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Pakistan: Cop killed, 8 injured in suicide attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Amid deteriorating law and order in the country, a cop was killed and eight other people, including policemen, were wounded in a suicide attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Khyber district, Geo News reported citing police on Thursday.
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Pakistan's former Defence Minister Pervez Khattak launches new political p
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Pervez Khattak on Monday announced the launch of a new political party called the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarian (PTI-P).
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Concerns rise over rise in crime rate in Pakistan’s Punjab, boys subjected
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Serious concerns have emerged after the child abuse crime rate has surged in Punjab province in Pakistan, with more boys subjected to the abuse than girls in the last six months, Dawn reported citing an analysis.
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Pakistan: Death toll from tribal clashes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kurram ri
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The death toll due to ongoing clashes between two tribes in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan has risen to 13, with the killing of two more people on Wednesday, reported Dawn citing local officials.
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Pak: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa govt requests deployment of additional military to
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has requested Pakistan’s federal government to deploy additional military and paramilitary troops under Article 245 to put an end to the Kurram conflict, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Death toll from tribal clashes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kurram ri
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
On Tuesday, clashes were reported in Pewar, Gidu, Baleshkhel, Khar Kallay, Sadda, Chamkani and Kunj Alizai.
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Pakistan: Teacher arrested over disrespectful social media posts on Islam
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
This is an example of enforcement of Article 298-A of the Pakistani Criminal Code which prohibits any kind of disrespect against the wives of Prophet Muhammad. Compared to provisions on blasphemy, which include the death penalty as punishment to those who offend the Prophet, Ar
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Death toll from tribal clashes in Pakistan's Kurram rises to 9
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The tribal clashes in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) over land dispute have claimed two more lives and injured 13 others.
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Pak: Local clerics ban transgender persons' music, dance at wedding
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The decision was made by a group of 26 clerics on Friday, who also ruled that clergy would not perform the nikah ritual at any marriages that included music and dance.
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Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa records temperature rise
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The meteorological department also revealed that massive tree felling led to an increase in the heat index, while cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea also had a bad impact on the weather.
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Three terrorists killed in gun battle with security forces in Pakistan's D
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Three terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Dera Ismail Khan, Dawn reported citing the military's media affairs wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) as saying on Sunday.
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Pakistan: TTP 'operative' killed in firing in Lakki Marwat
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) 'operative' was killed in a firing incident in the Naourang district of Lakki Marwat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ARY News reported.
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