Tag: FATA merger

Govt to ensure smooth FATA-KP merger

-Sub-campus of Hazara University in Batagram ready for inauguration -Mass scale police recruitment in FATA to be carried out, says KP CM PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief...

PM Imran to create incentives for overseas Pakistanis to send back...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Friday while chairing a meeting to discuss the problems faced by overseas Pakistanis said that his government...

Govt decides to dissolve SAFRON Ministry

PESHAWAR: The federal government on Tuesday decided to dissolve the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) following the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal...

State-run media directed to give coverage to all parties

Law minister says a high-level meeting to discuss implementation plan of tribal areas’ merger today ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Law Syed Ali Zafar has said...

PATA – not just FATA- also gets changed status after 31st...

Though they didn’t have it as bad as FATA, the much larger PATA also had some long-ignored grievances While the 31st Amendment to the...

Provincial assembly to mull over FATA-KP merger on 27th

---JUI-F members plan to surround KP Assembly on Sunday to protest passage of bill ---KP’s seats in NA would increase to 147 after merger   PESHAWAR: The Khyber...

‘#FATAMerger’ spreads like wildfire on Twitter

LAHORE: '#FATAMerger' became a top Twitter trend and this is what the Aam Aawam is saying about it:   Anjum Kiani said, "Probably the first to break the Mubarak...

Govt fails to convince allies over FATA merger timeline: report

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi failed to convince government allies on Monday pertaining to timeline promulgated by the military and civil leadership for mainstreaming tribal...

ANP chief criticises Fazl, Achakzai for opposing KP-FATA merger

HARNAI: Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali on Friday criticised his political peers for opposing the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and FATA's merger. "Only Jamaat-e-Ullema Islam-Fazl...

FATA’s fate lies with its people, not ‘opportunists’: Fazl

PESHAWAR: Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rahman on Sunday said the people of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) must have the right to take...

COAS assures support for FATA’s mainstreaming in line with tribesmen’s desires

  RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday assured delegations of tribal elders and youth jirga that Pakistan Army fully...

Tribal people demand FATA’s merger with KP

Protesters want representation in KP Assembly, ask govt to convene CCI meeting on matter ANP asks government to have mercy on tribal people,...

CM seeks Rs 100 bn package for FATA after merger with...

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister (CM) Pervez Khattak on Tuesday urged politicians to take a united stand for the integration of the voiceless...