District Police Officer (DPO) Muhammad Imran said that the deceased in the firing incident in the Sadda area of Kurram District included two security personnel, a driver and a woman.
The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Friday barred the inclusion of the names of the former National Assembly speaker and other members of the Pakistan Assembly of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the fourth schedule aimed at keeping the petitioners out of the Feb 8 polls, Pakistan-based Pakist
Two terrorists, including a "high-value target", were killed in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday, Dawn reported citing Pakistan military's media wing.
The statement said that under the new ordinance, the punishment under Section 147 of PPC was up to two years imprisonment or fine or both, but it had been increased to three years with a fine up to pakistan rupee (PKR) 200,000.
After being granted post-arrest bail on Tuesday, the chief of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), Manzoor Pashteen, was re-arrested and taken to an undisclosed location.
Pakistan-based National Democratic Movement (NDM) leader Mohsin Dawar's vehicle was attacked by unidentified gunmen in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's North Waziristan district, Pakistan-based ARY News reported citing the police.
The military's media wing added that the killed terrorists remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against the security forces and were planning to conduct a high-profile terrorist attack, which was averted due to a proactive response by security forces.
Dr Saveera Parkash, a Hindu woman in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Buner district who is running in the upcoming general elections on a ticket from the Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP), has vowed to improve ties with India if she wins.
Pakistan's apex electoral body approved nomination papers for 6,449 candidates, including 6,094 men and 355 women candidates, for national assembly seats in Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and the federal capital, The News International reported on Monday.
Pakistan's political outfit, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman's convoy, came under attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Dera Ismail Khan, Geo News reported on Sunday.