Nanga Parbat tragedy: Locals, politicians attend candlelight vigil
GILGIT: Scores of people gathered some 300 kilometres from the Nanga Parbat base camp – where 10 foreign climbers and their Pakistani guide were killed by militants – and held a candlelight vigil...
View ArticleTaking control: Locals attack suspect after Karachi explosion injures 6
KARACHI: Bilal Colony residents on Thursday caught a man who allegedly threw explosives in the area which injured six people, including three children, Express News reported. Local residents started...
View ArticleFATA reforms to empower locals, strengthen democracy: Zardari
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday endorsed recommendations for further reforms in the tribal areas put forth by Grand Assembly of people of tribal areas in Peshawar last month....
View ArticleDealing with disasters: Locals call for awareness to reduce losses in calamities
MINGORA: Participants of a seminar on disaster prevention in the northern areas, which have witnessed multiple floods and a devastating earthquake in the last decade, stressed training was key to...
View ArticleLocals were wary of deadly Canadian ‘ghost train’
CANADA: Some residents warily eyed the driverless “ghost train” as it rushed through the Quebec countryside. The train derailed, crashed into this small town, engulfing the downtown area in flames....
View ArticleHangu: Man kidnapped, locals nab two suspects
HANGU: Unidentified armed men allegedly kidnapped a man from Karbogha Sharif in Hangu district on Sunday. During a search for the potentially abducted man, locals caught two other alleged kidnappers....
View ArticleTaken hostage: Influential locals told to trace Chotu Mazari gang
LAHORE: The police have rounded up several influential people, suspected of sheltering Chotu Mazari gang and gave them an ultimatum to trace the gang and help recover the eight police personnel taken...
View ArticleRamazan and humidity: Locals look to heavens for some respite
ISLAMABAD: As meteorologists predicted a few more days before the next spell of rains in the twin cities, consistently high levels of humidity continued to make life miserable for residents on...
View ArticleG-B timber movement policy: Locals claim policy has not been cancelled
ISLAMABAD: While environmentalists cheer the cancellation of a timber transportation order that they claimed was leading to deforestation in Gilgit-Baltistan’s (G-B) Diamer district, local...
View ArticlePolice reforms: Locals laud initiative of women reporting centres
MINGORA: Residents of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) have appreciated the provincial government’s decision to establish Women Police Reporting Centers (WPRC) in all police stations across K-P, terming it a...
View ArticleLocals capture the new Rwanda
Go to Google and type in Rwanda and the word genocide creeps in instantly. Do a similar search in Google Images and your screen is quickly inundated with piles of scattered hacked bodies, grisly...
View ArticleLiving in fear: Anxiety grips Hangu as locals eye drones in the sky
HANGU: Residents of Thal and Doaba panicked after spotting suspected US drones hovering in the skies on Saturday morning. According to local journalists, panic spread like wildfire among residents...
View ArticleAttempted kidnapping: Two female polio workers saved by locals
BANNU: Unidentified armed men attempted to kidnap two female polio workers in Howaid area of Bannu on Wednesday before letting them go with a warning. The workers were let go after the mediation of...
View ArticleMeet locals, eat their food
A new site connects travelers who want to eat local food with locals who want to share it.
View ArticleA lasting peace: As locals flee N Waziristan, border town Wana thrives
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: While North Waziristan remains in the Pakistan army and media’s crosshairs following the announcement of Operation Zarb-e-Azb on Sunday this week, life in Wana, the main town of...
View ArticleThe toll of summer: DI Khan locals protest being left in the dark
DI KHAN/HARIPUR: Markets were closed and main roads blocked with burning tyres in Pahar Pur Bazaar of DI Khan as residents came out to protest against power outages. The uproar came about after 14...
View ArticleFeeling inconvenienced: ‘No militants live here’, say locals under police survey
PESHAWAR: Residents of villages located within the jurisdiction of Badhaber police station have expressed their disapproval over the door-to-door survey being carried out in the locality to collect...
View ArticleEbola: Officials force locals to comply
Hundreds dead. Many more infected. Pervasive fear and denial are challenging authorities in west Africa who are trying to assess and address the Ebola crisis.
View ArticleOn official duty: Kotli Satian SHO thrashed by locals
RAWALPINDI: A Station House Officer in Kotli Satian was roughed up by locals after he tried to execute a court order to exhume the body of an alleged murder victim, said a police source. According to...
View ArticleFree-for-all: Locals break laws with impunity
ISLAMABAD: As the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) rallies continued in Aabpara, local bikers enjoyed wheeling on the capital’s roads on Saturday. With law-enforcers...
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