Customs Seizes Rs303 Million Fake, Smuggled Cigarettes
Crime International

Customs Seizes Rs303 Million Fake, Smuggled Cigarettes

…Customs officials recovered the smuggled and fake cigarettes in various parts of Khyber Pakhunkhwa PESHAWAR: Director General Customs Intelligence and Investigation Faiz Ahmad Chadhar on Friday told media that during the past ten days they have foiled bids and seized smuggled and fake cigarettes worth Rs 303 milloon being smuggled from Afghanistan and Iran. Brienfing

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FBR official hints of changes to barter trade mechanism
Business

FBR official hints of changes to barter trade mechanism

PESHAWAR: An official of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Saturday said that the newly introduced business-to-business (B2B) barter trade mechanism would be monitored for a couple of months and changes could be made for improvement in the system in accordance with needs of the business community. FBR’s Member Customs Operation Mukarram Jah Ansari

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CPDI, US Consulate organize First Aid training for journalists
International

CPDI, US Consulate organize First Aid training for journalists

PESHAWAR: Centre for Peace and Development Initiative(CPDI)in collaboration with US consulate Peshawar on Tuesday arranged a day long First Aid training  for journalists. Senior Rescue-1122 officer Inayatur Rehman was the resource person who taught about the journalists response at time of emergency.He said two major steps had to be taken at the time emergency. He

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Grand anti-fata merger jirga held in Peshawar
International

Grand anti-fata merger jirga held in Peshawar

…Tribal Maliks, tribal elders, retired civil and military officials,social activists, students and tribal residents participated in the grand Jirga PESHAWAR:A large number of  ex-Fata elders,Maliks and tribal youth participated in the anti-Fata merger grand Jirga held at Tatara park in Hayatabad in Peshawar on Thursday. More than the hundreds tribal Maliks, tribal elders,retired civil and

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LG Chairman, 3 others injured in Bajaur bomb blast
International

LG Chairman, 3 others injured in Bajaur bomb blast

PESHAWAR: Three persons, including chairman of the Khar Tehsil Council Said Badshah, sustained injuries when their vehicle was targeted with an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Chinar area of the Salarzai tehsil in Bajaur tribal district on Monday. Local residents and eyewitnesses said that Said Badshah, his nephew and Maulana Ziaullah Jan Haqqani were

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Pakistan: 7 killed, 70 kids injured in a bomb explosion in seminary school Peshawar 1
Tragedy

Pakistan: 7 killed, 70 kids injured in a bomb explosion in seminary school Peshawar

Atleast Seven persons has been confirmed dead and 70 kids were reportedly injured when a blast went off inside a seminary in capital city Peshawar of Pakistan’s northwest region. The bast was reported near a Madrasa at the Dir Colony of Peshawar. Children and Maulavis (instructors) are among the victims as the blast took place

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