Tag: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Call for BISP inclusion of coal miners’ widows
JI emir from Shangla has called on the government to include the widows of coal miners in income support schemes.
Rights Watch | 4 April 2023
Elderly Woman Shot Dead by Husband in Islamabad Suburbs
A woman in her late fifties was killed by her spouse while she was sleeping in...
In a rare protest, KP cops hold demos in major cities
In a rare protest, police personnel in KP took to the streets across major cities to call for an independent probe into the Peshawar bombing.
In a rare protest, KP cops hold demos in major cities
In a rare protest, police personnel in KP took to the streets across major cities to call for an independent probe into the Peshawar bombing.
Fourth Protest Against Unrest in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mohmand Tribal District
Various political parties protested against the growing unrest in Mohmand tribal district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The protesters warned the government that the effects of ongoing unrest in the tribal areas would soon be seen in Lahore and Karachi as well.
Haripur brothers shoot dead sister, cousin over ‘honour’
In another gruesome honour killing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, two brothers have shot dead their sister and maternal cousin over suspicion of illicit relations in Haripur.
Kohat court sentences man to death for daughter’s rape
A child protection court in Kohat has sentenced to death a man who sexually abused his 14-year-old daughter for four years.
Dismally low female voter turnout at various KP polling stations
Despite efforts to persuade women to vote in KP's local body elections, complaints have emerged of women being barred from doing so, resulting in a low female voter turnout.
KP mulls draft law for jirgas in merged districts but opposition calls it lip...
October 29th, 2020; By Rehan Piracha; LAHORE; The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is considering a draft law for the resolution of local issues through Jirgas in the merged tribal districts but the opposition says the draft law is an attempt to hide government negligence in the provision of infrastructure.
KP lawyers extend strike against amendments in CCP
October 26th, 2020; Bureau Report; PESHAWAR; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa lawyers have been protesting against the amendments in the Code of Civil Procedure for the last few days. The lawyers said that the changes in the law would make the life of litigants more difficult and revive the Jirga system in the province.
