- Man killed as mortar fired from Iran lands in Balochistan A man was killed when a mortar shell fired from Iranian side landed in Panjgur district of Balochistan on Saturday....
- Champions Trophy: Pakistan beat Bangladesh in warm-up match Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by two wickets in their ICC Champions Trophy warm-up encounter in Birmingham on Saturday...
- Pakistan, Afghanistan to play two T20 matches in near future Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) have agreed to play two friendly T20 International matches between the two countries with each side touring the other country for the same in the near future...
- PTI MPA-led protesters again storm grid station in Peshawar Protesters led by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA Fazal Elahi once again stormed the Hazarkhwani gird station in the outskirt of Peshawar on second consecutive day in protest against prolonged load-shedding...
- Seminar speakers allege govt not sincere to implement Fata reforms Speakers at a seminar said that the federal government is not sincere in the implementation of Fata reforms adding that center itself is creating hurdles in mainstreaming tribal areas...
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PPP issues show-cause notices to Ikramullah Shahid, others for participating in anti-Mashal rally
Date: 03 May, 2017
Media’s role in advancing peaceful societies highlighted on World Press Freedom Day in Peshawar
Date: 03 May, 2017
KP cabinet approves Private Schools Regulatory Authority Bill 2016
Date: 03 May, 2017
Four TTP hardcore militants executed
Date: 03 May, 2017
Supreme Court rejects names proposed by SBP, SECP for Panama case JIT
Date: 03 May, 2017
PHC suspends death penalty awarded by military court
Date: 03 May, 2017
NADRA unblock 150,000 NICs temporarily
Date: 03 May, 2017
2nd test: West Indies need 41 more runs to end Pakistan first innings lead
Date: 03 May, 2017
KP govt to computerize Schoolteachers record
Date: 03 May, 2017
Eight killed in suicide bomb attack on NATO convoy in Kabul
Date: 03 May, 2017
Power supply disconnected in upper Kurram for last two weeks
Date: 03 May, 2017
Rs1.7 billion allocated for marble city in Mohmand Agency
Date: 03 May, 2017
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS – LATEST
- PATA residents yet to benefit from Right to Information Act
The people of seven districts of Malakand division and Kohistan are complaining that being the equal citizens of the country, it is their basic right to have access to information of public importance as like other inhabitants of rest of the province.
- Government fails to control monopoly of private educational institutions
The previous ANP-led government had prepared a draft for establishing a regulatory body for the private educational institutions but it could not make legislation. The incumbent PTI-led coalition government had also promised to establish a regulatory body in the province but despite of passage of four years, it yet to materialize the pledge.
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Fata Reforms
- Delay in the passage of reforms bill from parliament draws criticism from FATA people
The existing Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) law in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) has always been under criticism from different quarters, while the successive governments also brought some changes in the controversial British-era law – the most important being the right to franchise in 1996 and political parties act extension to FATA in 2011. […]
- Tribal people waiting for government’s decision on future status of FATA
Since the beginning of consultations for the reforms process by the government, the political parties, social organisations and tribal elders and youth are actively raising their voice in support of particular set of reforms. When Members of the National Assembly from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) submitted the 22nd constitutional amendment bill in the Lower […]
- Tribal People are uncertain about the proposed local bodies polls in 2017
Efforts are being underway to introduce reforms in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on official level and the tribal population is also participating in the process by providing their input from time to time on the issue concerning their future governing system. The Fata reforms committed led by Sartaj Aziz, advisor to Prime Minister […]
TDPs
- Sports activities get momentum in FATA with return of TDPs
Like other activities of life, sports activities also came to a halt in FATA due to law and order issues and the sports grounds presented a deserted look. However, the situation changed swiftly after the return of local people and now the political administration, FATA Secretariat and people in their private capacity are organising sports […]
- Matriculation exams conducted successfully amid repatriation, rehabilitation of TDPs in FATA
After years of displacement and reconstruction in tribal areas, the government successfully conducted matriculation exams in FATA this year. The FATA people were jubilant over holding of matric exams in their areas after a long time However, the students from Mehsuds-inhabited areas of South Waziristan Agency had to attend their exam in Dera Ismail Khan […]
- TDPs decry lack of facilities at ration, registration centers across FATA,KP
The repatriation process of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) has entered its final stage. According to the Fata Disaster Management Authority (FDMA), majority of the displaced families have so far been repatriated but still there are thousands of households who are still waiting for government’s approval to return […]
