“We are under extreme stress about skyrocketing prices of essential edible commodities and the cost of gas and electricity. The situation is becoming worse because every day. We must pay more for wheat flour, sugar, tea, milk, oil, etc.,” Azizullah Khan, a civil servant, says. Khan draws a monthly salary of
Author: Ashfaq Yusufzai, IPS
Killings, abductions fuel fear of Taliban return in North-West Pakistan
The killing of eight people by the outlawed Tehreek Taliban Pakistan on September 13 has given credence to the fear of a new wave of terrorism in the Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. TTP claimed responsibility for the latest improvised explosive device (IED) attack on a vehicle. A former member of