Tag: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Following three cases, KP govt gears up to battle dengue once...

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government on Thursday has geared up to battle dengue once again as three cases have already been reported in the province. The...

KP govt withheld more than Rs14 billion development funds from local...

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has arbitrarily withheld more than Rs14 billion development funds allocated to the local bodies for the current fiscal...

PTM protests arrest of members, registration of cases in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Expressing resentment over arrests and registration of cases against its supporters and activists, the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) on Monday staged a demonstration in Peshawar. The...

24 Pakistanis allegedly being kept in Afghanistan detention centres: families

PESHAWAR: Twenty-four Pakistanis have gone missing in Afghanistan since September last year, their families told media on Monday. Addressing a press conference in Peshawar, they said that...

Security operations in KP, heavy contingents of ammunition recovered

PESHAWAR: Security forces conducted Intelligence Based Operations (IBOs) as part of the ongoing operation Radd ul Fasaad in various areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including...

NAB summons former KP admin secretary in Imran’s helicopter use case

PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday summoned former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) administration secretary Hassan Muhammad Yousufzai to appear for questioning in connection with...

Shehbaz Sharif to be ‘stumped’ soon: Sheikh Rasheed

ISLAMABAD: Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed on Tuesday has stated that Shehbaz Sharif will be "stumped" in the coming time period even though...

PTI MPA accuses KP police of inaction during robbery incident

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA Zareen Zia submitted a motion in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly against the police for not acting against the criminals in a...

SC wraps up suo motu case of four-year-old Asma’s rape, murder

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court wrapped up on Wednesday the hearing of the murder case of four-year-old Asma, who was raped and murdered in Mardan. While...

Important posts in KP Ehtesab Commission lie vacant

PESHAWAR:  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's (KP) Ehtesab Commission is facing administrative troubles as most of the posts in the body are vacant, according to a report...

Security threats, bad weather suspends anti-polio campaign in Malakand

PESHAWAR: Anti-polio campaign organisers in Malakand were ordered to suspend ongoing efforts due to “bad weather” and security threats, said officials. According to the Emergency...

PTI failed to provide good governance in KP: Muqam

ISLAMABAD: Advisor to the Prime Minister Amir Muqam Khan has said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has failed to provide good governance to the...

Punjab govt follows KP, offers executive allowance to civil servants: report

LAHORE: The Punjab government may offer a substantive executive allowance to all Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) and Provincial Management Service (PMS) officers apparently to...

People’s love Nawaz has led to Imran losing his senses: Marriyum

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb, responding to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan's diatribe against Sharif...

NAB chairman vows merit-based appointments in NAB on provincial quota

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (R) Javed Iqbal has reiterated his firm resolve to make appointments in the NAB on provincial quota allocations as...

Positive environmental samples prompt EOC to conduct special anti-polio campaign

PESHAWAR: A three-day special anti-polio campaign has been planned in the selected high-risk union councils (UCs) of Peshawar, Kohat and Hangu including 32 Afghan...

Imran Khan’s use of govt helicopters costs KP millions: report

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairperson Imran Khan's use of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)'s helicopters has cost the provincial government millions, reported a local media...