PESHAWAR: People have suffered a lot due to persisting load-shedding in NWFP including provincial capital Peshawar.Six-hour load shedding is being observed in various cities and districts in NWFP province including Peshawar, Chowk Nasir Khan, Charsada road, Gulbahar, outer Yakka Toot, Agha Meer Jani Shah, and Raheed Garhi areas.Meanwhile, eight-hour power outage is being carried out in remote areas of province.Also, load-shedding is continuous in Charsada, Mardan, Noshera, and other districts of NWFP.Mostly business community has been suffering from power cuts besides, students who are busy in preparation for their matriculation exams.Intensive power outages have also reportedly led to shortage of drinking water in some areas.
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PESHAWAR: Police beefed up security in NWFP in the wake of fragile law and order situation in Lahore on Sunday.According to the police sources, more security forces have been deployed at the sensitive areas in NWFP especially in Peshawar due to deteriorating security situation across country.It was said that the security was already tightened of the restive areas; however, the orders were issued to DPOs of Charsada, Noshera, Mardan and other districts to further heighten the security.The sources said that Frontier Corps (FC) and other forces along with the police forces have been put high alert to keep the situation in order.
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ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Friday adopted a unanimous resolution authorising the speaker to constitute a special committee of the House to in
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LAHOREPunjab Food Minister Malik Nadeem Kamran has said the arrangements have been finalized for the procurement of 40, 00,000-ton wheat in th
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ISLAMABAD-The Awami National Party (ANP) has warned the power holders at the Centre that they will have to eat the humble pie in case of further delay
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ISLAMABAD: The Taliban have demanded that the secret details of the Swat peace accord be released to the public and have assured Maulana Sufi Mohammed
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LONDON: British police searched houses and properties and questioned 11 Pakistanis on Friday in a probe into an alleged planned al-Qaeda attack, as Lo
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Islamabad Acute shortage of funds, mainly due to political squabbling between the district and provincial government, literally made it diffic
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LAHORE: Capital City Police Officer Muhammad Pervaiz Rathore has said that the terrorists involved in the Liberty and the Manawan attacks had clear li
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