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Why was Peshawar called Pushpapura? Returning to Pakistan after 53 years, I got the answer

In 'Lest We Forget', Indira Varma recalls how she traced her past in Peshawar, and how the city had become unrecognisable so many years after Partition.

Ousted PM Imran Khan back on streets, warns he’ll be ‘even more dangerous’

At Peshawar rally, Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan flexes the support he commands among the country's public, and says a new struggle for freedom has begun.

Suicide bomber kills 30, injures dozens in Shia mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan

Bombs went off during Friday prayers; PM Imran Khan orders immediate probe into security breach.

IS-K behind killing of Sikh hakeem in Peshawar. Amarinder Singh calls it ‘brutal murder’

Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh condemned Satnam Singh’s murder in Peshawar and asked India’s MEA to intervene.

Peshawar’s women polio workers accuse seniors of harassment, threaten to boycott vaccine drive

Female polio workers hold protest, urge heath minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa district to take note of situation that has allegedly led to some of them losing their jobs.

After lawyers, Pakistan elite police squad poses for selfie with killer of blasphemy accused

An image of Peshawar elite police squad with Faisal alias Khalid, who killed blasphemy accused Tahir Ahmad Naseem inside a courtroom last week, is doing the rounds of social media.

Peshawar school massacre victims’ parents move court over mastermind Taliban leader’s escape

Ehsanullah Ehsan, a former spokesperson of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, had masterminded the attack on Peshawar Army Public School and shot at Malala Yousafzai.

Pay tax — Pakistan PM Imran Khan appeals to business leaders after fulfilling demands

Khan held meetings with traders and leaders of business chambers Monday & urged them to pay their due taxes as his govt fulfilled the demands of traders last month.

Pakistan Army that gives ghaddari certificate doesn’t know what to do with traitor Musharraf

Pakistan Army, anguished by Musharraf's death sentence, says he can never be a traitor because he served the country for 40 years and fought two wars.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.