Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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| Area | 101741 |
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| Districts | 35 |
| Chief minister | Mahmood Khan |
| Population | 35. 53 million (2017) |
| Did you know | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ranks third among Pakistani provinces by GDP (27. 39 million USD). |
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| ID | 809018 |
About Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, formerly known as North-West Frontier Province, is one of the four administrative provinces of Pakistan, located in the northwestern region of the country along the international border with Afghanistan.
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... Mr Mahir, who was seated on the stage when the bomb was detonated, described how the explosion unleashed flames and pellets on the crowd that gathered in the town of Khar, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near Pakistan s border with Afghanistan...
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... Images being broadcast on local TV show ambulances ferrying injured people to hospitals in the Pakistani tribal district of Bajaur, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the border with Afghanistan...
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... Mr Ansari - who heads the force in Pakistan s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province - added that ball bearings had been found which were used in a suicide jacket...
More than 50 die in two Pakistan accidents
... The boat capsized on Tanda Dam, a lake near Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, close to the border with Afghanistan...
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... It has had a devastating impact on the communities in the Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces...
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... In May a major wildfire engulfed part of the Sherani pine forest in northern Pakistan, on the border of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces...
Pakistan's Imran Khan is fighting for his political life
... For analyst Arifa Noor, however, the government s signature universal healthcare programme - launched in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces - was its biggest success...
More than 50 die in two Pakistan accidents
More Than 50 people have been killed in two separate travel-related accidents in Pakistan on Sunday.
At least 41 people died When a bus fell into a ravine and caught fire in the south-west, while in the north-west at least 10 children drowned in a boating accident.
All The Dead recovered So Far at The Lake were aged between seven and 14.
At the bus Crash Site , a local official said the bodies were " beyond recognition".
The Crash occurred near the southern city of Bela, in Balochistan Province, When it was travelling to The Port city of Karachi.
Local official Hamza Anjum told AFP news agency that 40 bodies were found alongside three injured people, one of whom died shortly after. The two remaining survivors were in a " serious" condition.
The bus reportedly hit a pillar on a bridge before The Crash .
" We will investigate the causes of The Accident , " Mr Anjum said, adding that DNA tests would be used to determine the identity of The Remains .
The Boat capsized on Tanda Dam , a lake near Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , close to The Border with Afghanistan.
Local police official Mir Rauf told AFP that as well as The 10 who died, 11 children had been rescued, with six in Critical Condition . Another nine are believed to be missing.
The Boat they were travelling on was carrying More Than two dozen people on a daytrip from a local madrassa - Islamic school - When it overturned.
" A rescue operation is under way, " Mr Rauf said.
Furqan Khan, The Deputy commissioner of Korat, told Reuters there had been incidents in The Past and police had closed The Lake for recreational trips.
Video footage by local broadcasters and on Social Media showed rescuers in the Water .
Source of news: bbc.com
