Khyber-pakhtunkhwa Province

Pakistan has decided to pay USD 2.58 million to the families of five Chinese nationals killed in March when a suicide bomber targeted their vehicle in the troubled northwestern province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, according to a media report today.

Declaring that it would form the government both at the centre as well as in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces, Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party on Saturday asked the election commission to announce complete results by midnight or f

At least six security personnel were killed and seven others injured on Thursday in two separate attacks by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan's restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, officials said.

A local leader of the jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party was shot dead in Pakistan's restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, a day after an independent candidate contesting for the February 8 elections was killed in a similar incident.

India has expressed its concerns to Pakistan over a Buddha statue being smashed into pieces with a sledgehammer in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, and asked Islamabad to ensure the protection of the cultural heritage of minorities.

Several school students in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province reportedly fell ill and were taken to hospital after being administered anti-polio drops during a nation-wide campaign on Monday, sparking violent protests by the parents and relatives

Flight operations have been suspended across major airports in Pakistan's Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces on Wednesday in the wake of the escalating tensions between Pakistan and India, according to a media report.

Residents in the earthquake-prone Balakot town in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province said on Thursday that they were woken by "loud explosions" and thought a fresh earthquake must have hit the region when Indian Air Force jets destroyed a large terror training camp.

For the third time in succession, Pakistan goes to the polls on July 25 to elect both the new parliament (called in Pakistan the National Assembly) and the four provincial assemblies of Punjab, Sind, Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP, known to Indian readers more by its previous name, North-West Frontier Province - NWFP).

Following reports of Sikhs being forced to convert to Islam by a government official in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said India will take up the matter at the highest level in the Pakistan government.

Pakistan has big plans to export donkeys to China. The government in Pakistan has planned a billion-rupree 'Donkey Development Program' and wants to attract Chinese investment so that they can sell it back to them. They have already selected a region in the northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province for this purpose. According to the plan, step one i...

A nine-member investigation team on Tuesday visited the site of the crash of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-661 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in which all 48 people onboard were killed.

Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has allocated Rs 300 million in its budget to a madrassa known as the 'University of Jihad' and having top Afghan Taliban leaders among its alumni, including its former chief Mullah Omar.

Polling booths for women in local elections in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province were deserted on Saturday following an unannounced ban on women voters.

The government of Pakistan's restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday announced a bounty worth US $ 100,000 for information leading to the arrest or death of the Pakistani Taliban chief, officials said.

Pakistan has decided to pay USD 2.58 million to the families of five Chinese nationals killed in March when a suicide bomber targeted their vehicle in the troubled northwestern province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, according to a media report today.

Declaring that it would form the government both at the centre as well as in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces, Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party on Saturday asked the election commission to announce complete results by midnight or f

At least six security personnel were killed and seven others injured on Thursday in two separate attacks by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan's restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, officials said.

A local leader of the jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party was shot dead in Pakistan's restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, a day after an independent candidate contesting for the February 8 elections was killed in a similar incident.

India has expressed its concerns to Pakistan over a Buddha statue being smashed into pieces with a sledgehammer in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, and asked Islamabad to ensure the protection of the cultural heritage of minorities.

Several school students in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province reportedly fell ill and were taken to hospital after being administered anti-polio drops during a nation-wide campaign on Monday, sparking violent protests by the parents and relatives

Flight operations have been suspended across major airports in Pakistan's Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces on Wednesday in the wake of the escalating tensions between Pakistan and India, according to a media report.

Residents in the earthquake-prone Balakot town in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province said on Thursday that they were woken by "loud explosions" and thought a fresh earthquake must have hit the region when Indian Air Force jets destroyed a large terror training camp.

For the third time in succession, Pakistan goes to the polls on July 25 to elect both the new parliament (called in Pakistan the National Assembly) and the four provincial assemblies of Punjab, Sind, Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP, known to Indian readers more by its previous name, North-West Frontier Province - NWFP).

Following reports of Sikhs being forced to convert to Islam by a government official in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said India will take up the matter at the highest level in the Pakistan government.

Pakistan has big plans to export donkeys to China. The government in Pakistan has planned a billion-rupree 'Donkey Development Program' and wants to attract Chinese investment so that they can sell it back to them. They have already selected a region in the northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province for this purpose. According to the plan, step one i...

A nine-member investigation team on Tuesday visited the site of the crash of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-661 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in which all 48 people onboard were killed.

Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has allocated Rs 300 million in its budget to a madrassa known as the 'University of Jihad' and having top Afghan Taliban leaders among its alumni, including its former chief Mullah Omar.

Polling booths for women in local elections in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province were deserted on Saturday following an unannounced ban on women voters.

The government of Pakistan's restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday announced a bounty worth US $ 100,000 for information leading to the arrest or death of the Pakistani Taliban chief, officials said.