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The crackdown on Islamic militants/Taliban has taken a new turn as local tribesmen in the Orakzai Agency, near the northwestern town of Hangu in Pakistan, have started to make effective measures of control against armed terrorists. In a latest incident,...
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Since the rise of Islamic militants/Taliban in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in Pakistan, the crime of kidnapping for ransom has grown beyond bounds. In the northwestern district of Hangu,...
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The popular and eagerly-awaited festival of Eid is only a couple of days ahead and the bustle has started interfering with the routine life in many places, including banks. All the banks in the University of Peshawar, and many of those working outside...
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It has been a week now since the Grid station in Mingora, Swat (Northern Pakistan) was blown up by local Taliban, shutting down the electric power supply to about 70% of the whole of Swat Valley. The blasts were made with remotely controlled bombs in...
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It has been well over a month since the shortest and most frequently used road between Peshawar and Hangu, leading through the tribal area of Darra Adam Khel, was closed due to a military operation against Islamic militants/Taliban.
The road passes...
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Last week, I took my friend and colleague Asher Samuel (shown in the photo) to Khyber Teaching hospital when he got severe diarrhea with blood in stool. Asher had supped at the Teacher’s Mess in the university’s canteen, generally called the STC. ...
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July 17, 2008 (Hangu, Pakistan)
During the renewed operation against Taliban and associated Islamic militants in the NWFP’s town of Hangu, a frightened dog named Gubba fled her home last night after showing frantic behavior in response to the reports...
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The soothing quiet of the university, formerly witnessed in a typical day on campus, is now almost gone on the rocks and the dominant cause happens be to the noise made by cell phones. Since the year 2003, cell phone has become the most prevalent item...
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The stereotyped view of a bachelor as a potential threat to families in the neighborhood continues to grow as Peshawar city is increasingly being stressed under the torrents of students and workforce coming to the city from many parts of the province....
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July 4, 2008 (Peshawar, Pakistan)
The hoax of faculty development at the National Center of Excellence in Geology (NCEG), University of Peshawar is coming to light as the cold war between their faculty members is entering the stage of physical...
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