Peshwar

Pakistan's regional languages face looming extinction

Around a hundred women have gathered in a community centre in Peshawar, the heart of Pakistan's fabled northwest -- but they are conversing in a dialect incomprehensible to the Pashtun ethnic group that dominates the region.

Jan 06, 2017, 15:24 PM IST

Suicide bomber kills at least eight at Pakistan court

A suicide attack at a court compound killed at least eight people in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, officials said, the latest in a series of attacks in areas around the volatile Mohmand tribal area.

Mar 07, 2016, 13:30 PM IST