By Muhammad Younas TIRAH VALLEY / BARA — When Yaseen Khan returned to his village of Donga in Shalobar, Tirah Valley, eight years ago, he believed the worst chapter of his life had ended. “We came back after years of militancy and displacement,” he says. “My father and I tried to rebuild our home and…
Muhammad Younas TIRAH VALLEY, KHYBER DISTRICT — For residents of Pakistan’s Tirah Valley, displacement has once again become a looming reality, reopening old wounds for families who only recently rebuilt their lives after years of conflict-driven upheaval. Official notices announcing the registration of families for what authorities describe as a “managed displacement” have spread quiet…
A four-day Oxford Pakistan Publishing & Mentoring Workshop, focused on Tackling Climate Change Challenges in Pakistan, was successfully held in Islamabad, bringing together leading academics and emerging scholars from Pakistan and the United Kingdom. The workshop was supported by the British Academy and delivered in collaboration with Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. The workshop…
By Muhammad Younas and Islam Gul The dusty hills of Khyber have turned silent. Where trucks once rumbled through the Torkham crossing day and night, hundreds of vehicles now stand still in the fading autumn sun. Families sit beside their packed belongings, waiting for a border that refuses to open. What began as a security…
Riaz Hussain Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has recorded its first dengue-related death of the year as health authorities struggle to contain the spread of the mosquito-borne virus across several districts. According to the provincial health department, a 30-year-old resident of Sharifabad, Mardan, identified as Adnan, succumbed to dengue hemorrhagic fever on October 4. He had initially tested…
Muhammad YounasThe people of Tirah Valley are once again in mourning after overnight airstrikes killed 21 residents, including 12 children, in one of the deadliest incidents the region has seen in recent years. The strikes hit homes in Shadale Aka Khel, a remote part of Khyber district near the Orakzai boundary. Survivors and neighbors worked…
A high-level meeting was held in Peshawar under the chairmanship of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Food Zahir Shah Toru, to review the recent increase in wheat flour prices across the province. The meeting was attended by Additional Secretary Food and Director Food, Muhammad Ashfaq, along with other senior officials.The Director Food briefed the meeting in…
The Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul marked the nation’s Independence Day with a solemn yet spirited ceremony, celebrating both the country’s historic freedom and its recent victory in Maarka-e-Haq against India. Speaking at the flag-hoisting ceremony, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani, hailed the resilience of the Pakistani nation in the face of “India’s naked…
خیبر پختونخوا، گلگت بلتستان اور آزاد کشمیر میں کلاؤڈ برسٹ، لینڈ سلائیڈنگ اور سیلابی ریلوں نے تباہی مچا دی۔ مختلف حادثات میں اب تک 110 سے زائد افراد جاں بحق اور درجنوں زخمی ہو چکے ہیں۔ ریسکیو حکام کے مطابق خیبر پختونخوا کے ضلع باجوڑ کی تحصیل سالارزئی میں گزشتہ رات آنے والے سیلابی ریلے…
Riaz Hussain The night turned deadly across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when terrorists struck almost simultaneously in multiple districts, leaving at least five policemen martyred and as many injured. Police officials said unidentified militants targeted law enforcement in Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Peshawar, and Khyber’s Jamrud area in what appeared to be a coordinated assault. In Upper…
