- Press woes: Journalist tortured and arrested in Jamrud A group of journalists staged a protest demonstration on Pak-Afghan highway and closed the roads for two hours disrupting the traffic flow....
- ‘Girls education is need of time’, says KP CM While addressing a ceremony during a visit to under-construction building of Girls Cadet College Jamra in Takht-e-Bai, he said that the girls of this college will become reason of pride for motherland...
- Pakistan and UNESCO signs project worth $3.4 for promotion of girls education UNESCO Islamabad and Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, Government of Pakistan, signed a plan of operation for a Korean funded project to support Girls’ Right to Education in Pakistan....
- ATC acquits Baldev Kumar in slain Soran Singh’s murder case An anti-terrorism court has acquitted Baldev Kumar on Thursday who was charged in muder case of former advisor to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sardar Soran Singh....
- Three terrorists killed, one soldier martyred in cross border attack in Mohmand Agency Three terrorists were killed and one Pakistani soldier embraced martyrdom on Thursday during exchange of firing in Safi tehsil Sheikh Baba area of Mohmand Agency....
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Repatriation to North Waziristan resumes
Date: 10 Jul, 2017
Three killed as vehicle plunges into ravine in Swat
Date: 10 Jul, 2017
‘Fata parliamentarians responsible for delay in Fata reforms’
Date: 10 Jul, 2017
JIT recommends NAB reference against Sharif family
Date: 10 Jul, 2017
Sadda to have its own Army Public School
Date: 10 Jul, 2017
Residents protest low voltage, power outages in Dir
Date: 10 Jul, 2017
32 teams to participate in football tournament in Khyber
Date: 10 Jul, 2017
Health workers protest colleague’s misbehavior in DI Khan
Date: 10 Jul, 2017
Tobacco growers reject new tobacco price
Date: 10 Jul, 2017
DPO among two killed, 15 injured in Chaman suicide blast
Date: 10 Jul, 2017
Met Office predicts rain in parts of KP, Fata
Date: 10 Jul, 2017
Dacoits in disguise of secret agency personnel loot house in Nowshera
Date: 10 Jul, 2017
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS – LATEST
- Another U-turn: PTI to present budget this year
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has yet again changed its direction and decided to present the budget for fiscal year 2018-19.
- Bajaur Super League kicks off with a colourful ceremony
Bajaur Super League (BSP) cricket tournament was inaugurated at a colourful ceremony at Bajaur Sport Complex on Monday.
- Growing narcotics business poses serious threat to Dargai youth
The people of Dargai area of Malakand on Monday staged a demonstration over inaction of the administration against people involved in narcotics business.
- It’s Time To End Private Schools Monopoly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The parents have celebrated the establishment of government authority to keep check on private schools in KP who increase fees as and when they want.
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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.
