PESHAWAR: Owners on Thursday closed all cinemas in the provincial capital indefinitely over threats of terrorist attacks. The development comes in the wake of the bombings of two local cinemas, including Picture House near Qissa Khwani and Shama Cinema on Pejagi Road this month, which left at least 18 people dead. “We have closed the […]
13 people were killed and at least 35 were injured on February 11, 2014 in a grenade attack on Shama Cinema, situated near the busy Bacha Khan Square in Peshawar, the capital city of Khyber-Pakhtunkhuwa province. The cinema was known for sometimes showing pornographic films in one of its auditoriums. No one has claimed responsibility […]
PESHAWAR: In yet another major set back to the polio programme, the Fata Secretariat lands in trouble for publicising fatwa (religious decree) of Darul Uloom Haqqania, Akora Khattak, in the local media through paid advertisements without the permission and knowledge of its administrator Maulana Samiul Haq. Maulana Yusuf Shah, a spokesman of Maulana Samiul Haq, […]
PESHAWAR: Pakistani Taliban, headed by Maulana Fazlullah, on Friday took a strong exception to the recent statement of their spokesman Shahidullah Shahid regarding Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Pakistani cricket team skipper Misbah-ul-Haq released by media and convened an emergency meeting of the Shura to announce a war against the journalists. “The Shura meeting was […]
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