Swat summer festival

MINGORA, May 20: The fate of over 2,000 Special Police Force (SPF) personnel in Malakand hangs in the balance as their contract will end in June 2013, while funds shortage is stated to be a stumbling block in the way of their regularisation.

MINGORA, May 19: Central senior vice president of Pakistan Muslim League-N Engr Ameer Muqam has claimed that though the PML-N is in a position to form the government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it will respect the mandate of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf.

MINGORA, May 16: Prolonged power outages and uncertain law and order situation in Swat have forced closure of 250 of over 300 silk mills in past few years. Speaking to media persons, Swat Silk Owners Association (SSOA) chairman Khalid Khan said that ...

ndle PESHAWAR/MINGORA, May 16: Unidentified gunmen on Thursday killed the driver of a Nato trailer and injusred his helper on Ring Road here in limits of Peshtakhara police station.Injured Akbar Ali told local police that he couldn't identify ...

MINGORA, May 15: The residents of Madyan, Swat, blocked road and observed shutdown in protest against the killing of a student here on Wednesday. Police and those at school claimed that Mohammad Farooq of Koz Kalley was walking through the ground of ...

MINGORA, Pakistan, May 11 -- This year, religious symbolism and calls for unity have reached unprecedented levels, with politically motivated campaigns and furious violence marring national and provincial elections. Both right- and left-wing groups ...

MINGORA/BATKHELA, May 12: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf swept the elections in Swat valley and Malakand protected area belying the predictions of political pundits about the region. In Swat, the PTI grabbed two national assembly seats and five out of ...

PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif addresses a public meeting in Mingora, Swat. — Dawn Photo Reproduced below is the Information Technology and e-Government section of PML-N's 110-page Manifesto. It's definitely an ambitious and well thought-out plan, and ...

MINGORA, May 6: Awami National Party on Monday claimed credit for restoration of peace in Swat valley. Addressing a news conference at Swat Press Club here, ANP provincial president Senator Afrasiab Khattak said his party's provincial government had ...