Monday, May 21, 2012
Hindu temple attacked in Peshawar
The Express Tribune
PESHAWAR: A Hindu temple in Peshawar was attacked by unknown men on Sunday, Express News reported. The Goraknath Temple, located in the Gor Khatri district, was recently reopened for worship after being closed for almost 60 years over ownership issue.
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Peshawar bus terminal contractor blacklisted
DAWN.com
PESHAWAR, May 19: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has blacklisted the contractor of Peshawar bus terminal and ordered confiscation of his security amounting to Rs9 million for his failure to follow the agreement.It has also directed for recovery of …
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Rain turns Peshawar weather pleasant
The News International
The residents along with their families came out from housed in Peshawar and visited Khalid Bin Waleed and Col Sher Khan Parks to enjoy the pleasant weather. The children also enjoyed showers. The rain/dust-storm also reported at isolated places of …
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Ban Ki-moon: Eradicate polio, finally
Los Angeles Times
A Pakistani child waits with their mother for the anti-polio vaccine in
Peshawar, Pakistan. Polio remains endemic in Afghanistan, Nigeria and
Pakistan. (Mohammad Sajjad / Associated Press / April 25, 2012) By Ban Ki-moon As the World Health Assembly …
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Hindu temple stormed in Peshawar
Pakistan Daily Times
The attackers burnt images and took away idols from the temple in the Gor Gattri area, police said. They fled the scene after the incident. No
immediate claim of responsibility was made. The custodian of the temple
said it was the third such attack.
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Historic Hindu temple vandalised in Pakistan
Hindustan Times PTI Unidentified men on Sunday vandalised a historic Hindu temple in Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan that was reopened on the orders of a court last year, police officials and local residents said. The attackers burnt pictures and damaged a …
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ISAF captures Taliban liaison man to Peshawar Shura
PakistanToday.com.pk
WASHINGTON – A special operations team of coalition and Afghan officials captured a senior Taliban leader in Afghanistan’s north who served as a liaison to the Peshawar Shura, one of the Taliban’s four military councils.The special operations force …
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Election petitions remain undecided as tenures near end
The News International
PESHAWAR: Like previous years, dozens of election petitions filed for
disqualification of members of the provincial and national assemblies are likely to remain undecided as the election tribunals have stopped hearing of these cases for the past seven …
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Lakki resident seeks recovery of kidnapped daughter
The News International
PESHAWAR: A resident of Nawarkhel village in Lakki Marwat district on
Sunday asked the Peshawar corps commander to help recover his daughter kidnapped last week. Giving details including a copy of the first
information report (FIR) and application to …
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
Aqeel stays top win Peshawar title
The Express Tribune
By Noorwali Shah Aqeel Khan underlined his status as Pakistan’s top-ranked player after a 6-1, 7-5 win over younger brother Yasir Khan in the final of the All Pakistan Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Tennis Ranking Championship in Peshawar …
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Two bodies in a sack found in Peshawar
DAWN.com
PESHAWAR/MARDAN, May 18: Bodies of two men stuffed in a bag were recovered from a canal in Mathra area in the suburbs of Peshawar on Thursday. An official of the Mathra police said the bodies packed in a sack had been thrown into the canal near Dag Lar …
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Joint strategy stressed to boost Pak-Afghan trade
Pakistan Observer
Peshawar—At the concluding session of two-day National Conference on Afghan Transit Trade, the experts and analysts have called for adopting a joint strategy to boost up trade relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which could be beneficial for …
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Equal gas supply to provinces opposed
DAWN.com
PESHAWAR, May 18: Businessmen Forum leader Ilyas Ahmad Bilour on Friday opposed the federal government’s plan for equitable distribution of gas in the country and demanded due share in gas supply for every province. In a statement issued here, …
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Martial arts expert sets new world record
The News International
PESHAWAR: Ahmad Hussain, renowned martial arts expert, clinched another record by completing 178 roundhouse kicks in one minute and broke the previous record of an Indian martial artist, M Jaynath Reddy, who had made 171 roundhouse kicks per minute.
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Chief Minister KPK Open Tennis Championship
Pakistan Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: Aqeel Khan overcame Yasir Khan 6-1, 7-6 (7/5) to clinch the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Open Tennis Cup in Peshawar on Saturday. Aqeel committed 10 unforced errors and hit 34 winners compared to his opponent’s 28.
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SCCI for increasing hydro power generation
Pakistan Observer
Peshawar—The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (SCCI) budget proposals focus on provision of uninterrupted power and gas supply to industries in the province in the light of 18th Amendments and increase rate of the hydro power projects to …
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Aqeel, Abid lift Peshawar doubles title
The Express Tribune
PHOTO: AFP PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s top-ranked tennis player Aqeel Khan and his doubles partner Muhammad Abid beat Shehzad Khan and Yasir Khan 7-5, 6-4 in the All Pakistan Chief Minster Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Ranking Tennis Championship’s doubles final at the …
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IED blast kills businessman in Peshawar
DAWN.com
PESHAWAR, May 17: A businessman was killed and another injured when a remote-controlled bomb exploded in their spare parts shop near Scheme Chowk on the outskirts of Peshawar.The blast was so loud that it damaged windowpanes of vehicles parked nearby.
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Three bruised bodies recovered in Peshawar
Pakistan Daily Times
PESHAWAR: The police on Friday morning recovered the bodies of three youths who had been tortured to death and then disposed of in gunny bags. According to details, the locals spotted three bodies stuffed in gunny bags in the Doglar area of Mathra.
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Moot on Pak-Afghan Transit Trade continues
Pakistan Observer
Peshawar—The two day moot on Pak Afghan transit trade gets underway at University of Peshawar. The conference is organized by Department of Political Science, UoP in collaboration with Higher Education Commission and The Bank of Khyber.
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Transit goods: Afghan envoy decries delayed shipment
DAWN.com
PESHAWAR, May 17: Afghan Consul General in Peshawar Mohammad Ibrahinkhel on Thursday said long delay in shipment of transit goods to his country from Pakistan was a major concern for his compatriots. He was speaking at the concluding ceremony of the …
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Three dead bodies recovered from Peshawar
South Asian News Agency
PESHAWAR, (SANA): Three dead bodies have been recovered from gunny bags in Mathra area of Peshawar on Friday. According to police, three dead bodies were found in gunny bags after local residents informed the police. The bodies have obvious signs of …
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Sherpao hints at supporting govt’s stance on Nato supplies issue
The News International
PESHAWAR: Pakistan People’s Party-Sherpao chief Aftab Sherpao Friday hinted at backing the government’s anticipated decision to reopen Nato supplies to Afghanistan. “The government has to take the decision whether or not to reopen Nato supplies, …
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Forced Marriages: Peshawar High Court orders arrest of jirga members
The Express Tribune
The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has directed the attorney-general of Pakistan, federal law secretary and provincial advocate-general to formulate a law to get rid of a custom where men lay a marriage claim to a woman.
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One killed, two injured in Peshawar blast
Pakistan Observer
Peshawar—One person was killed and two others injured in a bomb blast
outside an automobiles spare parts shop here on Thursday morning. According
to police, a bomb planted outside the auto spare parts market located at
Kohat Road in Scheme Chowk area …
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Political cartoonist: Learning from Feica
The Express Tribune
Rafique Ahmed, known as Feica, one of Pakistan’s leading political cartoonists, returned to Peshawar after 12 years. By Manzoor Ali Cartoonist Feica was recently in Peshawar to teach the art of caricature to students who had gathered from all over …
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One killed, one injured in Peshawar blast
The Express Tribune
A series of blasts have taken place in Peshawar during the last week, targeting civilians and police. By Riaz Ahmed PESHAWAR: One shopkeeper was killed and a passer-by was injured in a bomb blast at Scheme Chowk, Kohat Road on Thursday. <>
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Peshawar HC orders civil authorities not to help spy agencies in illegal …
Newstrack India
Peshawar, May 17 (ANI): Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan, has ordered civil authorities, both in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, to avoid assisting intelligence agencies in “illegal operations”, …
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Pakistani air force planes crash, 4 pilots killed
Seattle Post Intelligencer
RIAZ KHAN, AP Local boys carry wreckage of a crashed plane strewn in the compound of their house in Nowshera, 45 kilometers (21 miles) east of Peshawar, Pakistan Thursday, May 17, 2012. Two Pakistani air force planes crashed in a residential area in …
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Two guards injured in Peshawar blast
The News International
PESHAWAR: At least two guards of a private security company were injured in the blast outside passport office in Hayatabad here Thursday, Geo News reported. According to police, SP Cantt Shabi-ul-Hassan two guards of a private company were injured in …
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Enterprising excavation: Govt allocates Rs500m for mining
The Express Tribune
By APP PESHAWAR: The government has allocated Rs500 million for infrastructure development in the mining and mineral sectors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to Mineral Development Provincial Minister Mehmood Zaib Khan. Addressing at the “Mineral …
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Tennis: Aqeel, Abid advance to double’s final
The Express Tribune
By Our Correspondent PESHAWAR: Top-seeds Aqeel Khan and Muhammad Abid moved into the doubles final of the All Pakistan Chief Minster Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Ranking Tennis Championship at Garrison Club, Peshawar. In the first semi-final, Aqeel and Abid …
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Unexplained Disappearances: 59 power transformers stolen in KP
The Express Tribune
By Our Correspondent PESHAWAR: Cashing in on the deteriorating law and order situation of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, unidentified persons have robbed the public of 59 electricity transformers, said Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) spokesperson Shaukat …
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Agencies given 15 days to free detainees held without evidence DAWN.com PESHAWAR,
May 16: Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan on Wednesday directed security agencies to release within a fortnight the people who have been in their custody for years without evidence. The agencies were also asked to shift the …
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Peshawar exhibits intolerance through art
The Express Tribune
PHOTO: MUHAMMAD IQBAL/EXPRESS Over the past week, when Peshawar was rocking with low intensity blasts, corridors of Nishtar Hall were bustling with eager youngsters who wanted to share their understanding of intolerance through artistic activities.
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ANP Kohat president injured in attack
Pakistan Daily Times
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party (ANP) Kohat District President Saeed Shah was critically wounded in attack on his car on Wednesday, 65 kilometres south of Peshawar. Police sources told Daily Times over the phone from Kohat that Saeed Shah had been moved …
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Governor for protecting local industry
The News International
PESHAWAR: Governor Masood Kausar Wednesday urged businessmen, industrialists and academia to devise a formula that could guide the government in protecting the local industry while allowing the transit trade route to Afghanistan.
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Missing persons: Court demands army inquiry into disappearances
The Express Tribune
Peshawar High Court asks Gen Kayani to constitute a board to find and court martial guilty officials. By Umer Farooq Peshawar High Court asks Gen Kayani to constitute a board to find and court martial guilty officials.
PHOTO: FILE Demanding an …
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KP governor upgrades security for university professors
Central Asia Online
By Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR – The University of Peshawar has beefed up security after the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) governor directed it to protect professors who received threatening letters from the Taliban, police said.Mujeeb ur Rehman of the English …
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Return of illegal Afghans from KP: Kabul not ready yet
DAWN.com
PESHAWAR, May 15: The Afghan government has shown reservations over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s ultimatum to the unregistered Afghan nationals to leave the province by May 25 and sought intervention of federal government in the issue.
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Amna Janjua to help recover missing persons
The News International
PESHAWAR: Defence of Human Rights (DHR) Chairperson Amna Masood Janjua on Wednesday urged the higher judiciary to make efforts for safe and early recovery of all missing persons and bring the secret agencies within the ambit of law.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Mortar shelling injures five in Peshawar
Pakistan Daily Times
PESHAWAR: Five mortar shells in quick succession hit a posh residential district in Peshawar on Tuesday evening, leaving five people injured, rescue services sources and residents of the area said. Roads were deserted seconds after the first mortar …
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Rocket attacks injure 3 in Peshawar
The Express Tribune
By Our Correspondent PESHAWAR: Five rockets fired from unknown locations struck Hayatabad area of Peshawar, injuring three people on Tuesday night. An official from Tatara Police Station, who did not wish to disclose his identity, told The Express …
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Peshawar’s 1st national tennis event begins
The Express Tribune
“The event is huge for us, the players in Peshawar,” Arsalan Khan told The Express Tribune. “We really need some exposure at home venues and it was unfair of the Pakistan Tennis Federation to not hold tournaments in Peshawar.
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Construction of SKMCH Peshawar to begin in September
Pakistan Daily Times
PESHAWAR: The construction of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCHRC) in Peshawar will commence from September this year. The hospital will cost Rs 1.4 billion, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti was …
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Peshawar High Court extends stay till June 16
The News International
By our correspondent PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court (PHC) Tuesday extended stay order against collection of fuel adjustment charges till June 16.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Dost Mohammad and Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth stopped the authorities …
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Work on Shaukat Khanum Peshawar Hospital to start in September
The News International
The construction work on Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Peshawar costing Rs1.4 billion would start in September this year. This was stated in a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister …
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Three injured as mortar rounds hit Peshawar
The News International
PESHAWAR: The provincial capital came under another terrorist attack when militants rained seven mortar rounds that landed in Phase-VI Hayatabad, wounding three persons on Tuesday night. The locals protested against the everyday attacks and hinted at …
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Grenade attack injures three in Peshawar
Pakistan Daily Times
PESHAWAR: Three people, including two girls, were injured when a grenade attack targeted the house of a local trader in the New City Homes area on Tuesday, police said. According to details, unidentified assailants hurled hand grenades in the house of …
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Two girls among three injured in grenade attack in Peshawar DAWN.com
PESHAWAR: Two girls among three people were injured in a grenade attack on house of a local trader in new city homes area near GT Road on Tuesday, police said. According to details, unknown assailants hurled hand grenades inside the house of a local …
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Eight hurt as police post blown up in Peshawar
DAWN.com
PESHAWAR, May 13: At least eight persons were injured in a blast near a police checkpost at a cattle market on Ring Road on the outskirts of Peshawar on Sunday. The explosion occurred at 10:15am when people were busy in routine activities at the cattle …
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Projects of Rs100 m underway in Peshawar:Arbab
International News Network
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Communications Dr.Arbab Alamgir Khan has said that various public development schemes amounting to Rs.100 million are underway in his constituency in Peshawar. He was talking to public delegations belonging to his …
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Hakimullah Mehsud’s close associate arrested in Peshawar
DAWN.com
PESHAWAR: A close associate of Hakimullah Mehsud, chief of banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and six others have been arrested from Peshawar, DawnNews reported on Monday. Mehsud’s close associate, “Hakeem,” has been arrested along with six other …
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Peshawar police arrest 7 suspected militants
Central Asia Online
PESHAWAR – Police May 14 arrested seven suspected militants on charges of involvement in militancy during a search operation in Hayatabad, Peshawar, media reported. Police raided a house owned by Alfa Khan and detained seven men, including four …
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Khyber fighting uproots hundreds of thousands
Pakistan Daily Times
PESHAWAR: Nearly half a million Pakistanis are estimated to have fled fighting between soldiers and militia on the Afghan border with more than 264000 registered for aid, officials said on Monday. Authorities say increasing numbers of women and … <>
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David set for tussle with Maria Toor Pakay from Peshawar
Business Recorder (blog)
The 21-year-old left-hander from Peshawar overcame Emily Whitlock, the European junior champion, by 11-5, 4-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7 in a 46-minute struggle which ended in the English player’s first defeat in any competition since January.
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Illustrious Pakistani doctor inducted into Medical Hall of Fame
The Express Tribune
Dr S Amjad Hussain from Peshawar was recognised for inventing two surgical devices and a service spanning 40 years. By APP Dr S Amjad Hussain graduated from the Khyber Medical College. PHOTO: COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO WASHINGTON: Illustrious …
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Fighting in Khyber uproots hundreds of thousands
The Express Tribune
By AFP More than 500 families are arriving on a daily basis at Jalozai camp, near the northwestern city of Peshawar. PHOTO: AFP/FILE PESHAWAR: Nearly half a million people are estimated to have fled fighting between soldiers and militia on the Afghan …
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