Tag: Fata
Mastung still under grip of terrorism, says senator during meeting on...
ISLAMABAD: Senator Sardar Muhammad Azam Khan Musakhel on Friday refuted Ministry of Interior (MOI) Additional Secretary Muhammad Siddiqui's claims of progressive peace being achieved in Federally...
Conduct elections in tribal districts at the earliest, say experts
The government has been urged to conduct elections for provincial assembly seat in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) as soon as possible...
Three FATA senators join PTI
ISLAMABAD: Three senators belonging to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) joined the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Saturday.
According to a party notification, Senator Aurangzeb...
HEC launches fully funded scholarship schemes for Baloch, FATA students
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has launched several fully funded scholarships schemes for students hailing from Balochistan and the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas...
People of erstwhile FATA in high hope of change after polls
ISLAMABAD: Citizens of newly merged areas of the Federally Administered Tribal area (FATA) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) have high hopes from the recently elected...
AIOU announces free education for Balochistan, FATA students
ISLAMABAD: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) will continue to provide free matric education to the students of Balochistan and the tribal areas in the semester...
Elections remain peaceful in FATA amid good participation of women
--Minor incidents of firing, complaints of combined male-female polling booths and lack of stamps reported in some constituencies
ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be a...
Rifts taint MMA as JUI-F, JI field separate candidates in FATA
JUI-F gets to place majority of candidates on MMA’s platform
PESHAWAR: Rifts and divisions have tainted the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) as the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam...
KP shares recovery plan for newly-merged tribal areas
Ignacio Artaza-led UNDP delegation calls on CM Dost in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Dost Muhammad Khan spoke out his mind about the overall recovery...
ECP rejects plea seeking timely polls in FATA
ISLAMABAD: A petition was rejected by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday seeking provincial assembly polls in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)...
FATA residents not allowed to protest outside ECP building
ISLAMABAD: The capital's police and administration did not allow protestors from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to hold a sit-in in front of the Election Commission...
Muttahida Qabail Party demands timely polls in tribal areas
ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Qabail Party (MQP) Chairman Habib Malik Aurakzai has said that nothing could dampen their courage and vowed to continue the sit-in till acceptance...
Minister says govt to ensure FATA’s smooth merger in KP
ISLAMABAD: Interim Minister for Law and Justice Syed Ali Zafar on Saturday said that merger process of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in the...
FATA ADP approval, no longer under K-P governor’s jurisdiction
PESHAWAR: With the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), the approval of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) of Fata is...
Muttahida Qabail Party demands timely elections in tribal areas
ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qabail Party leaders held a march on Friday to demand timely elections in 2018 instead of 2019 on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly...
Caretaker minister suggests more projects for tribal areas
FBR directed to come up with comprehensive proposals to fix taxation issues
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Law and Justice Barrister Syed Ali Zafar on...
Political parties urge ECP to hold polls for provincial FATA seats...
ISLAMABAD: Major political parties from tribal regions have threatened to stage a sit-in in front of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on the third...
