14th May, 2013
Dismayed at ANP defeat: Naseem Wali returns to politics
CHARSADDA, May 13: The 77-year-old nationalist leader, Naseem Wali Khan, on Monday expressed dismay at the defeat of Awami National Party in the elections and announced to return to active politics to strengthen
14th May, 2013
Dismayed at ANP defeat, Naseem Wali returns to politics
CHARSADDA, May 13: The 77-year-old nationalist leader, Naseem Wali Khan, on Monday expressed dismay at the defeat of Awami National Party in the elections and announced to return to active politics to strengthen the party
22nd April, 2013
Voter maturity in Charsadda
The birthplace of the non-violent Khudai Khidmatgar movement of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Charsadda has always played a significant role in Pakistan's politics but voter trends have tended to prove shifting and no
21st April, 2013
JUI workers oppose seat adjustment with QWP
CHARSADDA, April 20: The local leadership of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl has expressed reservations about the party’s seat adjustment with Qaumi Watan Party and it was opposed to withdrawal of candidates in favour
15th April, 2013
One leader killed, another injured: Militants attack ANP in Swat, Charsadda
MINGORA/CHARSA-DDA, April 14: Relentlessly carrying out their threat to target three secular parties — ANP, PPP and MQM — during the election campaigns, militants attacked two leaders of the Awami National Party on
5th March, 2013
Legacy survives Pashto singer’s bad luck
CHARSADDA, March 4: The family of noted Pashto folk singer Zarshad Ali, who breathed his last on Feb 11 last at a local hospital after suffering from mouth cancer, is faced with financial woes.
22nd February, 2013
Asfandyar to contest election from NA-7
CHARSADDA, Feb 21: Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan has decided to contest coming general election from his hometown constituency of NA-7, Charsadda-I.
24th January, 2013
Twin blasts in Charsadda create panic among people
CHARSADDA, Jan 23: Twin blasts in Charsadda on the occasion of the death anniversaries of Khudai Khidmatgar Khan Abdul Ghaffar and ANP leader Khan Abdul Wali Khan created panic here on Wednesday.
13th January, 2013
Ex-minister among 15 injured in bomb blast
CHARSADDA, Jan 12: A former provincial minister and ANP leader, his son and 13 others were injured when a remote-controlled bomb hit his motorcade near Khan Garhi bridge on Saturday, police said.
6th January, 2013
Two more aid workers killed in KP
CHARSADDA, Jan 5: In an alarming trend of deadly attacks on aid workers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, two more charity workers were gunned down near here on Saturday.
20th December, 2012
Campaign suspended in KP: Fresh attacks on polio workers; two killed
PESHAWAR / CHARSADDA, Dec 19: Two polio workers were killed and another was injured in five gun attacks on vaccination teams in Charsadda, Peshawar and Nowshera districts on Wednesday.
11th December, 2012
Dictation of ‘big brother’ unacceptable: Asfandyar
CHARSADDA, Dec 10: Awami National Party central president Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that they accept Punjab as their ‘big brother’ but are not ready to follow its dictations.
3rd June, 2012
Opposition parties find budget anti-people
CHARSADDA, June 2: Opposition parties, civil society organisations and workers in Charsadda rejected the federal budget 2012-13 as ‘anti-people’, while the ruling Pakistan People’s Party and Awami National Party expressed satisfaction with the budgetary announcements for the next fiscal
13th May, 2012
‘Pakistan has capacity to produce surplus power’
CHARSADDA, May 12: Two times more electricity can be produced by water resources than the country’s current needs, said former Water and Power Development Authority chief Abdullah Jan Khan on Saturday.
2nd May, 2012
Long march to rid nation of convicted rulers: PML-N
CHARSADDA, May 1: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz central general secretary Iqbal Zafar Jhagra has said that they will organise a long march to rid the nation of the convicted and corrupt rulers.
4th March, 2012
Sherpao survives suicide attack; policeman, girl die
CHARSADDA, March 3: A policeman and a little girl were killed when a suicide bomber attacked the motorcade of former interior minister Aftab Ahmad Sherpao near Kangra village on Saturday soon after he left the venue of a public meeting in nearby Battgram village of Shabqadar tehsil.
4th March, 2012
Anti-polio plan devised for high-risk Charsadda areas
CHARSADDA, March 3: The district administration and health department have chalked out an elaborate plan to run an effective anti-polio campaign after Charsadda was declared one of the four high risk districts of
28th February, 2012
Dead have a story to tell at Charsadda cemetery
CHARSADDA, Feb 27: The historical graveyard of Charsadda, already in dilapidated condition owing to highhandedness of land grabbers, has turned into a dump of garbage and filth.
18th February, 2012
Traders killing sparks protest in Charsadda
CHARSADDA, Feb 17: Two traders and a prayer leader were gunned down in Utmanzai Bazaar on Friday.
9th February, 2012
Sherpao announces move for peace in region
CHARSADDA, Feb 8: Chairman of his own faction of Pakistan People’s Party Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has said that he will launch a movement to restore peace in the region.