Author: Sudhir Ahmad Afridi

By Sudhir Ahmad Afridi KHYBER: The traders of Landi Kotal Market have announced a full-day shutdown in protest against what they describe as unlawful taxes imposed by the Assistant Commissioner Landi Kotal and the Tehsil Municipal Administration. Speaking at a packed emergency press conference at the District Press Club Khyber, Yad Wazir Shinwari, president of the Landi Kotal Traders Association, said the market’s business community is outraged by the so-called “conservancy fees” being levied on shopkeepers. He criticiaed the tehsil administration and municipal authorities, describing their performance as “almost zero” and highlighting the poor sanitation and lack of facilities in…

By Sudhir Ahmad Afridi KHYBER: Leaders and workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from Jamrod held a packed press conference at the Jamrod Press Club to express gratitude to PTI Chairman and detained leader Imran Khan for nominating Mohsin Suhail Afridi, a tribal-area leader, as the next Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. PTI Jmerod representatives, including Ashfaq Afridi, Muhammad Sadiq Afridi, Kashif Iqbal Afridi, Nisbat Ali Afridi, Gul Habib Afridi, and Shahid Ali Afridi, called Imran Khan’s decision historic and farsighted. They said nominating a leader from the tribal district of Khyber not only acknowledges the long-neglected tribal populace but also…

By Sudhir Ahmad Afridi KHYBER: Demonstrations were held in the Khyber districts of Landi Kotal and Badr under the banner of Jamaat-e-Islami to protest against Israeli attacks and the assault on the Global Sumud Flotilla. The gatherings drew large numbers of both party activists and local residents. Protesters voiced strong opposition to the detention of former senator Mushtaq Ahmed Khan and other flotilla participants, holding banners and placards expressing solidarity with Palestine and denouncing Israel and the United States. Chants of “Down with Israel” and “Down with America” echoed through the streets. Speakers, including Murad Hussain Afridi, Shah Faisal Afridi,…

By Sudhir Ahmad Afridi LANDI KOTAL: A seminar in Khyber has laid bare the dire state of girls’ education in the tribal districts, with speakers demanding the government declare an “education emergency” and urgently recruit local women teachers to revive shuttered schools. Held at the district press club in Landi Kotal, the session drew representatives from public and private schools, former education officers, political figures and civil society activists. The mood, by all accounts, was one of alarm at the scale of neglect. Nadia Irshad, principal of the government girls’ degree college, said her institution was running associate and intermediate…