Twenty police personnel from Balochistan’s Rakhshan division have been abducted while traveling home on leave, according to police officials. The incident has raised fresh concern over road safety in the province. All 20 men were undergoing training at the Police Training Center in Qalat. They had been given leave and were returning to their homes when they were taken. How the Balochistan Police Kidnapped Incident Unfolded The recruits were traveling in a private passenger van and heading toward Noshki. Their route ran from Kalat through Sarband, which lies between the two districts. Police said the van was intercepted within the…
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BEIJING/KABUL: China has declined to open the Wakhan Corridor to Afghanistan, holding firm that its border will stay closed until its security concerns are addressed. The decision is a significant setback for the Taliban regime, which had hoped for a new trade link with its eastern neighbour. The report comes from the Afghan outlet Atlas Press News Agency. It also points to a wider problem: the threat of terrorism emanating from Afghan soil under the Taliban regime has affected the security of neighbouring countries. According to the Afghan publication, Beijing did not attend the opening ceremony for the Wakhan road.…
PESHAWAR: Families who lost children in the Peshawar school tragedy received financial relief on Friday, as the Deputy Commissioner of Peshawar personally delivered compensation cheques to their homes. The visit followed a special directive from the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In total, cheques worth Rs19 million were distributed among the parents of the martyred children to support them financially during this difficult time. Deputy Commissioner Spends the Day With Bereaved Families The Deputy Commissioner did not limit the visit to a formal handover. He met the affected families one by one, listened to them, and shared in their sorrow. Officials…
Families of the children who died when a school roof came down in Peshawar demanded “justice”, a day after the tragedy claimed more than 30 young lives. The Peshawar school collapse killed a woman teacher and 34 students on Thursday morning, most of them younger than 14. Dozens of mourners gathered outside the building on Friday to remember the victims. Officials have blamed the disaster on dilapidated infrastructure. “The parents of all these children must receive justice,” said Muhammad Wahab, a tailor who lost his 11-year-old nephew, Hammad. Speaking to AFP, he appealed directly to the country’s rulers and recalled…
LAHORE: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Friday that a certain political party chief was “deeply upset” because he was kept out of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governorship and the governor’s rule setup. The remarks add fuel to the growing debate over KP governor’s rule, which has divided the political class since it was imposed. Speaking informally to journalists in Lahore, Naqvi did not name the politician. He claimed, however, that the leader had depended on the establishment’s backing for decades to stay relevant in politics. “Such was his situation that even the air tickets for his political party were arranged…
KAKUL: Pakistan will not tolerate any cross-border aggression or breach of its frontiers, Commander National Strategic Command (CNSC) General Syed Aamer Raza said on Saturday. His message on Pakistan border security came during the passing out ceremony at the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) in Kakul. “Safeguarding the territorial integrity of our motherland is absolute and unyielding,” he said. Four Courses Graduate at PMA Kakul Gen Raza was the chief guest at the ceremony, which brought together four graduating batches: the 154th PMA Long Course, the 39th Technical Graduate Course, the 73rd Integrated Course, and the 28th Lady Cadet Course. In…
Two senior Vietnam Embassy officials visited Khyber Network in Pakistan, accompanied by Syed Usman Tahir, Advisor to the Federal Culture Minister of Pakistan. The visit was organised in collaboration with the Pakistan Creative Economy Culture & Trade Council (PCECTC), which Mr. Tahir founded. The visiting Vietnam Embassy officials were Mr. Truong Van Thang, Deputy Head of Mission, and Mr. Nguyen Thanh Duc, First Secretary in the embassy’s Political/Economic Section. Syed Usman Tahir stayed with the delegation throughout the meeting, tying the visit directly to the council’s work on culture, trade and the creative economy. Kaiwan Hamid Raja, Executive Director of…
An official report on the security situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa says the province recorded 3,767 terrorist incidents during the tenure of Chief Minister Suhail Afridi’s government. The attacks left 1,149 people dead and 2,595 injured. The KP terrorism report was prepared against the backdrop of the emergency and governor’s rule imposed in the province. The Human Toll Behind the Numbers Among the dead were 550 personnel of the security forces and law enforcement agencies, along with 599 civilians. The injured include 1,704 security personnel and 891 civilians. The report treats these figures as a central part of its assessment of…
A new report claims that the PTI-Led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government weakened the KP private schools law only two weeks after it came into force. According to sources, a provision that let authorities close or seal non-compliant schools was replaced with a simple fine. What the Original Law Said The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Private Schools Regulatory Authority Act was issued on June 9, 2017. Under Section 22, every private school in the province had to register with the Authority to keep operating. Sub-section 22(4) gave the Authority real enforcement power. It could seal or shut down any private school that failed to…
QUETTA: Ali Madad Jatak, a lawmaker in Balochistan Assembly, delivered a forceful Balochistan Assembly speech on the floor of the provincial house, criticising what was described as systemic injustice and tribal high-handedness. The legislator spoke about violence against women and ordinary citizens in several districts, including Khuzdar, Qalat and Wad. Cases Raised in the Balochistan Assembly Speech During an exchange with the Speaker, the legislator brought up sensitive cases, among them the victimisation of Asma Jatak and the daughter of Abdul Sattar Nichari. The lawmaker also criticised the long history of abuse of power by tribal elites, nawabs and sardars,…
