PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Syed Arshad Hussain Shah has decided to give waiver in test fee to the candidates with disabilities appearing in all kinds of screening tests under Educational Testing and Evaluation Agency (ETEA). He announced the decision while chairing the 31st meeting of the board of governors of ETEA on Monday. […]
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GILGIT: Six suspects were rounded up by law enforcement agencies in connection with the armed attack on a passenger bus in Chilas area of Gilgit-Baltsitan that left nine people dead and 21 injured on Saturday evening. An FIR has been registered against unknown attackers under different sections of the PPC and the anti-terrorism act. The police in
CHITRAL: Police on Sunday said that they recovered a motorcycle in less than 24 hours after it was stolen from Goldur locality and arrested the alleged thief. In a statement, the police said that the City police station had received a complaint about the theft of the bike. A team formed to trace the bike
CHITRAL: Dr Nazir Hussain Shah, a popular personality and medical practitioner, passed away on Sunday. He was suffering from cancer. His funeral prayer will be held at his native village of Kuju upper after Zuhur prayers on Sunday. Dr Nazir besides being a medical practitioner was a known social worker and served people in distress
ISLAMABAD: At least nine persons were killed and 21 others injured in an attack on a passenger bus coming to Rawalpindi from Gilgit-Baltistan at about 6:30pm on Saturday. The bus (BLN 4647) operated by K2 Trekkers was coming from Ghizer to Rawalpindi when it came under attack at Hodur area on Karakorum Highway near Chilas
PESHAWAR: Scores of women have been found involved in heinous cases in the province of Khyber Pakthunkhwa. According to a document of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), since 2014 at least 51 women have been found involved in different heinous cases. Of these women, 30 were found involved in terrorism, 13 in kidnapping for ransom and
CHITRAL: A female doctor has been arrested in connection with the suicide of a teenage boy in the Jughore village of Lower Chitral. According to Chitral Fast News, the arrest was made after the City police registered a case against the doctor under section 322 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) on the complaint of the
CHITRAL: Five persons, including two children, were injured when a taxi car and a Hilux datsun collided head-on on Chitral-Drosh road at Kessu on Wednesday. Rescue 1122 Lower Chitral said the Corolla car was coming from Drosh to Chitral town carrying passengers when the accident occurred. Rescue 1122 staff provided emergency medical treatment to the
SILKYARA, INDIA (Reuters): Indian rescuers on Tuesday pulled out all 41 construction workers trapped for 17 days inside a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas, hours after drilling through the debris of rock, concrete and earth to reach them. The evacuation of the men – low-wage workers from some of India\’s poorest states – began more
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PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Syed Arshad Hussain Shah has decided to involve NAB representatives in conception, planning and execution of all development projects in the province. He directed the quarters concerned to send a formal letter to higher authority of NAB in this regard. He took the decision while presiding over the 15th meeting of the
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