📷: In photos provided by VOA's Deewa service, damage is seen after a roadside blast involving a remote-controlled improvised explosive device, or IED, wounded seven people Tuesday, including four children, in Peshawar, Pakistan.
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Experts say TTP's withdrawal from ceasefire with the Pak govt is a tactic, will increase violence. “The withdrawal from the ceasefire by TTP is to increase its bargaining position if talks w/Pak govt resumes", Aamir Rana, Head of Pak Institute for Peace Studies, told @VOADeewa.
Provincial spokesman Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government hints at yet another round of negotiations with Pakistani Taliban group TTP amid local protests against rising violence in the province. “The third of talks will be held as soon as the environment is feasible, Barrister Saif says
The failure of the opposition political parties to come up with a popular alternative narrative to counter that of former PM Imran Khan resulted in major victories for the former PM in the latest bye elections held in the country, experts on Pakistani politics tell @voadeewa
Hundreds of residents of Buner district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa gathered Friday denouncing the reported reemergence of terrorist groups & increase in violence in the area. "This terrorism on our soil is unacceptable," people shouted as they marched towards the city centre.
Primary school teachers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are protesting in Peshawar for pay raise. There are 86,000 primary school teachers in 27,000 school in the the province according to official figures.The provincial govt has so far refused to negotiate with the teachers.
Hundreds of people wait outside in long queues in Peshawar to get their travel documents for the Gulf states verified. “Some people spent the night on the footpath. Some of them will spend another night waiting,” Hazrat Saeed who intends to travel to Saudi Arabia says
Prize bonds businesses, once a thriving saving & investment scheme for low income families in provincial metropolis of Peshawar, Pakistan, have recently declined. "The govt banned certain prize bonds & inflation has hit people hard”, Sardar Khan, a local dealer told @voadeewa.
The flour shortage in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has hiked the subsidized rate of 20kg bag from Rs.950 to Rs.1265. The same bag is for Rs.2200 in open market.Flour Mills Association says the mills in the province needs 15000 metric tons/day wheat but it gets only 3420 metric tons/day.1/2
Opposition political parties in KP Tuesday criticized the PTI led provincial govt for failing to take stock of the deteriorating security situation in the province. “TTP is collecting extortion money from everyone including sitting ministers,” ANP leader Sardar Hussain Babak said