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FlyDubai has officially commenced direct flight operations to Bacha Khan International Airport, Peshawar, the Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) confirmed in a statement on Friday.

UAE-based low-cost airline flydubai has started flights to Peshawar’s Bacha Khan International Airport, the Pakistan Aviation Authority (PAA) said in a statement today. Peshawar’s airport is a major passenger hub with 75 per cent flights internationally bound, according to the PAA’s website. The inaugural flight of flydubai, FZ 375, “arrived in Peshawar last night with 164 passengers”, the PAA said in a statement. It added that the flight was given a water cannon salute at Bacha Khan Airport, which is a traditional aviation gesture to honour inaugural flights. A cake-cutting ceremony was also held on the arrival of flydubai, the statement added. The UAE-based airline will operate daily flights to Peshawar from Dubai, flydubai had said in a statement. Passengers at the check-in counters at Peshawar’s Bacha Khan International Airport. — PAA The PAA noted that air connections from Peshawar to Gulf and European countries will be expanded. FZ 375 departed back to Dubai at 2:20am PKT with 184 passengers, the statem...

After an 18-year delay, the long-anticipated Safe City Project has finally commenced in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Peshawar - Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi formally inaugurated a free emergency ambulance service for the citizens of Peshawar on Saturday.

Two policemen were martyred and two were injured on Sunday in a suicide attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s capital of Peshawar, according to the police. Faced with increasing attacks by militants, especially in KP and Balochistan, security forces have also intensified counterterrorism operations. “Two policemen, including a sub-inspector, were martyred, and two were injured in a blast,” said Peshawar Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Qasim Khan. He added that a police mobile was targeted in a suicide attack. The attack took place near the Ring Road Mall Mandi area. Earlier in the day, a policeman was martyred in an exchange of fire after attackers threw a hand grenade near a mosque in Gwadar. In another incident today, Lakki Marwat police thwarted a kidnapping bid by terrorists in the Landewa Gorabai area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with three people rescued, two terrorists killed and a cop injured in the rescue operation. Militant violence and security operations intensified in March, with the number of militant att...