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Gursal border, which connects Mohmand tribal district with Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, is closed since 2011 which has impacted business activities and people-to-people contacts severely.

In order to encourage youth in the newly merged tribal districts, the government has launched an Insaf Rozgar Scheme to fight off poverty and joblessness.

I was staring at the ceiling fan of my room and did not realise how much time I spent like this due to anxiety over uncertainty surrounding my career.

19-year-old Fatima says she wants to become a doctor but she couldn’t go to school for four years as her father was not willing to send her to school.

People of tribal districts endured lack of basic facilities and lived under a rigid British-era law FCR until the last PML-N government abolished this law.

In the remote part of Buner, there is small village known as Chinglai which has historic significance due to his 3,000-year-old archaeological relics.

Electioneering has got momentum for first ever provincial elections in tribal districts and candidates are using different strategies to woo voters.

Most of us are familiar with the old saying that sometimes we ‘can’t see the forest for the trees.’

Little girl from Mohmand tribal district, Farishta did not know at the time of stepping outside her home for playing that she would be raped and killed.

Sadly, the Pashto movies portray an ‘unrealistic’ image of Pashtun Society.

Beside many other issues and barriers which have curbed the development and empowerment of women in society in different walks of life, the issue of transport is one of the concerns for women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

According to Gilani Research Foundation Survey, 87 % Pakistanis including minorities believed that minorities in Pakistan have freedom of speech and equal rights.