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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...

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Taking 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...

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FATA 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....

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Dealing 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...

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Locals 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....

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Hangu: 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....

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Taken 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...

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Ramazan 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...

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G-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...

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Police 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...

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Locals 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...

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Living 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...

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Attempted 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...

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Meet locals, eat their food

A new site connects travelers who want to eat local food with locals who want to share it.

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A 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...

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The 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...

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Feeling 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...

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Ebola: 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.

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On 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...

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Free-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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