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Geo News, Pakistan
April 27, 2018
Although most of the areas in North Waziristan Agency have been cleared following military operations, some attacks still occur. In a series of recent incidents, two armed force personnel were martyred in the agency. Sources said a vehicle of the Pakistan Army was targeted in a rocket attack in Mir Ali tehsilÃâà...
Newsline
April 26, 2018
He added, “there can be no denying that these religious seminaries encouraged the fundamentalist narrative in North Waziristan.” The historical Miranshah and Mir Ali Bazaar in the area are two locales that escaped the wrath of the militants. Once a draw for the local population, even at the peak ofÃâà...
Daily Times
April 26, 2018
MIR ALI: During his visit to FATA after over two decades, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman Wednesday told a huge gathering in North Waziristan tribal region that holding a political rally here will usher in an era of political freedom in tribal areas because restrictions on politicalÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 25, 2018
MIRANSHAH: Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday shot dead a tribesman in Mir Ali tehsil of North Waziristan Agency (NWA), tribal sources said. They said that the gunmen shot dead Ziaullah near his house in Mir Ali and managed to escape. AdvertisementÃâà...
Daily Times
April 24, 2018
Maulana Fazl will address the Ulema and Fozala (religious leaders and scholars) Conference in Mir Ali, a hamlet in North Waziristan. “He will be the first leader of any mainstream political party to visit the tribal region since 1991,”said Saeed Anwar, the most likely contender to contest from the tribal regionÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
April 23, 2018
A statement issued here by ISPR stated that political agent would supervise the surveys to assess worth of losses suffered by traders of Miran Shah and Mir Ali and other areas. Essentially the issue relates to financial assistance provided to shopkeepers for the perishable commodities which were present inÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
April 23, 2018
PESHAWAR: One security official was martyred while three others were injured in an explosion in Dattakhel area of North Waziristan Agency Sunday ... Sources said a vehicle of the Pakistan Army was targeted in a rocket attack in Mir Ali Tehsil of the agency, resulting in the deaths of two army officials.
Daily Times
April 17, 2018
“We had to leave our hometowns and booming businesses in Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan Agency, Mir Ali and other parts of the tribal region on a short three-day notice when the military launched Zarb-e-Azb offensive against Taliban back in 2014,” said Imshad Dawar, member of theÃâà...
Gandhara
April 11, 2018
PTM leaders Ali Wazir (L), Mohsin Dawar and Manzoor Pashteen in Mir Ali, North Waziristan on March 2. He says the PTM is not ideological but populist and that it seeks to bridge the traditional divide in society. “All Pashtuns, be they religious or secular, are suffering, and our aim is to end their misery,” heÃâà...
DAWN.com
April 11, 2018
Talking to Dawn at the protest camp set up outside Peshawar Press Club, the traders representing some 20,000 businessmen and shopkeepers of Mirali, Miramshah and Dattakhel areas of North Waziristan said that the number of affected traders, exporters and businessmen was huge. They said that not aÃâà...
Long War Journal
April 10, 2018
Prior to the Pakistani Army's offensive in the tribal agency of North Waziristan in June 2014, the IJU's leadership and much of its network was based in the jihadist hub of Mir Ali. The US has killed several top IJU leaders, including its emir, Najmuddin Jalolov, in drone strikes in North Waziristan. The IJU hasÃâà...
Gandhara
March 26, 2018
Ali Wazir (L), Mohsin Dawar and Manzoor Pashteen in Mir Ali, North Waziristan on March 2. On March 23, authorities in South Waziristan dismissed Muhammad Anwar from his job as a junior administration official for “misconduct and involvement in political activities.” Anwar has allegedly posted pro-PTMÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
March 26, 2018
(MENAFN - Tribal News Network) MIRALI: The political administration of North Waziristan has arrested the principal of a private school in Mir Ali on charges of providing cheating material to students in the matriculation exams. The administration said the principal was regularly interfering in the examinationÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 25, 2018
The participants were carrying the party flags and banners and placards inscribed with slogans in favour of peace. The participants were riding bikes, three-wheelers and other vehicles. The rally started from Miranshah, the administrative headquarters of NWA, and culminated in Mir Ali subdivision. PotentialÃâà...
Daily Times
March 24, 2018
On this particular day, I had to go to the nearby town of Mir Ali – where Zarb-e-Azb was in full swing. The operation had displaced an estimated ... One tribal man from South Waziristan whose 21 year old son had gone missing called the Pakistani state worse than the Taliban. “They torture their own people,Ãâà...
The News International (blog)
March 24, 2018
The participants were carrying the party flags and banners and placards inscribed with slogans in favour of peace. The participants were riding bikes, three-wheelers and other vehicles. The rally started from Miranshah, the administrative headquarters of NWA, and culminated at Mir Ali subdivision. PotentialÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
March 22, 2018
'More than 20,000 shops and buildings were damaged in Miranshah and Mir Ali only,' president of Trade Union Mujibur Rehman told TNN. He said that they approached the political administration many times for help, but in vain. The traders appealed to the government to replace the members appointed inÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
March 18, 2018
(MENAFN - Tribal News Network) MIRANSHAH: The Jashn-e-Bahar Festival will kick off in North Waziristan Agency tomorrow (Monday). It will be the first festival ... The political administration said football matches among the teams of Miranshah, Mir Ali and Razmak will also be organised on the occasion.
DAWN.com
March 17, 2018
As per allegations, millions of rupees funds were embezzled in several projects by using substandard material in construction of road at Kotka Abdullah Din, construction of flood protection wall and BT road at Mirali tehsil of North Waziristan Agency. It was stated that another inquiry was authorised againstÃâà...
Arab News
March 14, 2018
The menace of militancy not only affected the daily lives of the people, but also deprived children of education in FATA, especially in North Waziristan ... Farzana Riaz, senior in-charge of Mir Ali's Sweet Home, told Arab News that the facility has not only provided “uniform to these kids but also tracksuits forÃâà...
DAWN.com
March 10, 2018
The car was going to Peshawar from Miramshah of North Waziristan Agency, when it was hit by a bus going to Karachi from Buner. The bus struck the car after getting out ... The deceased were identified as Ms Gul Paroz, Ms Rehmia and Fazal Rehman of Mir Ali, Waziristan. The injured, Taus Khan and MirÃâà...
New York Times
March 10, 2018
He wasn't very different from me: a young Pashtun man who had escaped the pitiless war consuming our home in Waziristan, a poor, isolated place .... One night in December 2013 I was watching the television news at my university and saw a report about Pakistani planes bombing the market in Mir Ali.
The News International (blog)
March 4, 2018
MIRANSHAH: A 22-year old woman sustained injuries in a landmine blast in Mir Ali tehsil in North Waziristan on Sunday, tribal sources said. They said the woman was collecting firewood outside her residence in Mir Ali when she stepped on a landmine and triggered an explosion. She was rushed to aÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 4, 2018
MIRANSHAH: A 22-year old woman sustained injuries in a landmine blast in Mir Ali tehsil in North Waziristan on Sunday, tribal sources said. They said the woman was collecting firewood outside her residence in Mir Ali when she stepped on a landmine and triggered an explosion. She was rushed to aÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
March 3, 2018
(MENAFN - Tribal News Network) MIR ALI, 02 March: For the first time in the history of North Waziristan Agency, youth under the banner of Pakhtun Tahafuz Movement held a huge public meeting here on Friday. Large number of tribal elders, youth and leaders of the movement attended the meeting.
The News International (blog)
March 3, 2018
MIRANSHAH: The Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement on Friday demanded the removal of security checkposts and release of all the political prisoners in North Waziristan. Speaking at a big public meeting in Mir Ali town in North Waizristan, the movement's leader Manzoor Pashteen said that it was the right timeÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
March 1, 2018
As some semblance of normality returns to North Waziristan, enrollment and access to education, in the previously turbulent region, still leaves much to be desired. Newly built schools lack teachers and basic learning tools. A government school in the Hasso Khel village, near the Mirali area, is in terrible state.
The News International (blog)
February 28, 2018
The journalists in Miranshah and Mir Ali in North Waziristan and Bannu press clubs organised condolence references and offered fateha for the departed soul of the slain journalist. The journalists praised Malik Mumtaz for his courage and independent journalism and using the media for highlighting civicÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
February 8, 2018
(MENAFN - Tribal News Network) MIRAN SHAH: A five-year old child was killed and another injured in landmine blast in Mir Ali tehsil of North Waziristan Agency, officials at the administration said. Theys said that the incident happened on Wednesday evening in Madikhel village where landmine exploded.
The News International
February 7, 2018
MIRANSHAH: Two soldiers were martyred and three others sustained bullet injuries when suspected militants ambushed a patrolling party of the security forces in the Mir Ali Tehsil of North Waziristan Agency, official sources said on Wednesday. The sources said the security forces' personnel were on aÃâà...
The Express Tribune
February 7, 2018
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: A five-year-old minor was killed, while an eight-year-old sustained injuries when an improvised explosion device (IED) went off in a village in North Waziristan on Thursday. ... Following the explosion, the brothers were shifted to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital (THQ) Mir Ali. The injuredÃâà...
The News International
February 7, 2018
MIRANSHAH: Two soldiers were martyred and three others sustained bullet injuries as suspected militants ambushed a patrolling party of the security forces in the Mir Ali tehsil of North Waziristan Agency, official sources said on Wednesday. The sources said that the security forces' personnel were on aÃâà...
DAWN.com
February 6, 2018
Two men belonging to the security forces lost their lives while three others were injured on Wednesday when their vehicle was targeted in Mir Ali tehsil of North Waziristan. According to sources, the three injured men have been transferred to a Combined Military Hospital (CHM) nearby. The politicalÃâà...
Gandhara
September 21, 2017
Wazir, now in his 20s, gave up on the hope of attending university after a Pakistani military offensive against Islamist militants razed their extensive grocery business to the ground in North Waziristan's commercial hub, Mir Ali, in June 2014. He was among the more than 1 million North Waziristan residentsÃâà...
Daily Times
December 31, 1999
ISLAMABAD: Traders from North Waziristan tribal region ended their four-day sit-in in Islamabad Friday after military assured them that they would be compensated for their losses and their businesses will be restored. Thousands of shops were razed to the ground in Miranshah and Mir Ali, two main townsÃâà...
DAWN.com
December 31, 1999
ISLAMABAD: Traders from North Waziristan called off their protest on Friday night after their talks with Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director ... It may be mentioned here that many people had to leave North Waziristan during the operation Zarb-i-Azb and the markets of Miranshah and Mir Ali wereÃâà...
DAWN.com
December 31, 1999
Speaking at a news conference at the Peshawar Press Club on Wednesday, traders association of North Waziristan Agency, Mirali Bazaar president, Zareenullah said the business community of NWA had faced huge financial losses due to terrorism during the past many years. President of MiramshahÃâà...
The News International (blog)
December 31, 1999
MIRANSHAH: Five security personnel were wounded in a roadside bomb blast in Mir Ali in North Waziristan Agency, official sources said on Friday. Sources said the soldiers were on a routine patrol when their vehicle was hit by an explosive device planted on the roadside in Mir Ali. Five soldiers sustainedÃâà...
DAWN.com
December 31, 1999
The car was going to Peshawar from Miramshah of North Waziristan Agency, when it was hit by a bus going to Karachi from Buner. The bus struck the car after getting out ... The deceased were identified as Ms Gul Paroz, Ms Rehmia and Fazal Rehman of Mir Ali, Waziristan. The injured, Taus Khan and MirÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
December 31, 1999
(MENAFN - Tribal News Network) NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Five security officials were reportedly injured on Friday afternoon when explosives went off in area of Mir Ali in North Waziristan. The security officials reported that a vehicle of security pesonnel was patrolling in Mir Ali area when an improvisedÃâà...
The News International (blog)
December 31, 1999
MIRANSHAH: People on Monday paid glowing tributes to slain journalist Malik Mumtaz, who was correspondent for The News and Geo, on his fifth death anniversary in North Waziristan. Journalists at Miranshah, Mir Ali and Bannu press clubs organised condolence references and offered fateha for theÃâà...
The News International (blog)
December 31, 1999
PESHAWAR: Corps Commander Lt Gen Nasir Ahmad Butt inaugurated the Mir Ali Sweet Home orphanage in North Waziristan and spent a busy day with the orphaned children. A press release by the political administration of North Waziristan said the Corps Commander Peshawar as the chief guestÃâà...
