Markets and shopping malls have been buzzing with buyers as people have received their monthly salary in advance or are sole proprietors. However, government employees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been denied an advance this year.
As Pakistan's economy continue to deteriorate with every passing day, its effect is seen in the country's provinces like Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan where people are already living miserable lives due to lack of basic amenities and rise in terrorism.
Local political leaders and people from the business community staged protests in opposition to the entry of several armed men into the Tirah Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan, The News International reported.
Two terrorists and a Pakistan Army soldier were killed in two separate gunfightsSouth and North Waziristan districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), ARY News reported on Sunday citing the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
As per Pakistan's army media wing, the soldiers, who were identified as Naib Subedar Hazrat Gul (37) and Sepoy Nazir Ullah Mehsud (34), were killed in the blast from an improvised explosive device (IED).
The Sindh High Court (SHC) pulled up Police for not presenting the progress report on the probe regarding missing persons' cases since 2015 and said that police were helpless to collect reports from internment centers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the Dawn reported.
On Tuesday, provincial police chief Akhtar Hayat Khan ordered an inquiry to check the bulletproof jackets and helmets. He further said that jammers were being installed on all armoured personnel carriers (APCs) to protect the vehicles from bomb attacks, as per the news report.
Elders of Maaroofkhel, Meergatkhel and Sherkhel tribes from Bara alleged that Gul was picked up from Bara bazaar by CTD sleuths on March 31 in broad daylight without presenting any FIR or citing any reason.
Terrorism in Pakistan has been rearing its head again. Over the past few months, the law and order situation in the country -- especially in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan has worsened.
Most attacks have taken place in the southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The latest incident this year occurred in Lakki Marwat two weeks ago, when a DSP and three other police officers were killed after their armoured personnel carrier was damaged by a roadside improvised explosive de
The police took action after cases were registered in the respective police stations against the two social media activists namely Noorul Amin, a resident of Gandyali Bala Gumbat, and Aftab Hussain of Kot village.
The ECP in a notification said that the elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will be held on October 8. Pakistan's electoral body said that the election schedule will be issued in due course of time.