Miranshah, Dec 31: A total of 49 drone strikes have been carried out by US unmanned vehicle in Pakistan’s tribal belt in year 2012, out of which only one strike was made in Orakzai agency while the remaining were made in South and North Waziristan agencies , FRC Filed Reporter told. These 49 strikes fired a total of 119 missiles and destroyed 27 hide outs and 18 vehicles of militants in 2012. US dron ...

  BAJAUR AGENCY, Dec 31: The Political Administration Bajaur Agency here at Khar on Saturday finalized the security arrangements for the upcoming anti-polio campaign starting from Dec 31 (today) and has decided to deploy one security official with every polio team while the administration debarred female workers from the whole campaign, FRC Field Report learnt. The political administration finalized th ...

  Islamabad, Dec 31: FRC held a guest lecture session on the issue of post 2014 scenario in Afghanistan and its implications on FATA here on Friday at FRC seminar hall Islamabad. The guest lecturers include Mr Hassan Khan, a renowned journalist who has worked for Dawn News, Frontier Post, Central Asia Online and Al-Jazeera, and Mr Asmatullah Khan Wazir, a senior research fellow at Sustainable Peace and ...

  Islamabad December 27: Pashtun culture has undergone several changes manifested in folklore, art and literature since the advent of violence and fundamentalism in the region especially after Pakistan’s participation in the US lead ‘war on terror’. These views were expressed by the speakers in a seminar “Extremism and Radicalization in FATA: Impacts on Culture” held by FATA Research Center here at a l ...

  PESHAWAR, Dec 25: Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Barrister Masud Kosar said on Tuesday that recent terrorist attacks in Peshawar city by foreign insurgents from tribal areas revealed that FATA had not been thoroughly cleared from foreign terrorists, FRC Field Reporter learnt. The Governor was talking to media persons after attending the concluding ceremony of three-days 13th National Symposium on Fronti ...

  Bannu, Dec 24: All FATA Teachers Association held a protest rally here on Saturday in Custom Park of District Bannu and raised slogans against the intervention of the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtoonkhuwa in FATA Education department, FRC Filed Reporter learnt. The participants of the rally were holding banners and placards inscribed with the slogans in favor of their demands. The President o ...

  Peshawar, Dec 24: Senior Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bashir Ahmad Bilour was killed among eight others including his personal secretary and SHO of Kabli Police station in a suicide attack in Dakh Naghalbandi in Peshawar on Saturday, FRC learnt. The attack also left more than twenty people injured. According to details Bashir Ahmad Bilour attended his party meeting along with his elder brother Ghul ...

  South Waziristan, Dec 21: A powerful blast in the limits of former TTP commander’s office near Wana fruit market in Wana Bazaar killed at least four Taliban and injured another four this morning (Friday) in South Waziristan Agency. The blast occurred this morning at around 10.50 am, FRC field Reporter said. According to details the blast took place in the limits of office of former TTP Commander Maul ...

  BAJAUR AGENCY, Dec 20: The local administration has enhanced the security of polio workers in Bajaur tribal region after suspected militants killed eight health workers in the different parts of the country, FRC learnt. Levies forces and members of the peace committees will be deployed for the safety of the health staff, source of the political administration said. The decision was made at a meeting ...

  PESHAWAR, December 18: The Youth Governor for FATA and the Chairperson of FATA Youth Forum Mehreen Afridi has demanded of the government to formulate  FATA Youth Policy here on Tuesday, FRC learnt. She said this while chairing the seat of special meeting with the students of University of Peshawar here at New Academic Block, University of Peshawar. While addressing she stressed upon the government to ...