Tag: Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)
Govt’s indecision over fate of SAFRON ministry raises eyebrows
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) was once amongst the most attractive ministries in the country for public officials; however, after the...
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...
Federal, KP govts agree to conduct overall rehabilitation of tribal areas
PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Justice (r) Dost Muhammad Khan and Federal Minister for Information, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Syed Ali...
FATA stands to lose Rs 10bn from last year’s budget: report
PESHAWAR: Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) was allocated a budget of Rs24.5 billion in the fiscal year 2017-18 but if the allocated sum is not...
Senate passes bill extending SC, PHC’s jurisdiction to FATA
--PML-N, PPP, PTI join hands to get bill approved as PkMAP and JUI-F senators walk out of session in protest
--SAFRON minister says govt committed...
Farhatullah Babar predicts nationwide movement against enforced disappearances
ISLAMABAD: Farhatullah Babar said on Thursday that protesting voices against the extra-judicial killings, mysterious disappearances of citizens and Guantanamo Bay-like centres in the tribal areas...
PTI’s parliamentary board formed to allot party tickets in FATA
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday formed a 10-member parliamentary board with Imran Khan acting as the chairman, for the distribution of tickets in...
