The protests were organized under the banner of "Amn Pasoon" (Peace Movement) and the demonstrators highlighted that the province survived the displacement caused by military actions.
As many as three people were killed and seven others sustained injuries after a deadly blast from a remote-controlled explosive device occurred in Mardan, Pakistan, damaging a police van and a rickshaw, Dawn reported.
Apart from Nandita Das and Sharon Stone, the international jury which picked the winners comprises actor Alfonso Herrera; filmmaker and producer Apolline Traore; Olympic swimmer and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Yusra Mardini; multidisciplinary artist Mario Macilau and film director Paul Jerndal
Dr Abhijit Helge, MARD President said that the Central MARD, had kept our faith in the Government's words and called off our strike multiple times previously despite the distressing situation of resident doctors.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP from the Lalganj constituency, Sangeeta Azad and former party MLA, Azad Ari Mardan are likely to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
It reported that the district and sessions court in Mardan granted him bail in the May 9 case against a surety bond of Pakistan rupees (PKR) 90000 but rearrested by Swabi police under MPO.
Peshawar High Court (PHC) has barred authorities from arresting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser in cases already registered, Pakistan-based ARY News reported.
Pakistan's former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser, who had recently been granted bail by a session court, was re-arrested on Saturday in a fresh case filed in Mardan district.
A local Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader, Ayaz Khan, was killed in a firing incident in Pakistan's Mardan district on Thursday, ARY News reported citing the police.
The court sent the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Qaiser to jail on a four-day judicial remand in a case related to protests held on May 9 after PTI chairman Imran Khan's arrest.
Students in the northern Jawzjan province's Mardian district have requested that the interim government (Taliban) provide their schools with scientific equipment and laboratories, Pajhwok News reported.