday in Islamabad, saw further drama on Saturday as Imran Khan’s party claims Ali Amin Gandapur was detained.

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.

On Camera

Jana Sangh leader VK Malhotra brought Advani to Delhi, kept the party afloat after 1984 setback

Unlike his colleagues from the time of the BJS, several of whom became governors and held other constitutional posts, Malhotra chose to lead a quiet and simple retired life after the massive 2014 victory of the BJP.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

In Nepal, young dreams of serving in Indian Army crash as Agnipath halts a centuries-old tradition

Since 1815, Nepali Gorkhas have served in Indian & British Armies, as well as in Bihar, Bengal & Assam Police. Since Agnipath scheme came in, no Nepal-domiciled Gorkha has enlisted.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.