SHAHID SHALMANI /taxonomy/term/239651 en PM visits Peshawar, meets with officials /node/1379661/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/239651">SHAHID SHALMANI</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2018-09-29 13:45</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan visited Peshawar on Friday and held meetings with key officials on a range of issues, as part of his maiden trips to provincial capitals. <br /> During his meeting with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Gov. Shah Farman, Khan “instructed that local government elections be held in KP’s settled areas and the tribal districts simultaneously,” Shaukat Yousafzai, spokesman for the province’s government, told Arab News. No date was announced for the elections. <br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2018/09/29/1325996-1224981056.jpg" width="850" height="474" alt="" title="Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed that no delay should be committed in merger of former FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (Photo courtesy: Govt of Pakistan/Twitter)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/khyber-pakhtunkhwa-kp">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 29 Sep 2018 10:49:21 +0000 wasey 1379661 at KP plans projects to boost tourism /node/1376591/lifestyle <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/239651">SHAHID SHALMANI</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2018-09-23 19:26</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has decided to establish a dedicated authority to boost tourism industry in the province.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2018/09/23/1320166-1853125618.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="The main courtyard at the Takht Bhai archaeological complex in Mardan. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/09/23/1320171-86251295.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="A view of a tourist spot developed by Tourism Corporation KP at Bishigram in Swat district. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/09/23/1320176-670626999.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="A view of a tourist spot developed by Tourism Corporation KP at Bishigram in Swat district. (AN photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle">Lifestyle</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/international-news">international news</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/latest-news-headline">latest news headline</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/khyber-pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/tourism">tourism</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sun, 23 Sep 2018 16:33:09 +0000 Sajjadkk 1376591 at Pakistan’s travel embargo puts Afghan patients at risk /node/1372916/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/239651">SHAHID SHALMANI</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2018-09-16 16:55</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: Caught between a rock and a hard place, Muallim Khan, a resident of the Dakka area in Afghanistan, says that he can neither visit a hospital in the capital nor seek treatment in neighboring Pakistan.<br /> This is because a notification issued by Peshawar earlier this week bars the entry of Afghan nationals into Pakistan during the first 10 days of Muharram. Around 3,000 Afghan nationals cross the border for reasons of employment and medical treatment every day – a number that will see a massive decline due to the new regulation.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2018/09/16/1313541-385627169.jpg" width="1474" height="868" alt="" title="An Afghan family while registering at a repatriation center in Peshawar" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/09/16/1313536-1141893244.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="Afghan boys selling parathas at their pushcart in Peshawar" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/international-news">international news</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/latest-news-english">latest news in english</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/latest-news-headlines">latest news headlines</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sun, 16 Sep 2018 14:04:23 +0000 wasey 1372916 at Pedaling into progress: Peshawar BRT introduces Pakistan’s first cycling track /node/1372531/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/239651">SHAHID SHALMANI</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2018-09-15 17:50</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: A bike-sharing scheme is to start up in the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province as part of a Bus Rapid Transit project.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2018/09/15/1312831-1572485642.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="The proposed model of the bicycle for Peshawar BRT. (Photo courtesy: TransPeshawar)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2018/09/15/1312816-1454466455.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="Construction work under way on the elevated cycling track (pointed portions on the pillars), above which the buses would ply the main BRT corridor. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/09/15/1312821-358119542.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="Construction work under way at a BRT plaza in Dabgari Gardens. The entire route would have three such. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/09/15/1312826-983657432.jpg" width="875" height="442" alt="" title="The design of the step-through bicycles to be purchased for the track. (Photo courtesy: TransPeshawar)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/international-news">international news</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/latest-news-headline">latest news headline</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/khyber-pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/cycling">cycling</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/bus-rapid-transit-project">Bus Rapid Transit project</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 15 Sep 2018 15:16:53 +0000 Sajjadkk 1372531 at For the record – Peshawar sets up first digital library /node/1370926/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/239651">SHAHID SHALMANI</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2018-09-12 12:03</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: For residents of Peshawar, this is music to their ears.</p> <p> With an aim to adapt to technological change, the city -- rich in culture and heritage and capital of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province – has decided to set up its first digital library which will house more than 12,000 Pashto songs. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2018/09/12/1309986-850938130.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="A view of the library at Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation, Peshawar center. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/09/12/1309991-1844341040.jpg" width="900" height="607" alt="" title="Music librarian at PBC, Irfan Kamal, showing one of the spools of songs. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/09/12/1309996-1148697665.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="A spool of Pashto songs from June 1970 in the library. (AN photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/international-news">international news</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/latest-news-headline">latest news headline</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/peshawar">Peshawar</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/digital-library">Digital library</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pakistan-broadcasting-corporation">Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Wed, 12 Sep 2018 09:43:20 +0000 Sajjadkk 1370926 at Peshawar’s honey market sweetens the lives of millions in the Arab world /node/1365661/food-health <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/239651">SHAHID SHALMANI</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2018-09-02 16:10</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: Peshawar’s Tarnab Farm is home to Pakistan’s biggest honey market, which exports about 4,000 tons of the commodity worth nearly Rs 2.8 billion ($0.023 billion) to Arab countries every year.<br /> Senior Vice President of the All Pakistan Beekeepers Exporters and Honey Traders Association, Sheikh Gul Bacha, told Arab News on Sunday that about 200 containers, each carrying about 20 tons of honey, are exported to various Arab states, mostly to Ƶ.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2018/09/02/1300751-1712803123.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="People in a shop selling different varieties of honey at the Pak International Honey Market. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/09/02/1300756-135517993.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="The outside view of the honey market in Peshawar. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/09/02/1300761-1703258846.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="Peshawar’s Tarnab Farm has hundreds of shops that sell locally produced honey. This picture shows just a few of them. (AN photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/main-category/lifestyle/food-health">Food &amp; Health</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/honey">Honey</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/peshawar">Peshawar</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/arab">ARab</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/international-news">international news</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/latest-news-english">latest news in english</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/latest-news-headline">latest news headline</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/food-and-health">food and health</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sun, 02 Sep 2018 13:27:22 +0000 wasey 1365661 at Students batting for peace in Pakistan’s first madrassa cricket league /node/1362606/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/239651">SHAHID SHALMANI</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2018-08-27 17:12</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: Students from Peshawar’s madrassas will compete in a national Zalmi Madrassa Cricket League to “show the world that they are agents of peace and enjoy sports,” organizers said.<br /> The competition, the first of its kind at the national level, will be held at the Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium from Aug. 28-31.<br /> The Madrassa League has been organized by Pakistan Super League T20 team Peshawar Zalmi and the World Council of Religions — a private organization working to promote interfaith harmony — and aims to promote a positive image of madrassas.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2018/08/27/1295821-105613547.jpg" width="1000" height="589" alt="" title="The Peshawar Zalmi Chairman Javed Afridi (middle), flanked by World Council of Religions representatives, at the launch ceremony for the Madrassa Cricket League. (Photo courtesy: Peshawar Zalmi)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/08/27/1295826-674801437.jpg" width="959" height="468" alt="" title="Students of madrassas at the launch ceremony for the Madrassa Cricket League. (Photo courtesy: Peshawar Zalmi)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/08/27/1295831-953076659.png" width="1000" height="975" alt="" title="Peshawar Zalmi Chairman Javed Afridi, flanked by World Council of Religions representatives, at the launch ceremony for the Madrassa Cricket League. (Photo courtesy: Peshawar Zalmi)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/khyber-pakhtunkhwa-kp">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/madrassa">madrassa</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/cricket">Cricket</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/league-0">league</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/sport">sport</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/javed-afridi">javed afridi</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/international-news">international news</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/latest-news-english">latest news in english</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/latest-news-headline">latest news headline</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Mon, 27 Aug 2018 14:22:10 +0000 wasey 1362606 at Police arrest 50 suspected arsonists in Gilgit-Baltistan /node/1362151/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/239651">SHAHID SHALMANI</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2018-08-26 15:42</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: Police have arrested 50 people suspected of arson attacks schools in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district, Inspector General Police (IGP) Sanaullah Abbasi told Arab News on Saturday.<br /> Abbasi said the arrests were made in a string of raids during the last two weeks, adding that the operation is still ongoing. <br /> On August 3, a group of unidentified attackers set fire to 12 schools in the region. While there were no casualties, since the schools were closed at the time, the incident has caused widespread panic in an area that is considered relatively peaceful.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2018/08/26/1295011-321027493.png" width="861" height="507" alt="" title="On August 3, a group of unidentified attackers set fire to 12 schools in the region. While there were no casualties, since the schools were closed at the time, the incident has caused widespread panic in an area that is considered relatively peaceful. (Photo courtesy: social media)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/gilgit-baltistan">Gilgit-Baltistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/school">School</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/arson">Arson</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/terrorism">terrorism</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/education">Education</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/international-news">international news</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/latest-news-english">latest news in english</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/latest-news-headline">latest news headline</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/diamer">Diamer</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sun, 26 Aug 2018 12:43:52 +0000 wasey 1362151 at Sheep remains buyers’ top pick in KP for Eidul Adha /node/1360456/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/239651">SHAHID SHALMANI</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2018-08-22 16:02</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: It is during the month leading up to Eidul Adha that the hustle-bustle of sales at sacrificial markets begins. Nearly 10 million animals are sacrificed in Pakistan every year on Eidul Adha, according to estimates.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2018/08/22/1291791-697488380.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="A man with his herd of sheep in Gulberg area of Peshawar Saddar. (AN photos)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/08/22/1291821-1488852978.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="A sheep market near Bacha Khan Chowk in Peshawar. (AN photos)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/08/22/1291796-1657247411.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="Aman Ullah, a trader, cleaning sheep to sell in a Peshawar market. (AN photos)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/08/22/1291801-2120144631.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="Buyer Aslam Khan (right) negotiating the price of a sheep with the owner (left) at a market in Peshawar. (AN photos)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/08/22/1291806-2050647287.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="A sheep on sale at Pajjagai Road market for 150,000 rupees. (AN photos)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/08/22/1291811-1833559294.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="Tikkas, the popular Pashtun go-to dish (Internet images)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/08/22/1291816-560928692.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="Tikkas, the popular Pashtun go-to dish (Internet images)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/international-news">international news</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/latest-news-headline">latest news headline</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/eid-al-adha">eid al-adha</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:14:38 +0000 Sajjadkk 1360456 at Peshawar police launch campaign against crystal meth /node/1358416/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/239651">SHAHID SHALMANI</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2018-08-18 15:29</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: Police in Peshawar have launched a campaign against crystal meth, or ice, and have arrested more than 40 dealers and seized 2kg of the drug in the last two days, Superintendent Javed Iqbal said on Saturday.<br /> He appealed to the public and the media to report the sale of ice and other drugs to the police. Ice is the purest and most potent form of methamphetamine. It comes as a powder or as crystals that are usually snorted, injected or smoked.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2018/08/18/1286811-1445772897.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="Superintendent Javed Iqbal (middle) addressing a press briefing on Saturday. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/08/18/1286816-240051951.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="Seized ice displayed for the media. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/08/18/1286806-1071558830.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="Police arrested more than 40 suspects for selling ice. (AN photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/peshawar">Peshawar</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/crystal-meth">crystal meth</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/international-news">international news</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/latest-news-headline">latest news headline</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/latest-news-english">latest news in english</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/drug">drug</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 18 Aug 2018 12:37:34 +0000 wasey 1358416 at KP Assembly elects PTI’s Mehmood Khan as new chief minister /node/1357526/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/239651">SHAHID SHALMANI</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2018-08-16 17:06</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) nominee Mehmood Khan was elected as the new chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) during the assembly session on Thursday.<br /> Mehmood Khan received 77 votes against the opposition candidate Mian Nisar Gul who bagged 33 votes.<br /> For the polling, the PTI-affiliated members of the assembly went to lobby number 2 and the opposition lawmakers went to lobby number 1 in the assembly hall where all the members were counted.<br /> Amjad Afridi, a dissident lawmaker of PTI, voted for opposition’s Mian Nisar Gul.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2018/08/16/1285286-144808136.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="A view of the KP Assembly session on Thursday. (AN photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/international-news">international news</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/latest-news-headline">latest news headline</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Thu, 16 Aug 2018 14:23:15 +0000 Sajjadkk 1357526 at Azadi March convoy leaves Peshawar for Hazara /node/1356271/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/239651">SHAHID SHALMANI</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2018-08-14 17:08</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: Fifty vehicles set off from Peshawar for the picturesque Hazara division on August 13. They are taking part in the Azadi March to celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day. The rally was inaugurated by KP ministers Atif Khan and Shahram Khan as it set off from the motorway interchange. Twenty mountain bikes joined the convoy at Hassanabdal.<br /> Shahram Khan said that KP has many tourist attractions and the new government, led by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, would try to develop as many as possible to increase the income generated from them.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2018/08/14/1282891-2028122423.jpg" width="1100" height="648" alt="" title="Vehicles participating in Azadi March rally leave Peshawar. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/08/14/1282881-516468431.png" width="1200" height="707" alt="" title="Vehicles participating in Azadi March rally leave Peshawar. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/08/14/1282886-241502598.jpg" width="1100" height="648" alt="" title="Newly elected members of the provincial assembly Atif Khan and Shahram Khan, who inaugurated the event. (AN photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/independence">independence</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-independence-2018">Pakistan Independence 2018</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/international-news">international news</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/latest-news-english">latest news in english</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/latest-news-headlines">latest news headlines</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Tue, 14 Aug 2018 14:13:11 +0000 wasey 1356271 at 31 new check posts form security belt around Peshawar /node/1355056/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/239651">SHAHID SHALMANI</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2018-08-12 13:25</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: While the Pakistan Army is fencing the country’s western border with Afghanistan to stop cross-border infiltrations by militants, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police has completed the set-up of 31 bomb-proof check posts around Peshawar.<br /> The work to build this security belt started in March and the aim was to fortify and protect Peshawar from militant attacks launched from the tribal districts.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2018/08/12/1280411-1626286980.jpg" width="1100" height="648" alt="" title="Police stand guard at one of the bomb-proof check posts set up at the boundary of the KP capital Peshawar. (Photo courtesy: Peshawar police)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/08/12/1280421-1596637942.jpg" width="1500" height="884" alt="" title="Police stand guard at one of the bomb-proof check posts set up at the boundary of the KP capital Peshawar. (Photo courtesy: Peshawar police)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/08/12/1280426-842093149.jpg" width="1200" height="707" alt="" title="Police stand guard at one of the bomb-proof check posts set up at the boundary of the KP capital Peshawar. (Photo courtesy: Peshawar police)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sun, 12 Aug 2018 10:36:52 +0000 wasey 1355056 at KP government bans transport of cattle to Afghanistan ahead of Eid Al-Adha /node/1353991/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/239651">SHAHID SHALMANI</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2018-08-10 11:49</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: The provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has launched a crackdown on the illegal transport of cattle to Afghanistan, in an attempt to control the rising price of livestock in local markets in the run-up to Eid Al-Adha.<br /> Teams have been sent to the Takhta Beg checkpoint in the Jamrud subdivision of the tribal district to prevent the smuggling of animals, said Syed Masoom Ali Shah, director of the KP Directorate of Livestock and Diary Development.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2018/08/10/1278511-976895269.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="The Kala Mandi cattle market in Peshawar. (AN photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/peshawar">Peshawar</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/eid-al-adha">eid al-adha</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/khyber-pakhtunkhwa-kp">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Fri, 10 Aug 2018 08:55:01 +0000 wasey 1353991 at Youngest-ever Pakistani lawmaker vows to work for youth and empowerment of women /node/1352691/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/239651">SHAHID SHALMANI</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2018-08-07 23:15</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: Dr. Sumera Shams broke a few stereoptypes on the way to becoming the youngest elected politicians in the history of Pakistan. The 26-year old, a member of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) who will soon take her seat in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly, said she aims to help others to do likewise by working in her new position to help the nation’s youth and empower women.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2018/08/07/1276046-1938978849.jpg" width="900" height="809" alt="" title="Dr. Sumera Shams, a 26-year-old member of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf from Lower Dir, is the youngest person ever to win a seat in Pakistan. (Photo courtesy: social media)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/latest-news-headlines">latest news headlines</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/international-news">international news</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Tue, 07 Aug 2018 20:23:39 +0000 Sajjadkk 1352691 at