Most parts of Bara no-go areas for candidates

PESHAWAR, April 11: An election appellate tribunal on Thursday issued show cause notice to former president Pervez Musharraf, directing him to explain through his lawyer why his nomination papers should not be rejected for NA-32, Chitral over ...

THE last time Noorul Haq Qadri went to his native constituency in Landi Kotal, in the Khyber tribal region, was some three and a half months ago. He has filed his nomination papers to seek re-election from NA-45 in the coming elections, but is not ...

PESHAWAR: As the Pakistan army battles the combined forces of the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) and the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) in the Tirah valley, the people who call this battleground home have little choice but to flee for their lives. One such ...

PESHAWAR, April 8: With the nation focused on next month's electoral battle, security forces have taken their heaviest toll in one of the bloodiest and most difficult operations in Tirah Valley, according to security officials. They said heavy ...

The selective outrage of Pakistan’s hyper-nationalist lobby never fails to amaze me. One of the favorite terms employed by the ‘ghairat brigade’ is ‘sovereignty’ of Pakistan. Be it the Raymond Davis affair, the OBL raid or the attack on ...

PESHAWAR: Bara Road, the main route linking Khyber Agency to Peshawar, was reopened after more than three years. The road was closed for traffic since September 2009 when military operations against Mangal Bagh's Lashkar-e-Islam began. The ...

FP chiefs Summer House occupied by rebels Ihsan Dawar PESHAWAR: At least ten militants are told to have been killed and many more injured when two banned outfits of militants opened fire over each other after exchange of harsh words in the restive ...

PESHAWAR: Pakistan is stepping up an offensive to dislodge the Taliban from a key stronghold in an effort to safeguard May's general election and crack down on militants behind a wave of attacks. The northwestern Tirah Valley, hemmed in by steep ...