Maaz Khan On a chilly evening in Bajaur, dozens of men sit cross-legged on a carpeted courtyard, their turbans neatly tied, prayer beads in hand. The air is heavy with anticipation. Two families have arrived to settle a long-running land dispute. In ...
Laila Sadaf In mid-August 2025, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) faced one of its darkest hours. Torrential rains, cloudbursts in mountain valleys, flash floods, and landslides struck Buner, Swat, Shangla, Mansehra, Bajaur, Battagram, and Lower Dir in rapid ...
Salman Ahmad Once known as the land of rivers and mountains, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) now boasts dangerous terrain. August 2025's dreadful floods, which claimed 228 lives in Buner alone, are a sobering reminder of government shortcomings that have le ...
Hassan Sajid Peace is fundamental prerequisite for a nation’s socio-economic and political growth. Unfortunately, the wave of recent insurgency has once again threatened stability and security of Pakistan, especially of KP. It remains one of the gra ...
Ghulam Dastageer On May 25, 2018, President Mamnoon Hussain repealed the Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) through the FATA Interim Governance Regulation (FIGR), a transitional framework to govern FATA until full integration. On May 31, 2018, the 25 ...
Shahzad Masood Roomi Once known for guerrilla warfare and suicide bombings, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, a.k.a. Fitna-Al-Khawarij (FAK), has now embraced the modern tactic of using commercially available quadcopters, equipped with improvised expl ...
Dr. Sahibzada Muhamma Usman Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has seen too many cycles of violence. The province, especially places like Bajaur near the Afghan border, has been caught in the middle of insurgency for years. Every time there is a lull, groups like t ...
SALMAN AHMAD Madrassas, the Islamic religious seminaries, have long played a key role in the lives of Pakistani people. These institutions have produced many respected scholars of Islamic jurisprudence, Quranic and Hadith studies. However, concerns ...
LAILA SADAF Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), one of Pakistan's most resource-rich provinces, holds immense potential for economic growth and development through its abundant mineral deposits. KP is undoubtedly bestowed with a wealth of mineral resources. Th ...
DR. BASHIR AHMAD “Why KP must tax to build—not beg to survive. The road to Khud-Mukhtari is paved with taxes, not talk” In the rugged valleys and bustling towns of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the road to prosperity doesn't begin with handouts or hope— ...
