Tag: Fata
Drone strikes in Kurram Agency near Pak-Afghan border kills two, injures...
PARACHINAR: At least two men were killed and one was severely injured in two separate drone strikes, each on either side of the Pak-Afghan border on...
KP chief secretary directs to issue school-based domicile to FATA students
ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be a significant development, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chief secretary Muhammad Azam Khan has asked the additional chief secretary Federally Administered Tribal...
No polio case reported in FATA in 2017
PESHAWAR: FATA has reported no polio case in 2017. According to details, first anti-polio campaign of the year 2018 starts Monday morning with the...
Zubair congratulates FATA people on passage of reforms bill
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair congratulated the people of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on the passage of the new FATA reforms bill...
Extending SC, PHC jurisdiction to FATA milestone towards merger with KP:...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Central Information Secretary Dr Nafisa Shah has congratulated the opposition parties on leading the movement which led to the...
Allied parties on board on FATA-KP merger: SAFRON minister
ISLAMABAD: Minister for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Abdul Qadir Baloch reiterated his government’s resolve that Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) would be brought...
Parliamentarians laud extension of SC, PHC jurisdiction to FATA
PESHAWAR: The parliamentarians, civil society, lawyers and tribal people on Friday have highly lauded the passing of the historic FATA Bill 2017 from the National...
National Assembly extends SC, high court’s jurisdiction to FATA
--House rejects amendments proposed by JUI-F's Naeema Kishwar, passes bill with majority vote
--NA Opp leader demands FATA merger bill be presented in House in next...
Jhagra discuss matters of well-being of KP, FATA people with US...
PESHAWAR: The American Consul General (CG) in Peshawar, Stephen Fakan, met with the Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Iqbal Zafar Jhagra at governor’s house here...
Bajaur Agency elders support JUI-F demand of independent FATA
BAJAUR AGENCY: A number of tribal elders of Bajaur Agency on Thursday announced to support the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) stance of an independent Federally...
President approves delimitation bill
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has approved the 24th Constitutional Amendment Bill 2017, passing it into law on December 22.
On December 19, the Senate had...
Federal cabinet approves formation of implementation committee for FATA reforms
Approves amendment bringing blasphemy, pornography under ambit of cybercrime law
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved the formation of an implementation committee for...
Malala demands FATA merger with KP
LONDON: Malala Yousufzai, the Nobel laureate, on Tuesday, asked the government to expedite the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
FATA’s people will not accept government’s illogical solutions: Siraj ul Haq
LAHORE: Jamaat e Islami Ameer, Senator Siraj ul Haq has urged the government to implement the FATA reforms suggested by Sartaj Aziz without any...
PPP to stay away from PTI’s protest movement over FATA-KP issue:...
ISLAMABAD: There are apparently no chances of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) backing the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) “historical movement” for the implementation of the...
Summary forwarded to president for abolishing FCR, Senate told
ISLAMABAD: Minister for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Abdul Qadir Baloch Wednesday informed the Senate that a summary had been forwarded to the president...
Stalemate persists as tribal elders’ council puts strings to FATA mainstreaming...
Advisor to PM confirms no breakthrough has taken place, says 'seven-decades-old issues cannot be resolved in seven minutes’
Supreme council’s member says have...
