Taliban set free Canadian journalist's interpreter

PESHAWAR: His eyes glistened with a glimmer of hope when he was submitting examination fee Monday, just two days after his release from the captivity of the militants in North Waziristan where he languished for about eight months since he was kidnapped along with a Canadian...

Marrying for a tent or tent for marriage

Khalid Kheshgi   PESHAWAR: Dawood Shah, 22, is probably the first displaced person at Katcha Garhi camp Peshawar to tie the knot today (Friday) but he is worried about his nuptial night as his eight-member family has a single tent in the tented...

Not food but blood for a displaced person

Khalid KheshgiPESHAWAR: Having undergone two major surgeries, Ajab Khan, the father of two thalassaemic children, is too weak to run after relief items meant for internally displaced persons at the largest makeshift camp for the IDPs from Bajaur and Swat at Katcha Garhi...

Displaced people in Pakistan want package for rehabilitation

Khalid KheshgiPESHAWAR: Majority of the internally displaced people (IDPs) at the Katcha Garhi camp are eager to go back to their respective areas, but want the government and donor agencies to announce a comprehensive rehabilitation package for them before they could return...

Taliban making bargain on kidnapped journalist

PESHAWAR: Taliban militants holding the Canadian woman journalist, Khadija Abdul Qahaar, in North Waziristan tribal region Wednesday threatened to kill her if their demands were not met by the end of March.The Canadian government, it may be mentioned here, has reportedly...

Canadian journalist's fate at stake

Canadian govt refuses to negotiate with kidnappers of journalist Published 16-03-2009 Mushtaq Yusufzai <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />PESHAWAR: The Canadian government has reportedly refused to either negotiate with Taliban militants or pay them any ransom for the...

Displaced persons want go back to hometown in Pak tribal areas

Khalid Kheshgi   <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />PESHAWAR: For an elderly woman from Bajaur, Kacha Garhi camp in the provincial metropolis is nothing more than a cursed abode as compared to her native Bajaur, which, she said, was blessed with lush green fields,...

Pakhtun nationalists suffer a lot in war on terror in Pakistan

Khalid Kheshgi   PESHAWAR: The Pakhtun nationalist Awami National Party has become the major victim of terrorism for its open war against militants in the North West Frontier Province since came into power in the province after 2008 general elections.   The last...

Wealth is still a way to Senate in Pakistan

Khalid Kheshgi   PESHAWAR: Elected to the Senate of Pakistan in independent capacity in 2003, the outgoing Senators Gulzar Ahmad Khan and his son Waqar Ahmad Khan, also Federal Minister for Investment, are fortunate enough to win tickets from the ruling Pakistan...

Taliban beheads kidnapped Polish engineer in Pakistan

Khalid Kheshgi PESHAWAR: Pakistani Taliban based at the gun-manufacturing Darra Adamkhel town Saturday claimed to have beheaded a Polish engineer Peter Stanczak, whom they have kidnapped on September 28, 2008...

Taliban warns 'No female education' in Swat, Pakistan

400 private schools in Swat shut down girls’ classes  PESHAWAR: About 400 private schools in Swat have announced to abandon girls’ education in their institutes in the wake of the deadline (Jan 15) given by the militants to discontinue the practice, depriving more...

No clue of kidnapped Canadian journalist

Khalid KheshgiPESHAWAR: Alleged kidnappers of a Canadian journalist and her two local assistants have reportedly demanded release of their detained colleagues from Bagram jail in Afghanistan in exchange for release of the three captives.The Canadian journalist was kidnapped...

Ji Shakes Hand With Pro-Musharraf Forces in Buner, Pakistan

Khalid Kheshgi   PESHAWAR: Nine candidates including a Pakistan Peoples Party’s dissident remained in the contest for NA-28 Buner on the final day of withdrawal of nomination papers Friday while the Jamiat Ulema Islam-F got the MMA electoral symbol for...

Taliban Posing Threats to Nato Supply Line in Pakistan

Khalid KheshgiPESHAWAR: Strengthening their presence and activities on Peshawar-Torkham Road in Jamrud and Landikotal tehsils of Khyber Agency, militants affiliated with the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been posing a serious threat to...

WHY PAKHTUNKHWA?

NWFP or Pakhtunkhwa?Wajih Abbasi (Daily The Post)The North West Frontier Province was established in 1901 by detaching the districts of Peshawar, Dera Ismail Khan and Hazara from the then extended province of Punjab. It should be noted that the capital of the British Indian...

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