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 public assembly was imposed almost a month…
–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 past govts for failing to develop erstwhile…
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 and health institutions in other provinces. The quota…
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 standing with its tribal brothers.” “PM will…
ISLAMABAD: The news of brutal killing of eight innocent Pakistani tribesmen, including four brothers, by Afghan special security forces triggered a shock wave among the tribal people living within bordering areas of…
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor on Monday signed two separate ordinances granting special policing powers to Levies and Khasadar force in the newly merged tribal districts of FATA. The ordinances have been…
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 seats allocated to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber…
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, constituted an autonomous jirga consisting of MNAs and…
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 of United Nations Development Program (UNDP). He said…
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 Chief Minister Mahmood Khan said the people…
–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 committee for stabilising prices of essential commodities …
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 arms licence simpler. While presiding over a meeting…
–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 panchayats in the country against its…
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 to bringing tribal youth into the national development…
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 that they have always desired sustainable peace and…
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday started receiving objections on initial draft regarding constituencies of tribal districts in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly belonging to the erstwhile Federal Administered…
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 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly from the eight newly-constituted…
