The head of the inquiry committee investigating the recent drowning tragedy in Swat river in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province informed the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday that several government departments were found to have shown negligence in the incident, as reported by Geo N
A meeting held between Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on Wednesday triggered speculations that the federal government was mulling a plan to oust Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin
In the five reserved seats in the National Assembly from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have secured wins in two seats each, while Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) has secured victory in one seat.
A bomb explosion in Bajaur district's Khar tehsil on Wednesday killed at least five people, including an assistant commissioner, and injured 11 others. The blast targeted a government vehicle on Nawagai Road, causing significant damage.
The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, confirmed a case of poliovirus in a 19-month-old boy from Union Council Miranshah-3, bringing the total number of polio cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to eight.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan's 2024 report highlights democratic decline, rising militancy, enforced disappearances, and human rights abuses in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It notes blasphemy-related violence, child and gender-based abuse, labour violations, and environmental crises, paint
At least 22 people have lost their lives and 11 others have been injured in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since June 25 due to incidents triggered by heavy rain, strong winds, flash floods, and landslides, the Dawn reported, citing a report from the country's Provincial Disaster Management A
Thirteen security personnel were killed in a suicide bombing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's North Waziristan district on Saturday, carried out by Fitna-al-Khawarij, according to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), The Dawn reported.
Over a dozen soldiers have been killed and several others injured in a suicide attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, officials said, according to Al Jazeera.
The latest case is the seventh polio case reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2025, demonstrating the concerns over virus circulation in high-risk zones.
At the UNHRC session in Geneva, Pashtun activist Fazal-ur-Rehman Afridi accused Pakistan of serious human rights violations against Pashtuns, including drone strikes, enforced disappearances, and torture. He urged the UN to act and send an investigative commission to address the abuses.