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08/05/2023

In a shocking incident, a man killed his wife, two sisters-in-law and a brother-in-law over a domestic dispute in Abbottabad, ARY News reported on Sunday.

As per details, the man hailing from Lari Banota, Abbottabad opened fire on his wife and two sisters-in-law and a brother-in-law.

The police officials said that all four family members died on the spot while one person was shifted to the hospital in injured condition.

Furthermore, the suspect fled the scene after killing his four family members, while raids were being conducted to arrest the assassinator, the police said.

08/05/2023

Mohammad Younus Akhundzada, Afghanistan's interim Minister for Rural Rehabilitation and Development, has urged foreign investors to invest in various sectors during a meeting with the Afghan Aid organisation.

Humanitarian help is essential for the Afghan people in these trying times, but Akhundzada insisted that work still needs to be done in the fundamental sectors.

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08/05/2023

In a tragic turn of events, a police officer lost his life in a militant attack on a police post in Khyber district, while a mentally ill person was killed in a separate rail accident.

According to police sources, unknown terrorists attacked the Al-Haj Chowki Bara police post with modern weapons. The attack resulted in the martyrdom of Naseem Khan, a police officer on duty at the post. The attackers managed to escape after retaliatory firing by police personnel.

Source: MENAFN

07/05/2023

University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Mardan has partnered with Chinese multinational company Alibaba to enhance cloud computing skills of university students.

The two parties recently signed an agreement titled ‘Alibaba Cloud Academic Empowerment Programme’, which aims to equip students with abilities in cloud computing, cloud security, big data, machine learning, and robotics.

As part of this programme, students will have access to Alibaba Cloud’s learning resources, including courses and certifications, free of charge. The partnership will enable UET Mardan to prepare students for future opportunities in cloud computing and related fields.

07/05/2023

A man in Mardan has been killed by an angry mob for alleged blasphemy in the latest case of blasphemy-related violence in the country.

The event occurred in the evening while the PTI was holding a rally against inflation and other concerns in the Sawaldhir district of Mardan.

Sources say that while making the final prayer, Maulana Nigar son of Bacha Gul said some words that were deemed insulting by a majority of the protestors, leading to his torture and death at the hands of the mob.

06/05/2023

Great news! The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council has introduced a new rule to ensure that all new lawyers believe in the finality of the Prophethood of Hazrat Muhammad (ﷺ) before they are allowed to practice.

The council's executive committee, chaired by Syed Mubashir Shah, recently discussed the matter and decided that new entrants to the field will be required to submit a declaration confirming their belief in this regard.

To make things easier, the council has provided a sample declaration for lawyers to follow. The lawyer must declare that he/she solemnly swear that he/she believes in absolute and complete finality of Prophethood of Hazrat Muhammad (ﷺ). The lawyer will further declare that he/she is not follower of anyone, who claims to be a prophet in any sense of words or of any description whatsoever after Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ).

05/05/2023

The Biden administration will continue to allow tens of thousands of Afghans who fled Taliban control more than two years ago to stay and work in the U.S., as congressional efforts have stalled that were meant to permanently resolve their immigration status, according to two people familiar with the plan.

As soon as this summer, eligible refugees will be able to renew temporary work permits and protections from deportation for another two years, according to two administration officials, who spoke to The Associated Press condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss plans that haven’t yet been released. The protections were initially given in 2021, and renewed last year.

The effort is a temporary fix for more than 76,000 Afghans who arrived in the U.S. following the military's chaotic and deadly withdrawal of U.S. troops, some of the darkest moments of Biden's presidency. Many of those who arrived in the country have worked with U.S. officials, some for many years, as translators, interpreters and other partners.

05/05/2023

, former captain of the national cricket team, hosted a dinner for the Pakistani team at his residence in Karachi, a day after Green Shirts registered their first one-day international series win over New Zealand in 12 years with a hard-fought 26-run victory in the third match in Karachi.

He shared the pictures of the gathering saying, “Hosted Pakistan’s heroes for dinner, super proud of each one of you. Good luck for tomorrow [PakvsNZ match]”.

04/05/2023

At least seven teachers were killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Upper Kurram Tehsil, police said on Thursday.

According to police reports, unidentified gunmen shot the teachers in the staffroom of the tehsil's high school. All the school staff were present at the school premises for performing their exam duties.

The police are in search for the killers, but have not been able to track them down so far.

Following the incident, the ongoing matric examinations were postponed.

In another incident in the same area, a teacher was killed whilst in a moving vehicle — taking the total number of educators killed in a day to eight.

The teacher, named Mohammad Sharif, who was killed inside the car also belonged to the same school, said the police. The teacher was shot while he was travelling on Shalozan Road.

04/05/2023

KP health department has established a screening station at Zero Point on the Pak-Afghan Torkham Border in light of the threat posed by monkeypox.

According to officials, a centre has been established to undertake screening of arriving and departing pedestrians at the crossing in order to check the disease at an early stage. For this, a skilled health staff has also been assigned.

This comes after two cases of monkeypox were reported recently in Pakistan. In this regard, the DG Health Services Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has directed specific health centre officials to set up at least five-bed isolation wards for suspected Monkeypox cases and nominate a focal person from the concerned institutions.

03/05/2023

Foreign ministers of China and Afghanistan are set to visit Islamabad later this week on a crucial visit to discuss the current situation in the neighbouring country and importantly how to deal with terrorist sanctuaries.

This is only the second visit of Amir Khan Muttaqi to Pakistan since Taliban returned to power in August 2021. Also it will be the first visit of new Chinese foreign minister.

There has been a surge in terrorist attacks in Pakistan since the Taliban takeover. This was contrary to expectations of Pakistan that Taliban returning to power would address Pakistan’s concerns. Instead the TTP and its affiliates feel emboldened with the Afghan Taliban taking over Kabul.

The Afghan Taliban, who earlier tried to broker a peace between Pakistan and the TTP, are facing a renewed pressure from Islamabad as it is no longer seeking peace talks with the terrorist group. Pakistan is hoping that Muttaqi would come with a concrete plan to eradicate the terror threat.

01/05/2023

According to a police report on Monday, a staggering 120 members of the force have been killed and 333 others injured in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the last four months due to 77 militant attacks targeting law enforcement personnel.

Bannu suffered the most attacks with 24, followed by Dera Ismail Khan with 23 and Peshawar with 15.

The highest number of fatalities occurred in Peshawar, where 88 police officers were killed in action. Additionally, 12 officers were killed in Malakand, 11 in Bannu, and three in Dera Ismail Khan during this period.

01/05/2023

A Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander was killed in an intelligence-based operation in Dera Ismail Khan, on Monday.

The security forces conducted IBO in Dera Ismail Khan. During the IBO, TTP Gandapur terrorist commander Jabbar Shah was killed and two other terrorists were injured.

The terrorist commander Jabbar Shah was involved in attacks on polio teams, receiving ransom money and sectarian killings.

This is the second successful operation of the law enforcement agencies in this area as they earlier killed two terrorists in an intelligence-based operation.

30/04/2023

The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs announced on Sunday that 30,000 Afghans will perform the Hajj pilgrimage this year. The first flight to Saudi Arabia will depart on May 20.

Acting Minister Sheikh Noor Mohammad Saqib said that the pilgrims will include common people, government officials, heirs of martyrs, disabled people, and refugees. He added that the cost of the pilgrimage is $3,924 per person.

Saqib said that he has requested Saudi Arabia to increase the quota for Afghan pilgrims to 45,000. He also said that collection points for pilgrims have been equipped and repaired, and that hajj flights will be conducted from four zones (Kabul, Herat, Balkh, and Kandahar).

A contract has been signed with Kam Air airlines to airlift Afghan pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. Contracts have also been signed with companies to provide accommodation, transport, and other facilities to Afghan pilgrims.

31/08/2021

The IEA fighters took control of the Kabul airport before dawn on Tuesday following the withdrawal of the last US troops, ending 20 years of war that left the militia stronger than it was in 2001.

Shaky video footage distributed by the IEA establishment showed fighters entering the airport after the last US troops took off a minute before midnight, marking the end of a hasty and humiliating exit for Washington and its NATO allies.

Photos: Twitter/Agencies

20/08/2021

KP Food Safety and Halal Food Authority is going to establish training schools in various districts of the province to train food handlers attached to various food industries, businesses in safe food practices.

Initially, three training schools will be set up in Peshawar, Mardan and Abbotabad, for which procurement process has been initiated. The KP FS&HFA will also recruit professional trainers for the schools.

DG Food Safety Authority, Shahrukh Ali Khan said the establishment of training schools would enable food handlers of various businesses and Industries to work in accordance with the SOPs set by the KP FS&HFA, and adopt basic hygiene principles, which would ensure access of quality food to the citizens.

He directed the field teams to intensify operations against food adulteration in the province, and rely more on rapid tests of food items.

20/08/2021

31 Afghan immigrants were arrested for allegedly raising anti-Pakistan slogans and ransacking public property in Peshawar late Wednesday night, police said.

According to an FIR registered in the Town police station, some Afghan refugees blocked the main university road at Bab-e-Peshawar in Hayatabad while protesting against the IEA regime in Afghanistan.

They raised anti-Pakistan slogans and ransacked public property.

The police rushed to the protest site to disperse the mob but the protesters started pelting stones at them and in the process, some policemen suffered injuries.

The police said eight protesters were arrested.

Twenty-three more Afghans, who were holding another protest on the university road, were arrested on the same charges.

Those arrested have been accused of fanning hatred on the basis of race, ethnicity and culture in the province, according to the FIR.

They have been booked under sections 148, 149, 153 of the PPC and 14FA, the police added.

15/08/2021

IEA fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday and said they were awaiting a peaceful transfer of the city after promising not to take it by force, but amid the uncertainty, panicked workers fled government offices and helicopters landed at the United States Embassy.

Three Afghan officials told The Associated Press that the fighters were in the districts of Kalakan, Qarabagh and Paghman in the capital.

In a nationwide offensive that has taken just over a week, the IEA millitants has defeated, co-opted or sent Afghan security forces fleeing from wide swaths of the country, even though they had some air support from the US military.

The lightning speed of the push has shocked many and raised questions about why Afghan forces crumbled despite years of US training and billions of dollars spent. Just days ago, an American military assessment estimated it would be a month before the capital would come under insurgent pressure.

Meanwhile, negotiators headed to the presidential palace to discuss the transfer, said an Afghan official. It remained unclear when that transfer would take place.

The negotiators on the government side included former President Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah, the head of the Afghan National Reconciliation Council, an official said. Abdullah has long been a vocal critic of President Ashraf Ghani, who has refused giving up power to get a deal with the Taliban.

Earlier, the insurgents also tried to calm residents of the capital.

“No one’s life, property and dignity will be harmed and the lives of the citizens of Kabul will not be at risk,” the insurgents said in a statement.

11/08/2021

CM Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has taken notice of the rising infant mortality rate in the newly established district Upper Chitral and directed the high ups of Health Department for immediate steps to address healthcare practitioners’ deficiency and trained lady health visitors (LHVs) in the health delivery outlets of the district.

The CM ordered the up-gradation of THQ Hospital Booni in Upper Chitral to District Headquarters Hospital having basic specialties, and to ensure the posting of specialist doctors therein.

The CM also directed the Health Department to address the shortage of doctors and other medical staff in Lower Chitral and Upper Dir and to submit a report on progress to this end.

The CM stressed that no political pressure be entertained in the job postings.

11/08/2021

Three women among five alleged drug sellers were arrested during an action in Corporation Colony, Peshawar.

An official said that police along with the Narcotics Eradication Team conducted a raid in Corporation Colony in the limits of Paharipura Police Station and recovered two kilograms of ice and five kilograms of he**in. The official said the police also arrested five dealers, including three women, and lodged a case.

11/08/2021

Secretary General Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians Farhatullah Babar said on Tuesday that the government does not seem serious in enacting its own bill to criminalise enforced disappearances.

“From some glaring mistakes in the bill to the fact that it is lying in the National Assembly Committee on Interior unattended for the past over eight weeks, it appears that there is no interest in it,” he said while speaking at a webinar organized by the Defence of Human Rights and Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) on Tuesday.

Babar said hopes were raised when the bill criminalising "enforced disappearances" was tabled in the parliament for the first time in the country.

“However, it appears that some powerful quarters are still opposed to its legislation,” he said. The PPPP leader said even if the bill was enacted in its present form, it will still fall far too short of achieving the objectives.

He said ideally there should be a separate legal mechanism to provide for filing complaints of disappearances, holding perpetrators accountable and providing compensation to aggrieved families. “The bill brought before the National Assembly does not provide for any of these essential prerequisites,” he said.

He said internment centres located in former tribal districts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are beyond the jurisdiction of provincial police and prison department, where some of those falling under enforced disappearances were found kept. “The case is still pending before the Supreme Court since the last hearing in December 2019,” he said. He said ratification of the international convention for the protection of all persons against enforced disappearances should also form part of the new legal architecture

11/08/2021

A leaked letter posted online revealed that the interior ministers of Austria, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Greece and Germany urged the European Commission not to accept a decision by the Afghan Ministry of Refugees & Repatriation to halt forced returns to the country for 3 months.

The ministers in the August 5 letter say they “fully recognise the sensitive situation in Afghanistan in light of the foreseen withdrawal of international troops” — but that they do not “foresee any cause to stop or suspend returns.”

The ministers go on to say that they “would like to highlight the urgent need to perform returns, both voluntary and non-voluntary, to Afghanistan.

The letter was signed by Austria’s Interior Minister Karl Nehammer, Greece’s Migration & Asylum Minister Panagiotus Mitarachi, the Netherlands’ Migration Minister Ankie Broekers-Knol, Denmark’s Immigration & Integration Minister Mattias Tesfaye, Germany’s Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer and Belgium’s State Secretary for Asylum & Migration Sammy Mahdi.

11/08/2021

As part of security measures for Muharram processions and majalis, mobile phone services will be jammed on 9th and 10th of Muharram-ul-Haram in Peshawar.

The CCPO in a letter to the Deputy Inspector General of Police Operations, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa requested the action to be taken.

Furthermore, Army troops will also be deployed in 13 districts of the province to assist the police and civil administrations in maintenance of peace and order during the processions and majalis from Muharram 1 to 10.

11/08/2021

Once brimming with combat boots, flak jackets and other war paraphernalia, the smugglers’ markets in Pakistan are being forced to rethink their business model as foreign troops exit Afghanistan and contraband dries up.

Along the Afghan border after 2001, smugglers’ markets mushroomed in Pakistan, offering military gadgets, clothing and luxury goods meant for American bases and compounds.

Pakistan’s fencing and sealing of hundreds of kilometres of the border in recent years, and the rapid departure of foreign troops have led to dwindling supplies.

“This market was famous for American and Nato goods and was crowded with customers,” said Mehboob Khan, a shopkeeper at Sitara market in Peshawar.

“Now the border is strictly closed and those goods can’t reach here, which has badly affected business.”

11/08/2021

The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has announced that two portions of Diversion Tunnel 2 at the Mohmand Dam project have been connected with precision, marking yet another milestone at the 800MW project.

Construction is progressing well on the project with as work on as many as 10 sites underway simultaneously. These sites include diversion tunnels, power intake and power waterway, spillway, re-regulation pond, excavation on switchyard, powerhouse and main dam abutment, access roads and project colony.

Mohmand Dam is being constructed on River Swat in District Mohmand of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the 5th highest concrete-face-rock-fill Dam (CFRD) in the world. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2025.

On completion, the dam will store about 1.2-million-acre feet of water and help mitigate floods in Peshawar, Charsadda and Naushera. Besides supplementing 160,000 acres of existing land, about 18,237 acres of new land will also be irrigated.

10/08/2021

Tribesmen blocked the Peshawar-Torkham highway here on Monday to protest a search operation conducted by the security forces in different localities of Zakhakhel area in Landi Kotal.

Though no official statement was issued about the purpose of the daylong search operation, sources said security forces assisted by the police and lady searchers conducted raids on a number of houses. They said the personnel seized even the personal light arms during the operation.

Reacting to the unannounced raids, scores of angry tribesmen took to the streets. The main road remained closed till late in the evening.

A jirga of Zakhakhel elders was also held to condemn the search operation.

The elders alleged the personnel even searched the rooms where women were staying. They asked the officials of the security forces and the administration to take them into confidence before launching search operations in future.

The elders demanded that the seized light arms be handed over to the owners and the security forces tender an apology to the Zakhakhel tribes for disrespecting their customs during the search operation.

The jirga decided to continue blockade of the road till acceptance of their demands.

10/08/2021

akistan's foreign minister dispelled the idea that Pakistan was to blame for Afghanistan's current state of chaos.
Islamabad, according to Shah Mehmood Qureshi, cannot be blamed for the "capitulation and meltdown" of Afghan national defence forces.

He suggested that instead of criticising Pakistan, the international community should investigate "where did the money invested in Afghanistan go?"

09/08/2021

Local officials in Kandahar province say all civilian flights have been suspended following Taliban rocket attacks on parts of the airport.

Massoud Ahmad Pashtun, director of Ahmad Shah Abdali Airport, said on Sunday that the Taliban had fired several rockets at parts of the airport in the morning, but that no damage had been done.

“When the airport is hit by rockets, it is natural that airlines do not accept the danger and passengers do not risk their lives,” Pashtun said, stressing civilian flights from would resume soon.

It is said that several rockets hit parts of the airport on Saturday evening as well.

Afghan officials say security forces have recaptured parts of Dand district in the province on Saturday and clashes were ongoing between the two sides in the district.

09/08/2021

Five suspects were killed in a firing exchange with the counter-terrorism department in Surkhab Afghan area of Quetta.

Officials said that the the men killed in the operation were involved in the kidnapping of AANP senior leader Malik Obaidullah Kasi.

Mr Kasi, who was a member of the ANP’s central committee, was kidnapped and then killed four days ago.

The officials said that they had arrested a suspect, identified as Jumma Gul, who confessed to his involvement in the kidnapping .

On the basis of information provided by the suspect the security personnel launched the operation.

When they raided the area, members of the gang opened fire on them. In the firing exchange, five members of the gang were killed. Others managed to escape.

The dead were identified as Mohammad Hanif, Shah Fahad, Jumma Gul, Mohammad Akram and Mohammad Saleem. The personnel recovered two SMGs, two TT pistols and three hand grenades from the gang’s hideout. A vehicle was also recovered.

09/08/2021

Iran has announced the closure of its key border crossing with Afghanistan’s Nimroz province after the Taliban took over four provinces in the war-ravaged country.

Media reports said the crossing point in the Milak district of Sistan and Baluchestan province has been closed due to a surge in violence in the neighboring Nimroz province.

The move comes two days after the Taliban overran southwestern Nimroz province which caused tens of families to cross the border into Iran from the provincial capital of Zaranj.

Apart from the citizens of Zaranj, Afghan government security forces also fled to Iran along with their armoured and non-armoured vehicles, but the Afghan Defence Ministry denied this.

In recent conflicts, the Taliban took over Kunduz and Saripol provinces and have entered the central Taloqan city of Takhar province.

Iran, though, did not officially deny accepting Afghan refugees in case civil war erupts in Afghanistan and Pakistan has repeatedly expressed concerns over the potential influx of asylum seekers which will endanger both Pakistan and Iran.

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