Five Afghan citizens have been detained on murder charges in the capital of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said on Sunday. Haji Ahmad, Aziz, Rafiullah, Ahmad and Hashmat were detained while planning to escape to Afghanistan, Faqirabad…
Afghan students have been awarded certificates on completing the Zero Semester Programme at a leading institute in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar. The certificate-awarding ceremony was followed by a farewell dinner for the Afghan students at the Institute…
Relations with Afghanistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party, fears a senior Pakistani politician. Led by former cricket legend Imran Khan, PTI has emerged as the largest party in the July 25 general election, It is poised to establish governments in…
Six members of an Afghan family have been shot dead in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar. The killings resulted from an exchange of gunfire between two families in the Mata Bachay area in the limits of the Inqilab…
UNHCR has procured high-tech machines worth Rs710 million ($6.2million) for the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital here to support free treatment for needy patients, including Afghan refugees. The UN agency said it would provide radiotherapy machines, software and…
KABUL’s northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, media reports said. Additional Inspector General (AIG) (Headquarters) Ashraf Noor was in his car when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-rigged bike into his police vehicle, killing him and one body guard. Six…
KABUL’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Saturday urged joint efforts by the two countries to meet challenges and establish everlasting peace in the region. Abdul Waheed Poyan expressed optimism that the ongoing tension between Afghanistan and Pakistan would be resolved. The diplomat…
KABUL’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, an official said on Sunday. The triple murder took place after Friday’s prayers in Gange area of the metropolis, an Afghan refugee, Azizullah, told Pajhwok Afghan News. Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a seminary in…
During the past two week, 1,200 Afghan citizens living unlawfully in the capital of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have been arrested. The 1,200 illegal Afghans were detained in different parts of Peshawar over a period of two…
KABUL’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has discussed with officials of the Northwest General Hospital problems being faced by Afghan patients. The Afghanistan Consulate in Peshawar in a statement said Consul General Dr. Abdullah Wahid Poyan on Monday held a meeting with…
At least 21 people were killed on Wednesday morning when heavy gunfire and explosions rocked the Bacha Khan University in the Charsadda district of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said. Rescue and police sources claimed seeing the…
KABUL and asked for the arrest of the perpetrators. The consulate official, Humayun Yousafzai, escaped unhurt in the predawn gun assault on his house in Peshawar’s posh neighbourhood of University Town. In a statement, the ministry denounced the attack and…
The residence of an Afghan consulate official came under attack in northwestern Pakistan in the wee hours of Friday, police said. But the consulate official, Humayun Yousafzai, escaped unhurt in the predawn gun assault on his house in…
Some more than 6,000 Afghan patients visit Rahman Medical Institute (RMI), one of the most expensive one in Peshawar, the capital of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, every month, it is learnt. Lacking health facilities and quality medicines in…
