Peshawar, Pakistan News

Strongly opposing the proposed tax on agriculture sector, the growers' body has demanded the government to review the decision and exempt agriculture sector and agri inputs from any kind of tax to extend maximum relief to farmers across the country.

According to an inquiry report issued following the directives of Peshawar High Court, patients were treated with infected instruments during their dialysis due to which they were stricken by hepatitis.

PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf led government has presented a welfare oriented budget in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with special focus on reforms in education, health and police departments besides ending the VIP culture.

An injured man is wheeled into a Peshawar hospital on a stretcher. Inside others are treated for their wounds.

True to his promise to continue disclosing NSA secrets, Edward Snowden has now revealed to the Guardian that the agency intercepted the communications of former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and other world leaders in 2009.

A bomb attack killed 10 people, including a provincial lawmaker, and wounded more than 40 others at a funeral in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, police said.

The Peshawar High Court Peshawar has stopped the National Institute of Management Sciences functioning while endorsing the decision of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council directing that all the students of the NIMS be adjusted in the private sector medical colleges under the supervision of PM&DC within 15 days in line with all the legal ... (more)

Germany has promised to stand by the new government in Pakistan and respects the mandate of the Pakistani people Germany and Pakistan have maintained a cordial relationship since the late 1940s.

Dafdar Khan, an Afghan refugee in Pakistan since 1981, with one of his grandchildren outside his mud-brick home in the Khazana Camp in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The total outlay of the budget is Rs 334 billion, a 13.5 percent increase over the revenue receipts of the outgoing fiscal and it includes Rs 118 billion annual development programme.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas says he will resign because a top aide of his has been charged with abuse of power.

PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will suggest a 15 percent raise in the salaries of government employees in the provincial budget for 2013-14, spokesman Shaukat Yousafzai said on Sunday.

People carry the flag-wrapped casket of a high-ranking government official who was killed in Saturday's bombing at the Bolan Medical complex in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, June 16, 2013.

A new analysis of Internet search terms published by Mother Jones found an irony in the majority Muslim country of because while the Asian nation is homophobic, it topped searches for gay terms in the Web such as shemale sex, teen anal sex and manf***king man.

Bukhari refiles review plea after removing SC objections * Former NAB chairman contends court ruling that his appointment was without lawful authority is devoid of legal or logical basis Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Former NAB chairman Admiral Fasih Bukhari has re-filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against the court's May 28... SC disposes of ... (more)

By Abrar Hamza KARACHI: Within two days of announcing the Federal Budget 2013-14, the cement manufacturers have jacked up the cement prices by Rs 30 to Rs 45 per 50 kilogrammes bag citing budgetary measures, higher transportation cost and retention price as the main reasons behind the increase.

PESHAWAR: About 400 families have been affected due to floods in Jala Bela, Bela Niko Khan, Mian Gujar and Islamabad Korona villages in Peshawar district.

Budget aftershocks jolt common man * Implementation of new GST tariff increases petroleum, CNG prices * Transport fares, prices of daily-use items go up * Govt employees announce strike against zero increase in salaries * KSE sees another all-time high post-budget By Farooq Awan ISLAMABAD:... Sindh, KP budgets on 17th KARACHI/PESHAWAR: Sindh and ... (more)

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday issued a list of the parliamentarians who vacated additional seats in the National and provincial assemblies.

With the official deadline for the withdrawal of refugee status from Afghan refugees nearing an end on June 30, officials privy to the matter believe the newly-elected federal government will have little choice other than extending the stay of more than 1.6 million Afghans in Pakistan - at least for now.