Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa

Protesters call for government action to bring about peace in the tribal area.

LAKKI MARWAT: On Friday, unidentified gunmen opened fire close to the Pahar Khel Thal town in the Lakki Marwat area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, killing a police officer and his colleague (K-P)

LAKKI MARWAT: On Saturday night, terrorists attacked a police station in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber-Pakhunkhwa (K-P), killing yet another police policeman.

Those who pose a threat to Pakistan’s security, according to Prime Minister, will have nowhere to hide.

Mahmood Jan, the deputy speaker of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) assembly, was apparently the target of gunfire on Friday in the Shagai neighbourhood of Peshawar, although he was unharmed.

An announcement made late on Tuesday night by the military’s media wing claimed that the elite commandos of the army had ended a three-day hostage situation by killing 25 terrorists who had taken control of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in Bannu. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the militants’ attempt to flee the facility after their demand for a safe passage to Afghanistan was denied was thwarted by the soldiers from the Special Service Group (SSG).

Today will be a closed day for all public and private educational institutions in the area.
BANNU: On Tuesday, the hostage situation at the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in Khyber-Bannu Pakhtunkhwa’s district entered its third day as negotiations to end the standoff with the militants stalled.

Chief Minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Mahmood khan, officially broke ground on three massive development projects in Peshawar that are part of the KPCIP (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Project), which is expected to cost $4 billion to complete.

Mohammad Akram Khan Durrani, the head of the opposition in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, demanded Tuesday that Chief Minister Mahmood Khan clarify his stance on the Pakistan Tehreek-i- Insaf’s intentions to dissolve the assembly. He insisted that the province’s economic and security conditions are deteriorating due to political uncertainty.