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The Frontier Post is an independent English language daily newspaper founded in Peshawar, Pakistan, in 1985. It publishes from Peshawar , Lahore , Islamabad , Karachi , and Quetta . History [ edit ]
The Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North) ( Urdu: فرنٹیئر کور خیبر پختونخواہ (شمالی), reporting name: FCKP (N) ), is a federal paramilitary force in Pakistan, operating in the northern part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, overseeing the country's borders with Afghanistan and assisting with maintaining law and order.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (/ ˌ k aɪ b ər p ə k ˈ t uː ŋ k w ə /; Pashto: خېبر پښتونخوا; Hindko, Urdu: خیبر پختونخوا, pronounced [ˈxɛːbaɾ paxˈtuːnxuɑː] ⓘ; abbr. KP), formerly known as North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan.
The Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (South) ( Urdu: سرحد واہنی خیبر پختونخواہ (جنوبی), reporting name: FCKP (S) ), is a federal paramilitary force in Pakistan, operating in the southern part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, to overseeing the country's borders with Afghanistan and assisting with maintaining law and order.
t. e. The North-West Frontier Province referendum ( Pashto: د شمال لویدیځ سرحدي ایالت ټولپوښتنه) was held in July 1947 to decide whether the North-West Frontier Province {Now Called Khyber Pakhtunkhwa } of British India would join the Dominion of India or Pakistan upon the Partition of India. The polling began on 6 ...
Sikh Empire (1823–1846) British India (1846–1947) Pakistan (1947-present) Pakistan's Frontier Corps is headquartered at the fort. Bala Hissar ( Pashto / Urdu / Hindko: قلعه بالاحصار ), also spelt Bala Hisar, is an historic fortress located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. First mentioned by 7th-century explorer ...
The Frontier Post (English-language) newspaper begins publication. 1987 - Frontier Times in publication (approximate date). 1994 - Bus hijacking. 1995 - Bombing. 1996 - Qalb-e-Asia Cultural Centre established. 1998 - Population: 982,816. 21st century. 2004 - Peshawar Panthers cricket team formed. 2007 - 15 May: suicide Hotel bombing.
Pakistan's motorway network links Peshawar to Faisalabad by the M-4 Motorway, while a new motorway network to Karachi is being built as part of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor. The Hazara Motorway is being constructed as part of CPEC, and is providing control-access motorway travel all the way to Mansehra and Thakot via the M-1 and Hazara ...