Bajaur

BAJAUR: Numerous students in government primary schools across Bajaur district are still awaiting the delivery of essential textbooks, despite the new academic year commencing in early April. Residents from various tehsils, including Lowi…

Shah Khalid ShahBAJAUR: On a rainy day in Bajaur, thousands of litres of water can disappear within minutes. It rushes down rooftops, streets and mountain slopes, gathers in drains and streams, and eventually flows away. For many…

Shah Khalid ShahBajaur: Across the rugged landscape of Bajaur, millions of wild olive trees are already growing without having been deliberately planted as commercial orchards. Now, agriculture officials and local farmers are trying to…

Shah Khalid ShahBajaur: For years, eight kanals of land owned by Sabz Ali in Karkani village of Nawagai tehsil remained largely unused, with the farmer unable to grow crops beyond wheat because his fields had no irrigation system.…

Dr Ikramullah Climate Warning We IgnoredDr IkramullahPESHAWAR: There was a time when the people of Bajaur did not need a calendar to know which season had arrived. Cold winds and snowfall signalled winter, spring flowers…

Shah Khalid ShahBajaur: It was the second week of July, around noon, when journalist Qiyas Khan stepped out of his home carrying a camera tripod on his shoulder. Under the scorching sun, he was heading out for fieldwork after a gap of…

Shah Khalid ShahBajaur: In the rugged mountains of Bajaur, where communities live close to nature and depend heavily on livestock for survival, a tragic war between humans and wildlife has reignited a long-standing debate: how can…

Shah Khalid ShahBajaur: As the first light of dawn spreads across the mountains of Bajaur, 55-year-old dairy farmer Shaal Pacha begins another day among the cows that have sustained his family for decades. Inside his dairy farm in…

News DeskIslamabad: The interrogation of an Afghan national captured during Saturday's attack on a Pakistan Rangers camp in Karachi has reportedly uncovered what Pakistani investigators describe as significant evidence linking the…

Shah Khalid ShahBajaur: As forests disappear, temperatures rise and pollution spreads, biodiversity in Pakistan's tribal district faces an uncertain futureBy the time summer arrives in Bajaur, residents can feel the difference.…