Everything you need to know about Bara Bazar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Bara Bazar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Islamabad, Feb 18 (IANS) At least seven people, including five security personnel, were killed and seven injured Monday in a terror attack at a government office in Pakistan's northwestern provincial capital of Peshawar, media and officials said.
Islamabad, Feb. 18 (Xinhua-ANI): At least seven people including five security personnel were killed and seven others injured on Monday in a terrorist attack at a government office in Pakistan's northwestern provincial capital of Peshawar, local media and officials said.
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) A couple in their 20s attempted suicide by consuming sleeping pills in a park here Monday as their families had fixed their respective marriages against their wishes, police said Monday.
London, Jan. 17 (ANI): Hundreds of protesters in north-west Pakistan have displayed the bodies of at least 14 people who they claim are victims of extra-judicial killings outside government offices in Peshawar.
Islamabad, Nov. 27 (ANI): Banned militant outfit Lashkar-i-Islam (LI) has asked residents of Bara, a town in Pakistan's Khyber Agency, to dissociate themselves from pro-government peace committees and threatened attacks against those ignoring the warning.
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) A 21?year?old post?graduate student of Delhi University allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his hostel room Friday, a police official said.
Islamabad, Sep 15 (IANS) A 10-year-old boy was killed and 10 people were injured in a hand grenade attack Saturday in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, media reports said.
Islamabad, Sept. 12 (ANI): In his over 30-page reply submitted to the Peshawar High Court, jailed Pakistani doctor, Shakil Afridi, accused of espionage, has categorically negated all allegations against him and termed the case a fabrication of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
Tripoli, Aug. 19 (ANI): Libya's newly elected government will put Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the country's late dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, on trial next month.
Shimla, Aug 16 (IANS) Once the mode of transport for royalty and women in purdah nearly a century ago, the palanquin will be resurrected to ferry patients from remote and inaccessible mountain villages in Himachal Pradesh that don't have road access to ambulances and hospitals.
Islamabad, July 27 (ANI): The fate of more than 61,000 refugees, who are presently 'stranded' at the UNHCR's Jalozai camp in the southeast of Peshawar, lies in the hands of the Pakistani military.
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Two days after being admitted to a government hospital here, a 50-year-old man was Tuesday found murdered under mysterious circumstances on its campus, police said.
Moscow, June 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The alleged leaders of two insurgency groups in Russia's Dagestan republic have been eliminated, officials said.
Islamabad, June 10 (IANS) The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed concern over emergence of new polio cases in Pakistan's northwest tribal region, where around 150,000 children have reportedly not been immunized against the deadly virus.
Islamabad, Nov 11 (ANI): Militants of banned outfit Lashkar-i-Islam killed four members of a peace committee, and beheaded one in the Akakhel Darra area of Bara sub-division in Khyber Agency on Thursday.
Islamabad, Sept 19(ANI): At least five people were killed in a Taliban attack on a security checkpost in Akakhel area in Bara sub-division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Peshawar, June 22(ANI): At least five militants were killed by the Pakistan police when they attacked a checkpoint near Peshawar today.
Khar, June 17(ANI): An overnight operation by Pakistani security forces and local lashkars against a cross-border attack in Bajaur Agency has ended after the army regained control of the area on Friday.
Islamabad, May 4(ANI): There are indications emerging that Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was sheltered at the luxury compound in Abbottabad by Hizbul Mujahedeen- one of the militant groups that has enjoyed tolerance, if not support, from Pakistani security services.
Peshawar, Mar 30(ANI): The deaths of 14 Pakistani security officials in the Khyber tribal region on Monday evening were caused by a friendly fire, Peshawar Corps Commander Lieutenant General Asif Yasin Malik has said.
Bara, Mar 5(ANI): Two government-run boys' schools were blown up in Pakistan's Kohat and Khyber Agency tribal region bordering Afghanistan in the wee hours of Saturday.
Peshawar, Jan 23(ANI): A remote-controlled bomb exploded near a police van in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Sunday, killing one constable and injuring three others, including a passer-by.
Peshawar, Jan 13(ANI): Four police officers were killed and nine others wounded, when militants targeted a police vehicle and a security checkpoint with bombs in northwest Pakistan on Thursday.
Peshawar, Oct 21 (ANI): Five people were killed- including one terrorist and three security officials- in separate terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Khyber Agency of Pakistan, officials said.
Peshawar, Sept 5 (ANI): Barbers in Sheikhan village, a suburb of Peshawar in Pakistan, have reportedly closed down their shops after receiving death threats from the Taliban, who have started re-emerging in the area.
Islamabad, Aug 23(ANI): At least eight people were killed and several injured in a bomb blast in Pakistan's Kurram Tribal Agency on Monday.
London, July 28 (ANI): Nepal's "Buddha Boy", who is being hailed as a reincarnation of Lord Buddha, is being questioned by police after local villagers in the country's Bara district complained about being assaulted by him in a forest. Twenty-year-old Ram Bahadur Bamjan has admitted that he beat up locals in the jungles of Manaharwa, where he was meditating.
Peshawar, Mar.12 (ANI): Extremists struck again in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) killing four persons and injuring over 20 others in the Khyber Agency.
Islamabad, Mar.2 (ANI): Days after the Taliban beheaded two Sikh youths, the other two Sikh men held captive by the banned extremist outfit have escaped from the captivity in Pakistan's Khyber Agency.
New Delhi, Feb 23 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony on Tuesday rejected Pakistan's demand for third party mediation in Indo-Pak disputes.akistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who is in Beijing, called for Chinese mediation ahead of the Indo-Pak foreign secretaries meet in New Delhi, starting on February 25.
New Delhi, Feb 23 (ANI): Union Defence Minister A K Antony on Tuesday said the Centre has decided to take up the issue of the beheading of two Sikhs in Peshawar during the foreign secretary level talks in New Delhi on February 25.
Peshawar, Dec.15 (ANI): An unheard militant group, Zarqawi, has reportedly claimed that it is being provided arms, ammunitions and finance to carry out terror strikes inside Pakistan.
Peshawar, Dec. 9 (ANI): Two boy's schools were blown up by the Taliban in Khyber Agency on Wednesday.
Islamabad, Dec.9 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has claimed that security forces have nabbed four trucks laden with Indian arms and ammunitions from Islamabad.
Islamabad, Dec.5 (ANI): In yet another attempt at accusing India of fanning terror inside Pakistan, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has claimed that security forces have captured truck loads of Indian arms and ammunition in the Bara region of North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
Islamabad, Nov. 30 (ANI): Pakistani security forces killed eight Taliban insurgents in northwest tribal areas as part of the ongoing military offensive in South Waziristan, officials said.
Islamabad, Nov. 30 (ANI): Pakistani security forces killed eight Taliban insurgents in northwest tribal areas as part of the ongoing military offensive in South Waziristan, officials said.
Islamabad, Nov.22 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has denied reports about corruption cases being filed against him, saying he is being targeted for not going against assassinated Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
Landi Kotal (Pakistan), Sep 19 (ANI): Following a warning issued by the leader of a terrorist organization, hundreds of Bara residents fled their houses to move to safer places before the last day of Eidul Fitr festivities.
Landikotal (Pakistan), June 3 (ANI): The Sikh community living in Pakistan's Khyber Agency has succumbed to Taliban pressure, and have agreed to pay Jazia tax to the ensure safety of their families.
Peshawar, May 11 (ANI): Taliban activities are surging in and around Peshawar after the Swat operation began, as traders staged a protest against what they call the government's failure to curb the increasing incidents of abduction.
Peshawar May 5 (ANI): At least five persons were killed in a suicide attack on a Frontier Corps convoy here on Tuesday.
Kangra (Himachal Pradesh), May 4 (IANS) Residents of the rugged, inhospitable areas comprising more than 40 villages here have barred politicians from canvassing. They are boycotting the elections until they are assured that they won't be asked to move out of the Dhauladhar Wildlife Sanctuary.
Jakarta (Indonesia) Mar 18 (ANI/Business Wire India): MSE Earthstone Resources FZC, part of Earthstone Group, a diversified mining company, today announced the acquisition of 100% economic rights for coal tenement extensively spread over 2,560 Hectares in the thermal coal resource region of Melabouh, Aceh, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Bara (Pakistan), Feb.23 (ANI): Over 70 United States military advisers and technical specialists are secretly training Pakistani commandos to battle Al Qaeda and the Taliban in the country's lawless tribal areas more effectively.
Gaya, Feb. 11 (ANI): Three Naxalites were sentenced to death and three got acquittal in connection with the Bara massacre case on Wednesday.
Peshawar, Jan. 23 (ANI): A shocking vehicle snatching incident on the main Peshawar-Bara road has brought up the issue of an unclaimed territory between Pakistan's settled and the tribal areas.
Islamabad, Jan 22 (IANS) Seven suspected Al Qaeda militants, including one who was reportedly involved in the 2005 bombings of the London transport system, were arrested in Bara Qadeem area of the Khyber tribal region, a media report said Thursday.
Peshawar, Jan 22 (ANI): Pakistani security forces have arrested seven militants during a raid on a militant hide-out in Peshawar, including a senior al Qaeda operative allegedly involved in the July 7 bomb attacks in London in 2005.
Raipur, Dec 29 (IANS) Two motorcycle-borne robbers allegedly looted Rs 1.4 million Monday in Chhattisgarh from an official of the State Bank of India (SBI) and shot dead a police guard, the police said.
Kathmandu, Dec 10 (IANS) Nepal's powerful Maoist trade unions have given a 48-hour ultimatum to tobacco, hospitality and paper giant ITC's Nepal arm to implement the new minimum wages fixed by the new government or face an indefinite closure.
Peshawar, Dec.9 (ANI): The attacks by terrorists on NATO supplies outside Peshawar have reportedly deepened apprehensions of the possible fall of the city to the Taliban.
Bara (Pakistan), Nov 16 (ANI): The Pakistan unit of the Taliban, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has denied that it was involved in kidnapping for ransom, killings of innocent people, bomb blasts and robberies.
Kathmandu, Nov 11 (DPA) A Nepalese teenager dubbed the 'Buddha boy' has resurfaced in the southern part of the country a year after he disappeared from his meditation place, police said Tuesday.
Islamabad, July 26 (ANI): Around 40 commanders of al Qaeda including Amjad and Rafi were arrested during the operations in Hangu and Bara, while 17 security personnel were killed, said Rehman Malik, Adviser to Pakistan Prime Minister.
Lahore, July 18 (ANI): A lesser known militant group in Bara has reportedly warned the US-led coalition troops against carrying out attacks inside the Tribal Areas.
Peshawar, July 11 (ANI): The Bara operation was a futile exercise and mere eyewash simply launched to appease the Americans, former NWFP chief minister Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi said here last evening while speaking to reporters.
Peshawar, July 1 (ANI): The ongoing operation to "protect" Peshawar from the wrath of militants belonging to organizations like Lashkar-e-Islami (led by Mangal Bagh), Ansar-Ul-Islam (led by Qazi Mehboobul Haq who is Mangal's sworn enemy), and Haji Namdar (led by Tanzeem Amar Bil Maroof Wa Nahi Anil Munqar), is simply "hogwash", said an article in The News.
Landi Kotal (Pakistan), June 30 (ANI): Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh who is spearheading the militancy campaign against the Pakistan government in tribal areas, had before-hand information about yesterday's combing operation launched by Pakistan's paramilitary forces, and had escaped to the remote Tirah Valley much in advance along with his fellow militants.
The violence in Nandigram is not taking any back track at all; instead the situation there is worsening with every passing day. The restart of violence yesterday is in a continuation today and hence impairing the peace process. On Thursday, the
