#Khyber Pakhtunkawa

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New Pakistan!

Millions of Pakistanis around the country and some even abroad made an effort to be there to exercise their right and civic duty. With few technical glitches (Election Commission tried using an app for recording final tally but as with many things in Pakistan, they didn’t anticipate the load correctly) official results are still pouring in since 24 hours after it initially started.

Few things which have made me hopeful;

Pakistan once again proved that hardline religious leaders can obviously garner street power and 9000 odd votes in constituencies but they will never get the popular vote.

All the political parties and some journalist who are calling foul play are the same who reminded everyone else in 2013 to let the democracy work, it will only make things better.

Khyber Pakhtunkawa province which borders volatile Afghanistan has a history of never voting the same party in again, but they have made first change in that trend in last 70+ years by selecting PTI again.

Establishment friendly “Jeep” has failed miserably.

Karachi has finally voted not on ethnic grounds, but then again that can be down to MQM London boycotting.

In times when you have Modi in India, Trump in USA, and people like Duterte in Philipines - you do need a leader like Imran Khan making a mark. I also sincerely hope we have a strong and vocal Opposition this time around so PTI is kept in check and on right path.

Now for a reality check. Pakistan is not magically going to become something else in next 5 years. There will be no Naya (New) Pakistan. Next five years are being given to a new political party with a record national debt and unprecedented challenges; economic and social. Most probably not all of our ideas will materialise and we will be disappointed a lot many times. However, it is remarkable to see results of this two decades of tireless effort! 

Congratulations Pakistan. Democracy won, you’ve won.

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PAKISTANI LOVE LATA MANGESHKAR

PAKISTANI LOVE LATA MANGESHKAR

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Pashambay Baloch, Karachi

There are lot of unsolvable problems between India and Pakistan since they achieved independence in 1947. However one consensus is there that Lata Mangeshkar is supreme. In every corner of Pakistan that may be Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkawa, Lataji is respected and loved. There are annual programs on Lataji where lover of Lataji bring very old…

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Dilip Kumar's Peshawar home declared national heritage

Manzoor Ali Memon, spokesperson of Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, told the TOI over phone that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has declared the ancestral house of the actor in Peshawar's Qissa Khawani Bazaar as national heritage.

Memon added that the government would turn the house into a museum that would depict the journey of the legendary actor from Peshawar to Mumbai. A gallery would also be dedicated to the actor.

The Pakistani government would also invite Dilip Kumar for the inauguration ceremony. (more)

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – the other side of the picture

 “Gone are the days when law and order would keep the investors away from investment in particular area,” said Raziuddin, CEO of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Oil and Gas Company.

“Chinese are working in Karak, a southern district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rich with oil and gas. Thanks to video-conference facility, Beijing and Karak are in touch and doing business,” said Mr Raziuddin while talking about the rich oil and gas prospects of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in an event held recently. Security concerns may have been hurdle to the full exploitation of the potential of the area, still 10 companies are working in Southern districts rich with oil and gas, he said.

“Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is not as dangerous as Siberia or other countries in Africa where companies are working in oil and gas fields,” he said.

While he talked of how with just 10 million dollars any one could invest in oil and gas as the KPOGC was going to help with all the formalities, some investors from Gulf already seemed to have started taking interest. (more)

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Tourism Corporation of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's new train service from Peshawar to Attock passes by many historical sites. (complete slideshow)

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It is very difficult to nurture your love for a sport if you are born as a girl in South Waziristan. But Maria Toorpakai Wazir defied all odds by training and competing as a boy in Peshawar until she could not hide her gender any longer. Today she is Pakistan’s top female squash player and is ranked 54th in the world.

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Aitzaz Hasan: Tributes to Pakistan teenager killed when he stopped a bomber

Tributes have been pouring in for a Pakistani teenager who was killed on Monday when he tackled a suicide bomber targeting his school in the Hangu area.

Aitzaz Hasan, 15, was with friends outside school when they spotted a man wearing a suicide vest.

Despite the pleas of his fellow students, he decided to confront and capture the bomber who then detonated his vest, his cousin told the BBC. (news)

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Young Entrepreneur Changes the U.S. Cell Phone Market

People who overturn the apple cart don't ask for permission. But it takes more than audacity for a 26-year-old to challenge an entire industry. For Ahmed Khattak, it was personal: He couldn't buy a phone. An international student from Peshawar, Pakistan, Khattak arrived at Yale in 2004 at the age of 18 with no social security number and no credit history. That meant no one would sell him a cell phone.

He was appalled at the barriers the U.S. cell phone industry threw in front of consumers at every turn. Restrictive two-year contracts? (complete)

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Pakistan's women police fight criminals, militants and scorn

When Shazadi Gillani, the highest ranking female police officer in Pakistan's most conservative province, wanted to join the force she had to defy her father, forego marriage and pay for her own basic training.

During the next 19 years, Inspector Gillani and her faithful sidekick Rizwana Zafar, brought up as a boy after becoming her frustrated father's ninth daughter, have battled bandits, earthquakes and militants. (complete)

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There Must Be A River; the story of Indus, the story of Pakistan

There Must be a River is a journey of the Indus River told through thousands of years of folklore, myths and legends by people living along its banks. This documentary follows this river of antiquity, covering over 3000 km of geography and five millennia of history, back to a time when a string of sophisticated cities flourished along it banks. One of the longest rivers in the world, it rises from Tibet, flows west across India and south through Pakistan, where today it serves as the lifeline for the people living along its banks. This documentary is a journey along Indus River from its source in Tibet, to its final destination into the Arabian Sea. This voyage leads us from the ruins of intricate metropolises, capturing stories of love, war, divinities and human struggle, to the challenges this river and its people face now, through one of the most divers landscapes of the world, where the past still echoes today. (official website)

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Aeisha Gulalai:First Female MNA from FATA

GHALANAI, May 28: A young woman belonged to South Waziristan Agency Aeisha Gulalai vice president of Pakistan Tehreek Insaf become youngest Member of National Assembly on special women seat belonged to tribal area.

She told that there was no representation for FATA women in the parliament while tribal areas have talented women.

“After becoming MNA she will struggle to starts dialogue for peace process in the area keeping all the stakeholders in trust” she said.

“PTI chief Imran Khan has proved the slogans of changed and for the first time he selected a tribal women on special seat belonged to South Waziristan agency which is real changed in the history of country” Aeisha said.

She said that she wants to aware tribal women through education and to motivate for resolution basic issues.

Aiesha told that world consider FATA as terrorists and extremists, in fact tribal’s are talented and peace loving peoples and now they goes to the parliament of Pakistan. (complete article)

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Milk of human kindness

A 45-day-old black bear cub is nursed by a wildlife official after being found by children in a town on the edge of forest in north-west Pakistan. (Copyright: AFP/Getty Images)

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The hardworking Pathan came next and they established Mohallah Kakkay Zaian. The locals today are known for point scoring and pampering their sons-in-law. Strongly tied by the binds of love, the Kakkay Zais are known for intermarriages and do not move out until hard pressed.

Kakkay Zai and Tarlok Shah (by Muhammad Hassan Miraj)

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Malala's recovering friends

A month after the attack, which sparked a global outcry, young Shazia remained fearless and optimistic.

“Islam gives equal opportunity to males and females to get an education, so we will continue our education. Education is indispensable for both men and women as it gives awareness to mankind. I will become a doctor and serve my nation,” she told The Express Tribune.

Earlier, Interior Minister Rehman Malik announced that he would recommend the Sitara-e-Shujaat for Shazia and Kainat. (complete news)

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Ancient tombs discovered in Pakistan's Swat (AFP)  

Italian archaeologists say they have discovered a cemetery that reveals complex funeral rites dating back more than 3,000 years in Pakistan's Swat valley, recently controlled by the Taliban.

The Italian mission began digging in the 1950s at Udegram, a site of Buddhist treasures in Swat, the northwestern district formerly known as the Switzerland of Pakistan for its stunning mountains, valleys and rivers.

Archaeologists were aware of a pre-Buddhist grave site in Udegram, but only recently discovered the collection of almost 30 graves, tightly clustered and partially overlapping.

"Some graves had a stone wall, others were protected by walls and enclosures in beaten clay," Luca Maria Olivieri, head of the Italian mission, told AFP.

"The cemetery... seems to have been used between the end of the second millennium BCE and the first half of the first millennium BCE," he added.

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Young technologists shine at 13th Softcom

Caffeine, adrenaline and ambition fueled the three-day annual Softcom at the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute in Topi, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The event took off on November 16, Friday and ran until November 18, Sunday afternoon, hosting students from several universities across Pakistan. (Complete news)

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