FATA/Gilgit-Baltistan

PESHAWAR: Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Iqbal Zafar Jhagra on Wednesday approved Annual Development Programme (ADP) for tribal areas worth Rs18.232 billion for the fiscal year 2016-17.

KARACHI: Police found mobile phone of Owais Shah, abducted son of Chief Justice Sindh High Court (SHC), active briefly on Monday in Landi Kotal in country's tribal northwest before being switched off again, ARY News reported.

PESHAWAR/RAWALPINDI: Afghan forces resumed unprovoked firing across Torkham border crossing on Monday evening resulting in causing injuries to at least 19 Pakistani soldiers and civilians.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday lodged strong protest with Afghanistan over unprovoked firing by Afghan forces at Torkham border crossing that wounded two soldiers and nine civilians yesterday, said the Foreign Office (FO) in a statement.

PESHAWAR: Despite a deadline of December 2016 for the return of all temporarily displaced persons (TDPs), the release of funds has struck bureaucratic hurdles and has been extremely slow. This can be ascertained through the fact that only Rs13.6 billion have so far been issued out of a total allocation of Rs67.3billion.

MIRPUR: A married couple was killed in the name of 'honour' in Mirpur's Jatlan area, ARY News reported on Sunday.

SHAWAL: The Pakistan Army said Friday it had cleared the last militant stronghold in the country's northwestern tribal area after a three-month long operation.

QUETTA: Anti-polio drives have been underway in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas to administer anti-polio drops to more than a million children, ARY News reported.

LANDI KOTAL: Khyber tribal police have for the first time in the country's history recruited three Christian women to work alongside their Muslim male colleagues.