Landikotal, April 24: Tribesmen for the first time recognized the womenfolk, the half of the population, as an important portion of the community who can play their due role in the upcoming elections, FRC learnt. After the introduction of adult franchise in 1997-98 and the extension of political parties act in August 2012, majority of the tribesmen and the candidates themselves are convinced to let t ...

  LANDIKOTAL, April 12: Two volunteers of Tawheed Ul Islam (TI) were killed while seven others sustained injuries when planted explosive material went off in a post in Bokhar area of Khyber Agency here on Thursday, FRC Field Reporter learnt. As per details the explosion occurred when Tawheed- Ul-Islam (TI) succeeded in capturing three strategic posts from Lashker Islam (LI) at Bokhar area. The explosio ...

  LANDIKOTAL, Apr 09: 49 nominations papers have been accepted for the two constituencies. Where 24 candidates have been approved for NA-45 while 25 for NA-46 in Khyber agency which shows tough competition in the upcoming general elections in the agency. Assistant Political Agent Jamrud and Returning Officer for NA-45 ‘Jehangir Azam Wazir’ while talking to FRC said that after thorough scrutiny document ...

  Landikotal, April 5: The Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Engineer Shaukat Ullah Khan has confirmed that government has not initiated peace dialogues with the Taliban factions in FATA so far and added that they would use all of the government's efforts to conduct free and fair elections in the tribal regions. In a day long visit to Landikotal, the governor KP Engineer Shaukat Ullah Khan addressed a grand ...

  LANDIKOTAL: A ten years old boy was killed and a passerby became unconscious when an implanted explosive material in Ashraf Khel area of tehsil Landi Kotal went off here on Sunday, FRC Field Reporter told. The dead body of the child and the passerby were shifted to Landi Kotal Hospital. According to details the bomb was planted by unknown militants on the roadside of Asraf Khel link road that went of ...

  LANDIKOTAL, Feb 26:  A large number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Khyber Agency staged a demonstration against Fata Disaster Management Authorities here at Jamrud on Monday, FRC learnt. The IDPs protesting against FDMA belonged to Kukki Khel tribe. They were displaced from Tirah valley, part of the sub-division Bara in Khyber Agency. The protest demonstration was held at a sports stadiu ...

  LANDIKOTAL, Feb 20: APA Landikotal Khalid Mumtaz Kundi passed away in Peshawar CMH hospital here on Tuesday who was seriously wounded in a suicide attack at Khyber House Peshawar on Monday, FRC learnt. The late APA Landikotal, Mr. Kundi had also remained as APA Jamrud and Tehsildar Bara before his present posting. He had got his master in the International Relations from Peshawar University and belon ...

  LANDIKOTAL, Feb 19:  Two trucks laden with NATO military equipments and vehicles came under terrorist attack on Landi Kotal bypass on the Mondays’ evening killing at least two drivers while injuring another, FRC Field Reporter learnt. According to details, Afghanistan bound trucks came under indiscriminate firing of the terrorists on the Landi Kotal bypass. As a result two drivers were killed on the ...

  Landi Kotal, Jan 30: Fourteen insurgents killed and six others injured in bombardment by jet fighters in Tirah valley of Khyber Agencies here on Tuesday, FRC filed reporter told. According to details given by security forces a number of militant hideouts were destroyed in the shelling besides a huge cache of arms and ammunition including depots of ration. The jet fighters targeted Nakai, Wochowane, D ...

  LANDIKOTAL, Dec17: A car laden with explosive material went off near the office of the Jamrud Political Administration killing at least 17 people while injuring more than 60 besides damaging more than twenty one cars and seven shops, FRC learnt. The car bomb blast took place today around 10 am. Among the injured forty five are said to be critically wounded. According to eyewitnesses dense smoke was s ...