October 17, 2026
Peshawar School Toll Reaches 35 as Families Demand Justice
Thirty-four students, most under 14, and one teacher are now reported dead. Relatives who lost several children in one family are calling for accountability.
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October 16, 2026
School Owner Arrested Over Peshawar Roof Collapse
Police have registered a case against the owners, shareholders and contractor of Al-Khair Education System under a section covering death caused without intent. The FIR says substandard materials were used and earlier complaints went unaddressed.
October 16, 2026
KP Orders Structural Checks on Every Government School
Technical teams must inspect roofs, walls, beams and foundations at every government school in the province and report district by district by 26 October, classifying each building safe, in need of repair, or unsafe.
September 23, 2026
M-1 Motorway From Peshawar Closed Indefinitely From Tonight
The federal government has banned all traffic on the Peshawar motorway from 11pm on Wednesday until further orders, to stop PTI caravans from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reaching Islamabad.
September 22, 2026
KP Assembly in Uproar Over Minister’s Reported Abduction
Provincial minister Fazal Shakoor was allegedly seized at Peshawar Toll Plaza in daylight and a fellow minister was attacked the day before, with the assembly speaker saying the incidents create an impression that martial law is in force.
September 22, 2026
Munir Visits Peshawar Corps as Strikes Follow Kohat Attack
Field Marshal Asim Munir received briefings at Corps Headquarters Peshawar on counterterrorism operations and border management, days after the Kohat attack and the air strikes near the Afghan border.
September 14, 2026
Peshawar Police Report Drone Attacks on Stations and Posts
Two drone attacks hit Peshawar police facilities within 72 hours, injuring four at Tarnab. Police say over 250 attempted drone attacks were recorded across KP between January and July.
September 7, 2026
KP Police Set Up Pakistan’s First UAV Division as Quadcopter Attacks Drop
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police have established Pakistan's first police UAV division, deploying handheld anti-drone jammers and a Peshawar data centre, after militant quadcopter attacks changed the nature of the threat.
August 16, 2026
JI Stages Sit-Ins in Four Cities, Calling the Petroleum Levy an ‘Extortion Tax’
Jamaat-e-Islami held simultaneous sit-ins in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta against the petroleum levy and inflation. Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman called the levy a "jagga tax" and repeated the demand for petrol at Rs225 a litre.
August 10, 2026
PTI Announces a September 27 Long March on Islamabad, with Its Leaders Differing on the Aim
PTI leader Shafi Jan says the party will march from Peshawar to Islamabad with two million people to secure Imran Khan's release. The KP chief minister, who will lead the march, says its immediate objective is access to him, not release.
