The city of Peshawar has long been Pakistan's stronghold of cultural history. City's silk-road hub used to host several travellers and locals at the Qissa Khwani Bazaar.

The story of Peshawar's storytellers, city used to be stronghold of oral history

The newly-formed Pakistan Democratic Movement, an alliance of 11 Opposition parties, will hold its anti-government rally here on Sunday

Pakistan Opposition parties hold massive anti-government rally despite COVID surge

A massive explosion has killed seven persons and injured 112 in Peshawar, Pakistan. The blast was reported at the Dir Colony.

Pakistan: Huge explosion kills 7, injures 112 in Peshawar

At least three persons were killed and six other injured when some unidentified assailants opened fire at them in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, police said.

3 killed, including PTI leader; 6 injured as gunmen open fire in Pakistan

A US citizen accused of blasphemy was shot dead by a Pakistani extremist inside a courtroom. Pakistani leaders are hailing the murderer as a hero & role model. WION's Palki Sharma gets you the story.

Gravitas: This Pakistani man killed a US citizen in a court

Former Pakistan first-class cricketer Zafar Sarfaraz has passed away after testing positive for COVID-19.The 50-year-old had been on a ventilator in the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Peshawar for the last three days, ESPNCricinfo reported.

COVID-19: Former Pakistan first-class cricketer Zafar Sarfaraz passes away after testing positive for coronavirus

Pakistan on Monday opened Torkham and Chaman border crossings with Afghanistan for four days to allow the exit of Afghan nationals stranded in the country, officials said.

Pakistan opens two border crossings with Afghanistan for four days

Parents and family members of children who died in a 2014 terror attack on the Army Public School (APS) in Peshawar moved the Peshawar High Court on Saturday over the escape of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) former spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan from a Pakistani jail.

Parents of Peshawar school attack victims move court over escape of Ehsanullah Ehsan from Pak jail

A Sikh youth was killed by an unidentified person in Peshawar, Pakistan media reported on Sunday, citing police. The body of the person, identified as Ravinder Singh, was found in the Chamkani police station area of Peshawar.

Pakistan: Sikh youth killed by unidentified person in Peshawar

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday expressed anguish over the murder of a Sikh youth in Peshawar and urged Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to ensure "strict punishment" to the perpetrators.

Punjab CM urges Imran Khan to ensure 'strict punishment' to culprits who killed Sikh youth

Afghanistan on Friday reopened its consulate in Peshawar after a gap of almost three months with Afghan delegation visiting Pakistan for talks over the market ownership dispute in the city.

Afghanistan reopens consulate in Pakistan's Peshawar after nearly three months

Afghanistan has closed its consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, in protest against raids by Pakistani policemen on Afghan market. Tolo News quoted Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan, Shukrullah Atif Mashal, as saying that Pakistani police have repeatedly attacked the Afghan market in Peshawar and taken down the Afghan national flag.

Afghanistan closes its consulate in Pakistan's Peshawar over raids on Afghan market

Twenty-two students of a religious seminary in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region were injured when the tractor-trailer they were travelling aboard overturned, officials said Sunday.

Pakistan: 22 religious students injured in accident

Pakistan's polio eradication campaign has hit serious problems with an alarming spike in reported cases that have raised doubts over the quality of vaccination reporting and prompted officials to review their approach to stopping the crippling disease.

Pakistan: Fake polio markers highlight risks to vaccination drive

The first Sikh-only school will soon be established in Peshawar in northwest Pakistan's Khyber Pakthunkhwa, authorities have announced. The provincial Auqaf Department of the Khyber Pakthunkhwa Government decided to approve building the school and has allocated Rs 22 lakhs for its construction in the Peshawar city.

Pakistan's provincial government approves its first Sikh only school

Two security personnel were killed and two others were injured following an IED blast at a check post in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, sources said. The explosives, which were planted close to the check post in Sheva tehsil of North Aaziristan District bordering Afghanistan, went off when the levies personnel reported for duty, eye witnesses said.

IED blast kills two security personnel in Pakistan

Pakistani security forces raided a militant hideout in a residential compound in the northwestern city of Peshawar triggering a 15-hour shootout in which a police officer and at least five suspected terrorists were killed.

Pakistan: One police officer, five terrorists killed in shootout in Peshawar

At least eight persons, including two children, were killed in a flash flood in northwest Pakistan, officials said. The incident happened when a vehicle carrying them was heading to a wedding party and it drowned in Wana tehsil of South Waziristan District bordering Afghanistan on Saturday, according to district administration officials.

Pakistan: Flash flood kills eight people

Pakistan partially re-opened its airspace Friday, the aviation authority said, after thousands of passengers were left stranded worldwide when Islamabad shut down air travel as tensions with neighbouring India soared.

Pakistan partially re-opens airspace: Aviation authority

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake jolted several cities in the northern parts of Pakistan on Saturday, the meteorological department said. However, there was no immediate report of any casualty or damage.

5.8 magnitude earthquake hits several Pakistan cities

Peshawar High Court on Thursday stopped the Archaeology Department of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province from vacating Panj Tirath, a Hindu religious site which has been declared as the national heritage.

Pakistan court stops provincial department from vacating Panj Tirath

India Sunday strongly hit back at Pakistan for the “preposterous allegation” its Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi made at the UN that terrorists behind the 2014 attack on a Peshawar school were “supported” by India, saying the “despicable insinuation” dishonours the memory of the children killed in the assault.

Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s remarks on Peshawar school attack dishonour memory of children killed: India

The incident occurred in the Rustam Bazar of Wana, the main town of South Waziristan where the military has in the past conducted a string of punishing offensives to hunt down Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants

Two killed as activists clash with militants in Pakistan tribal area

Charanjeet Singh, a human rights activists, and Sikh community leader was shot by bike-borne assailants on Tuesday morning

Sikh human rights activist shot dead in Pakistan

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