Tag: Fata
Section 144 lifted in North Waziristan ahead of polls
MIRANSHAH: Pre-election activities are set to resume in earnest as the district administration lifted Section 144 in North Waziristan tribal district on Monday.
The 30-day ban on...
About time tribal people’s wounds are healed
--PML-N’s Khawaja Asif calls for avoiding use of force in tribal areas, forming parliamentary body to probe issues of erstwhile FATA
--PTI’s Murad Saeed blames...
Quota of erstwhile FATA students doubled in educational institutes
ISLAMABAD: In what could be dubbed a praiseworthy move, the quota of the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) students have been doubled in educational...
PM Imran to visit Bajaur Agency on Friday
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Bajaur Agency on Friday.
PM's Special Adviser Iftikhar Durrani in a video message said, “The federal government is...
Wazir tribe elders react to brutal murder of Pakistanis by Afghan...
ISLAMABAD: The news of brutal killing of eight innocent Pakistani tribesmen, including four brothers, by Afghan special security forces triggered a shock wave among...
Levies, Khasadar force get policing powers in tribal districts
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor on Monday signed two separate ordinances granting special policing powers to Levies and Khasadar force in the newly merged...
ECP issues notification on 16 constituencies of erstwhile FATA
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday issued a notification of the final report along with list of constituencies pertaining to 16 general...
Jirga constituted to hold talks with PTM
PESHAWAR: The Advisory Committee on Tribal Districts, in its maiden meeting held here on Monday with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Mahmood Khan in chair,...
Govt committed to bringing tribal youth into national mainstream, says PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the government will play a leading role in mainstreaming marginalised youth by scaling up youth empowerment initiatives...
KP govt gives approval to establish courts in tribal areas
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government on Saturday gave an approval to form civil and sessions courts in the erstwhile Federally Administrated Tribal Area (FATA).
KP...
Cabinet wants Shehbaz to resign as PAC chief on ‘moral grounds’
--Fawad Chaudhry says NA Opp leader trying to 'save' certain lawmakers from NAB probe
--Says govt to conduct external audit of inflated gas bills, form...
Computerised arms licences to be activated in tribal districts
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Friday instructed Home and Tribal Affairs Department to make the mechanism for the issuance of computerised...
SC declares jirgas/panchayats illegal
--Top court terms jirgas' operation violation of country’s international commitments
--Grants KP six months for uniform system of courts in FATA
ISLAMABAD: Declaring the operation of jirga and...
Govt committed to bringing tribal youth into national mainstream, says Dar
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (PM) on Youth Affairs Muhammad Usman Dar has said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led government is committed...
No terror group backed by army, says Lt Gen Mehmood
PESHAWAR: Peshawar Corps Commander Lt Gen Shaheen Mazhar Mehmood said on Sunday that the Pakistan Army does not support any terrorist group or faction, adding...
ECP receives objections on draft regarding tribal constituencies
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday started receiving objections on initial draft regarding constituencies of tribal districts in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
Addition of 16 seats to KP Assembly from erstwhile FATA proposed
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued on Wednesday the initial delimitation list of erstwhile FATA, wherein the addition of 16 seats to the...
