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Father Tells Heartbreaking Story Of Losing Two Children In Swat Tragedy

MARDAN: A man from Mardan recounted the tragic incident at the Swat River last week, which claimed at least 16 lives — including his two children, 12-year-old Daniyal and 6-year-old Ishaal. Naseer Ahmed told of his ordeal as he and other people around him were helpless to pull the 17 people of two families from Sialkot and Mardan from the…

Birth Registration Of Girls Remains Low

Majority of women and girls have no legal existence in the official systems PESHAWAR: Where limited access to registration centers, particularly in remote and underserved areas, can partly explain the low birth registration rate for girls in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the social bias that confines women to the four walls of the…

KP Government to Outsource Management of 24 Underperforming Hospitals

PESHAWAR: In a major step towards healthcare reform, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to outsource the management of 24 underperforming hospitals across 18 districts to the private sector. The initiative, announced by Special Advisor on Health Ihtesham Ali, aims to improve service delivery while maintaining free treatment under government…
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Thalassemia Carriers Passing Disease To Children

PESHAWAR: Chairman of Frontier Foundation, Sahibzada Muhammad Haleem, has said that a lack of awareness about genetic diseases, delayed and limited access to screening and treatment, and the high rate of consanguineous marriages significantly increase the risk of thalassemia and other hereditary disorders. He said that eliminating thalassemia, a genetic…
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Two Arrested In Boy Murder Case

CHAKDARRA: Police arrested two teenage boys for their alleged involvement in the brutal murder of a seven-year-old child in Badwan here, officials said on 09 September. District Police Officer (DPO) Abdul Salam Khalid said the child, identified as Aafnan, went missing from Toro Gato village and was later found dead…
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Daycare Centre Opens at BKU

CHARSADDA: A Daycare Centre was inaugurated on September 09 at Bacha Khan University, Charsadda. Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Khan Alam cut the ribbon to mark the opening of the facility. The faculty members, administrative officers, and students attended the ceremony. The vice chancellor said that the establishment of the Daycare…
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Traffic Mismanagement: Abbottabad Tragedy Exposes Systemic Flaws

ABBOTTABAD: A recent accident on the Karakoram Highway (KKH) in which a dumper crushed a group of schoolchildren has once again laid bare the systemic failures of the traffic management, where rampant negligence, alleged corruption, and revenue-driven policing continue to overshadow public safety. Three students, including two sisters, were killed…
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Body of Missing Child Found in Chakdara

CHAKDARA: The body of a nine-year-old boy, who had been missing since September 06, was recovered from a nearby mountain in the Badwan area of Chakdara on Sunday. The body of 9-year-old Afaan was shifted to Chakdara Hospital for post-mortem examination after being informed by the local residents. According to…
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Probe Into Alleged Irregularities at BISE Swat Sought

MINGORA: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-Parliamentarians (PTIP) provincial Vice Chairman Aziz-ul-Haq on September 07 asked the National Accountability Bureau and the Anti-Corruption Establishment to launch an investigation into the alleged irregularities at the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Swat. Speaking at a press conference, he alleged that the BISE Swat had…
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CM Orders For Taking Urgent Anti-dengue Steps In KP

PESHAWAR: Taking notice of the potential spread of dengue fever following the recent spell of rains in the province, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Tuesday directed all concerned departments to launch emergency anti-dengue measures without any delay. An official handout said that the Chief Minister’s Secretariat had…
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Another Case Surfaces in KP as Polio Drive Kicks Off in Balochistan

ISLAMABAD/QUE­TTA: As a new polio case was found in Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, taking the total number of cases detected this year to 24, a week-long special anti-polio campaign was launched in 26 of the 36 districts of Balochistan on 1st September amid tight security. The latest polio case involved…
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Climate Action Board Approved In K-P

PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly on September 02 approved four important pieces of legislation, including the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Climate Action Board Bill 2025 and the Ease of Doing Business Bill 2025, marking a significant step toward strengthening climate governance and creating a more investment-friendly environment in the province. The passage of…
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