SHANGLA: Awami national party won both seats of district and tehsil council in local body by-election, the election held peacefully while women turn out witnessed greatly first time. According to unofficial results of the LG by-elections ANP candidate Gulzar Khan secured 2129 votes and won the seat of district council Dandai, Shah Wali Khan of PML-N was remained runner up …

TANK: Armed assailants riding a motorbike gunned down Tank District Bar General Secretary Syed Azam Kundi Advocate in the Imamkhel Bazaar here on Monday. The killing sparked protests by the lawyers who placed the body at the busy Kashmir Chowk. The protesters chanted slogans against the district administration and the district police chief. According to police and local residents, Mr …

MINGORA: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan said on Saturday that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government was introducing a transparent and accountable system after which no ruler would dare to loot public funds like in the past. He was speaking at a meeting with elders and area people at his residence in Matta, Swat. He said that following the vision of …

UPPER KOHISTAN: A man killed four members of his family, including two girls, in the name of honour in Loter area of Upper Kohistan in wee hours on Saturday, police said. “Four people were killed by a member of their family after he witnessed them out in the fields at about 1am on Saturday,” Abdus Saboor Khan, the district police …

BISHAM: Residents of Kolai and Batera, Kohistan, have demanded of the government to stop deputy commissioner Kolai Palas Kohistan from sitting in Palas instead of Batera, which they said the previous government had formally declared as district headquarters of the district. Over 300-member jirga held a protest at Jinah Park of Bisham here on Thursday, which was attended by various …