Officials confirm 234 deaths in Buner after cloudburst, floods
- 23-Aug-2025
PESHAWAR: A government report has revealed the catastrophic impact of a recent cloudburst and subsequent flooding in Pakistan’s Buner district, causing large-scale destruction to lives, property, and infrastructure, ARY News reported. According to the report, the floods in Buner claimed 234 lives, the highest death toll in the affected areas. The disaster destroyed 162 houses […]
Swept Away: Flash Floods, Failed Systems Bane of Pakistan’s North
- 21-Aug-2025
KARACHI, Aug 20, 2025 (IPS) – Intense rainfall over small areas in Pakistan’s mountainous regions caused massive destruction, sweeping away entire villages. On August 15, the district of Buner in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province experienced a weather anomaly in which glacier melt and intense monsoon rains caused floods that buried villages under mud and rock. […]
Five of a family dead as vehicle plunges into ravine in KP’s Buner
- 10-Jul-2025
BUNER: At least five members of a family lost their lives as a vehicle plunged into ravine in Mandanr tehsil of Buner, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ARY News reported. According to rescue officials, the incident occurred in Zoro Dera area of Buner district killing five members of the family including four women and 12 year child. The […]
Seven dead as vehicle plunges into gorge in Buner
- 02-Nov-2024
BUNER: In a horrific incident, at least seven people lost their lives after a vehicle plunged into a gorge in Buner, ARY News reported on Saturday. As per details, the incident occurred in Doma Chagharzai, where the vehicle fell into gorge due to break fail injuring six and killing seven others. Earlier today, a passenger […]
Eight of a family killed in Buner crash
- 28-Mar-2024
BUNER: At least eight of a family were killed after their vehicle fell into a gorge in Buner district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, ARY News reported, citing police. The victims, including five women and two children, were travelling from Sawari Bazaar to Shahi area when their vehicle plunged into a ravine after its brakes […]
Five killed, 13 injured in car-van collision in KP’s Buner
- 12-Jul-2023
BUNER: At least five people including a woman were killed while 13 others sustained injuries in a car-van collision in Buner district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ARY News reported. According to details, the incident took place when a vehicle collided with a passenger van while taking a sharp turn. The vehicle was travelling from the Shakolai […]
Eight killed, 12 injured as vehicle plunges into gorge in Buner
- 18-Aug-2020
The bodies and injured were shifted to DHQ Hospital Dagar and RHC Dewana Baba.
Two coronavirus patients recover in Buner
- 30-Mar-2020
17 more suspected patients have also tested negative of the novel coronavirus.
18 involved in propaganda against anti-polio campaign arrested in Buner
- 26-Apr-2019
The deputy commissioner of the district said this adding that fines were imposed on members of anti-polio campaign for not performing their duties, laziness and negligence.
Is demanding respect for vote treason? Maryam Nawaz asks Buner
- 14-May-2018
BUNER: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz on Monday said that her father, former premier Nawaz Sharif, is now being termed a traitor after opponents failed to curtail the popularity of his “narrative demanding respect for vote”, ARY News reported. “They disqualified him for life, then removed from party leadership.. but as all these […]