- Security withdrawn from unauthorised persons in KP, SC told A tree-member bench of the apex court heard public interest cases at the Peshawar Registry during its two-day visit to Peshawar....
- Woman education officer says she was transferred for raising voice against corruption A former woman district education officer of Karak has alleged that Member Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Malik Qasim Khan in connivance with the officials of the Education Department have removed her from her post....
- Four soldiers killed in Saudi check post attack Four security personnel were shot dead, while four others were wounded in firing on a security check post in Saudi Arabia on Thursday....
- APS carnage: CJP issues notices to federal, KP governments The parents, mostly mothers, who earlier staged protest outside the Peshawar Registry of the Supreme Court, complained to the chief justice that they have been ruined and they only want justice, and nothing else. ...
- Disabled persons demand more jobs in govt departments They demanded increase in jobs from 2% to 5%, provision of free education to disable and special persons, approval of scale centers on tehsil level and provision of monthly stipend....
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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
- Private Schools in KP warned against increase in fee
The notification was issued in districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that strict actions will be taken under the rules of PSRA Act 2017 against those educational institutes which failed to follow the rules
- Paradise Festival “Qaqlasht” concludes in Chitral
The four-day traditional Qaqlasht Festival concluded today in Chitral district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Deadly Selfie: Three of a family drowned in Kabul river near Nowshera
NOWSHERA: A selfie turned deadly for three youths as two girls and a boy drowned late Monday afternoon in Kund Park Nowshera. A family hailing from Peshawar had gone to picnic at the Kund Park where two girls and a boy sat on a slippery rock when one of the girls stood up to take […]
- Passion brought me in Pashto film industry, not money: Yar Hassan
The poor state of Pashto Showbiz industry can be gauged from the fact that certain popular actors working in in Pashto CD films and dramas had to pay from own pockets to get work and exposure.
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Fata Reforms
- Tribesmen seek implementation of FATA reforms before upcoming general elections
Fazal Ameen, a social worker active in the fields of health and education in FATA, believes that reforms are possible even during this short period.
- Extension of higher courts to FATA will improve women lives, say experts
The FCR law is still there and the political agent enjoys vast powers. Therefore, we can assume that the judicial system’s extension to the tribal areas left much to be desired
- Bill on extension of judiciary to FATA awaiting approval from Senate
After a long wait, the National Assembly finally passed a bill on 12 January 2018 for extending the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and Peshawar High Court (PHC) to FATA. Protests by the FATA people and statements by the opposition leaders played a crucial role in the approval of the bill from the National Assembly.
TDPs
- Absenteeism of teachers, damaged buildings make 900 schools non-functional in FATA
In tribal areas of Pakistan, more than 800 schools have been closed or still remained non-functional due to poor law and order situation in the region. A large number of schools were either damaged or destroyed by Taliban when they were in control of major parts of FATA. Since majority of displaced populations have returned […]
- Returnees and displaced families from FATA seek food security
Hundreds of displaced families from North and South Waziristan and Khyber Agency are still living a displaced life. However, the IDPs and repatriated from Fata have claimed that government was, seemingly, least interested to facilitate and provide food to the terrorism-affected tribal people.
- Political parties running campaigns to increase vote bank among repatriated people of FATA
Political hustle and bustle have been gaining vigor at the in the areas of return in FATA with public gatherings being organized at hujras and local offices of political parties ahead of forthcoming general elections.During 2013 general elections thousands of families from different agencies of Fata were living in camps and with relatives due to military operations.
