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The News International (blog)
April 23, 2018
PARACHINAR: A joint jirga of the tribal elders from Pakistan and Afghanistan was held in the Kurram Agency on Sunday that extended the ceasefire which was brokered after the firing incident. According to Member Provincial Assembly (MPA) Sajid Turi, the jirga decided that ceasefire earlier meant for oneÃâà...
STL.News (blog)
April 22, 2018
Nazir Ahmed, a representative of traders in Parachinar, said Saturday that the closure has badly affected their businesses. Last Sunday's clash at the Laka Tega border post left five Pakistani paramilitary soldiers dead. Pakistan's Foreign Office said earlier this week that the incident was addressed throughÃâà...
Samaa Web Desk
April 15, 2018
PARACHINAR: Two Pakistani soldiers were martyred in cross-border fire from Afghanistan while working on a fence intended to cover nearly the entire disputed 2,500km border separating the countries, the Pakistan Army said Sunday. According to ISPR, the troops were carrying out routine surveillance inÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 15, 2018
FILE PHOTO: A view of the border fence outside the Kitton outpost on the border with Afghanistan in North Waziristan, Pakistan October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/File Photo Reuters. By Dilawar Hussain. PARACHINAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Two Pakistani soldiers were killed in cross-border fireÃâà...
The Express Tribune
April 9, 2018
PARACHINAR: Ali Begum, a former well known bureaucrat from Parachinar, has decided to take part in the upcoming general elections. The lady has kicked off her election campaign. Addressing a reception gathering organised in her honour, she said the Kurram Agency and Parachinar were among theÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 9, 2018
PARACHINAR: The newly-constructed Army Public School (APS) was inaugurated here on Monday. Brigadier Akhtar Aleem said the building of the school had been constructed in just five months and regular classes commenced at the campus. He said that it would not be only a school and college butÃâà...
DAWN.com
April 9, 2018
PARACHINAR: A newly-constructed Army Public School opened in Parachinar here on Monday. It is to mention here that the army schools in Parachinar and Doger in Central Kurram were announced by Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa during his visit to the agency. The APS Parachinar building hasÃâà...
DAWN.com
April 7, 2018
PARACHINAR: A tribal woman from Parachinar, Kurram Agency, who plans to contest election for a National Assembly's general seat from the agency in the upcoming polls, opened her election office on Saturday. Ali Begum, 63, is a retired bureaucrat from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas whoÃâà...
Daily Times
March 28, 2018
PTM is likely to hold a rally in Parachinar soon after Peshawar, which is expected on April 8. Many of us know that last year in June, some young Pakhtuns-led a massive protest against security forces for their mistreatment of locals, and failure to protect the area from acts of terrorism, which targeted the ShiaÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 26, 2018
They predicted that mainly dry weather was expected in most parts of the country. However, rain is expected at a few places in Malakand division. Rainfall was recorded at Parachinar and Bagrote only. Sunday's lowest minimum temperature was recorded at Kalam where the mercury dropped down to 01ÃâðCÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 26, 2018
PARACHINAR: Member National Assembly, Khyber Agency, Shah Jee Gul Afridi on Sunday said that he would take up issues of Fata and work for Fata reforms. He was talking to media during his visit to Parachinar for witnessing Fata Super League cricket matches. The MNA urged tribes to remain unitedÃâà...
Skymet Weather
March 24, 2018
Although most parts of the country went dry, some light rain and thundershowers occurred at isolated places in Malakand and Hazara divisions. Within the span of 24 hours from 8:30 am on Thursday, Dir and Parachinar recorded 5 mm of rains, Balakot 2 mm, while Murree and Bagrote witnessed some rainyÃâà...
Business Recorder
March 24, 2018
In Parachinar, Kurram Agency a colorful function was held on the eve of 78th Pakistan Day which also included Youm-e-Pakistan Rally attended by school children, tribal elders, personnel of the security forces and political administration. A solidarity rally was also taken out from Edhi Park in Parachinar ledÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
March 22, 2018
he flag-raising ceremony will be organised in Zeran area of Parachinar which will be attended by thousands of people and seven dishes will be prepared at every home celebrating the Nauroz festival. Muhammad Ali, a local resident in Parachinar, said people prepare various foods on Nauroz and spendÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
March 16, 2018
(MENAFN - Tribal News Network) PARACHINAR: The passing out parade and badge wearing ceremony of 724 Frontier Corps personnel was held at Parachinar on Friday. Brigadier Akhtar Aleem and Commandant Frontier Corps Kurram Agency Col Rashid Javed witnessed the parade where passing outÃâà...
DAWN.com
March 14, 2018
PARACHINAR: A hailstorm lashed Parachinar city and adjoining areas on Wednesday, damaging standing crops and orchards in the tribal region. Residents said that hailstones pounded the area and accumulated on the roads and fields. They said that the hailstorm badly damaged the standing crops andÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
March 7, 2018
PARACHINAR: Unclaimed bodies are not left to decay in corners neither do orphans have to spend their nights under the open sky once they are found by the Edhi of Parachinar, Yousuf Lala. Taking his inspiration from Abdul Sattar Edhi, 63-year-old Yousaf spends his days helping the people inÃâà...
DAWN.com
March 6, 2018
PARACHINAR: General Officer Commanding Maj-Gen Azhar Abbasi has said that sectarian harmony is need of the hour to counter threats to the prevailing peace in Kurram Agency. He was speaking at a ceremony held to hand over keys of 33 renovated shops, which were damaged during sectarianÃâà...
DAWN.com
March 6, 2018
PARACHINAR: General Officer Commanding Maj-Gen Azhar Abbasi has said that sectarian harmony is need of the hour to counter threats to the prevailing peace in Kurram Agency. He was speaking at a ceremony held to hand over keys of 33 renovated shops, which were damaged during sectarianÃâà...
DAWN.com
February 26, 2018
Yousaf Lala explained that his philanthropic work was supported entirely with private donations. He said he also got established a small blood bank at Parachinar, which has now been turned into a welfare hospital, providing free blood for patients suffering from thalassaemia as well providing medical helpÃâà...
The Nation
December 11, 2017
Parachinar is the capital city of Kurram Agency and the largest city of Federal Administrated Areas of Pakistan (FATA). The beautiful valley of Parachinar, where vault of heaven envelops the lush green landscape and snow-capped peaks loom in the distance, has now been suffering from the autumn ofÃâà...
DAWN.com
November 14, 2017
PARACHINAR: Authorities have issued a terror alert for headquarters of the Kurram Agency, warning tribesmen to be extra vigilant to prevent a possible attack in the area. “There is a great need for vigilance to keep all sensitive places, including important buildings, hospitals and schools, under strict check,”Ãâà...
Aljazeera.com
June 24, 2017
More than 200 people were wounded in the rush-hour attacks on Parachinar's Toori Bazar, he told local media. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a Sunni armed group, claimed the bombings in the predominantly Shia Muslim town. Earlier on Friday, a suicide bombing at a police checkpoint in Quetta, in BalochistanÃâà...
BBC News
March 31, 2017
At least 24 people have been killed and more than 70 injured in a blast outside a mosque in north-west Pakistan. The explosion happened in the city of Parachinar, a mainly Shia Muslim area on the Afghan border. Reports say a car packed with explosives was left near the women's entrance of the mosqueÃâà...
TOLOnews
December 31, 1999
The arrests were made after a clash broke out in the Zazai Maidan district, in Khost, which borders Parachinar district in Kurram Agency in Pakistan, on Sunday. Clashes between Khost residents and Pakistani military personnel broke out in Zazai Maidan district when Pakistani troops tried to take control ofÃâà...
Mehr News Agency
December 31, 1999
TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) – Since 1980s, Parachinar, nestled high in a remote, mountainous region of Pakistan and with majority Shia population, has seen the emergence of radical Saudi-sponsored Salafist groups, and sectarian violence has become a disturbing phenomenon, fueled by local and globalÃâà...
