Charsadda, Pakistan News

Tuesday, January 05, 2010 Riaz Khan Daudzai PESHAWAR: The NWFP in general and the provincial metropolis in particular continued to face energy crisis on Monday as about 550 petrol pumps went dry and over 426 gas stations could not provide CNG for sometimes because of the 11-hour-long power outages.

Sharing the report, Dr Salahuddin, who is a member of Aurat Foundation's committee on violence against women, said 233 cases were registered in different police stations in NWFP while 37 were unregistered and there was no evidence of FIR in the remaining 58 cases.

Sunday, January 03, 2010 By our correspondent PESHAWAR: A group of sugar seekers on Saturday fired gunshots and beat up a salesman at a Utility Stores Corporation outlet in Tehkal locality on the University Road.

Friday, December 25, 2009 By our correspondent PESHAWAR: The Bank of Khyber opened an Islamic banking facility in the city, raising the number of such branches to 17 across the country.

Saturday, December 26, 2009 By Riaz Khan Daudzai PESHAWAR: Already overburdened, the commuters on Friday had to pay 100 per cent extra fare as CNG stations observed the second gas holiday across the province.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Riaz Khan Daudzai PESHAWAR: The 426 gas stations in Peshawar region will again stop selling compressed natural gas from Thursday as part of the two-day holiday announced by Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited .

Alam Zeb, a resident of Tangi area of Charsadda and a relative of the missing persons, had filed a habeas corpus petition in the high court seeking their whereabouts and release from detention of the security forces.

Few outlets continue flouting curtailment plan Friday, December 18, 2009 Bureau report PESHAWAR: The general public and commuters faced hardships here Thursday in reaching their workplaces and destinations due to the non-supply of gas to the CNG stations while some of the gas stations continued flouting the curtailment plan and kept selling the ...

The writer says that Karachi based businessmen were treated particularly nicely, but this is fallacious as the list for Karachi includes Lahore and Sindh.

Thursday, December 17, 2009 By Arshad Dogar LAHORE: The Punjab Home Department has warned the IGP Punjab and all divisional intelligence committees in the province that the TTP might kill some important personalities and attack police offices in the Charsadda district of the NWFP in the near future.

Friday, December 11, 2009 Our correspondent Islamabad The Free and Fair Election Network on Wednesday called for the immediate announcement of a date for local government elections, urging the government to end the uncertainty that shrouds the future of the local government system.

Sunday, December 13, 2009 Bureau report PESHAWAR: A number of CNG stations have been closed because of the low pressure while gas supply to several localities in the provincial metropolis and other areas of the NWFP remained suspended on Saturday.

By Ijaz Kakakhel ISLAMABAD: To ensure smooth flow of heavy traffic from Peshawar to Afghanistan and onwards, the government has planned Peshawar Northern Bypass with enhanced expenditure of Rs 9.6 billion, sources told Daily Times here on Friday.

Govt departments yet to furnish information Saturday, December 05, 2009 Riaz Khan Daudzai PESHAWAR: The NWFP government's bid to gather data on its employees having pro-militant leanings hasn't made any headway as the information that was supposed to be gathered in a week has yet to be furnished even after 40 days.

Charsadda, Pakistan - A suicide car bomb tore through a crowded shopping street in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 32 people in the third militant attack to strike the nuclear-armed country in as many days.

Thursday, December 03, 2009 Bureau report PESHAWAR: The Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court Wednesday notified postings and transfers of 13 judicial officials with immediate effect.

Real leaders are always brave and live and die with their followers. After the bomb blast at Wali Bagh, Asfandyar Wali has never been sighted in public gatherings in NWFP.

People stay indoors, fairs not held for bombing scare Tuesday, December 01, 2009 Nisar Mahmood PESHAWAR: Eidul Azha was celebrated with religious zeal and fervour, but with utmost simplicity across the NWFP, as the faithful avoided holding Eid 'melas' and exchanging greetings.

The Washington Post reports that the White House is seeking to bring Pakistan into a new strategic partnership that would increase trade and military cooperation between the two nations.

Islamabad, Nov 26 Several people were wounded Thursday, among them two policemen, for a bomb explosion near a private school in Peshawar, northeastern Pakistan.