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71 dead, 86 injured in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa due to rain-related i
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
At least 71 people, over half of them children, have died and 86 have been injured in rain-related incidents across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since late June, Dawn reported. Heavy monsoon rains have caused floods, landslides, and infrastructure collapse, with Swat district recording the highest num
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Four children die as Swat faces another devastating fl
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
At least four children died and one is missing after flash floods and landslides hit Swat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Meanwhile, three tourists died and 15 are missing following floods and landslides at Babusar Top in Gilgit-Baltistan. Rescue operations are ongoing.
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Magnitude 4.7 earthquake jolts Pakistan's Swat district
Updated : 1 year ago IST
A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck Pakistan's Swat district and surrounding areas on Sunday
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Pakistan: Doctors across Swat halt services, call for enforcement of anti-
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Doctors have been on strike since Saturday at Saidu Group of Teaching Hospital, the largest hospital in the Swat district, demanding the registration of an FIR against the relatives of a young boy who died following a road accident, as reported by Dawn.
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Collapse threatens Swat district as 80 per cent of school infrastructure r
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Up to 80 per cent of government school buildings in Swat district, Pakistan, are deemed unsafe, risking the safety of students and staff. Many structures are in poor condition, and recent incidents highlight the urgent need for reconstruction and rehabilitation of the educational infrastruct
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Pakistan: One policeman killed, four injured in blast targeted at foreign
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
One policeman was killed and four sustained injuries following a 'remote-controlled bomb explosion' that targeted a police van escorting a convoy of foreign envoys en route to Malam Jabba from the Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday, according to Geo News.
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Pakistan: Man lynched by mob over alleged Quran desecration, 27 suspects a
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
In a shocking incident that took place in Pakistan's Swat, a mob allegedly tortured a man to death by burning him alive over alleged desecration of the Holy Quran.
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Pak: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, Swat commander killed in operation
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Pakistan security forces killed the former group commander of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Swat in an Intelligence-Based Operation (IBO) in the Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, The Express Tribune reported.
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Pak: Apart from civilians, at least 13 policemen killed in explosions in K
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In two unexplained explosions that occurred on Monday at the heavily-guarded Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in Kabal town of Swat district, at least 13 people--the majority of whom are thought to be policemen--were killed and 42 others were injured, The News International
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Pakistan: PTM chief says demanding restoration of peace not treachery but
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The remarks by Pashteen came while he was addressing a gathering in Kabal tehsil in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Swat district on Monday. The gathering was organised to welcome Member of National Assembly (MNA) Ali Wazir, a PTM leader, after his release from prison.
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Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Swat Valley witnessing a resurgence of the
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The recent surge in attacks by the banned outfit, Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Swat District has given rise to the fear that the presence of terrorists and violence is making a comeback after more than a decade.
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Army, political leadership failed to check surge in militancy in northwest
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
"What is more worrying is that the civilian leadership and Pakistan's powerful security establishment have so far failed to handle the emerging situation in Swat," the report added.
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