Tag: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
KP governor resigns in a bid to contest Senate elections 2018
PM asks Governor Mahtab Abbasi to stay on for now
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor Sardar Mahtab Ahmad Khan Abbasi handed over his resignation from the...
Fog, chilly winds grip twin cities
Already overwhelmed with freezing winds regularly blowing from the cold north, the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi have been in the grips of...
PTI fails to pass Prevention of Conflict of Interest Bill from...
The PTI-led provincial government failed to pass the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prevention of Conflict of Interest Bill, 2016 from the provincial assembly as the longest...
KP govt approves Rs 60 bln urban uplift programme
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has approved communication schemes of Rs 60 billion for the whole province this year; no new road schemes will be...
Snitches get riches!
Whistleblower Law in KP on the cards to curb corruption, illegal activity: Law Minister
Provincial Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Imtiaz Shahid Qureshi advocate...
Govt yet to reach 10 to 15% quake-hit areas in KP
Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)’s Special Assistant Mushtaq Ghani admitted on Tuesday that 10 to 15 per cent areas in the earthquake affected districts...
Parliamentary Committee on CPEC recommends dual carriage for western route
Mushahid says smaller provinces’ rights and interests to be fully protected under CPEC
The Parliamentary Committee on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) met on Monday...
NAB arrests locomotive factory engineer
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested Pakistan Locomotive Factory, Risalpur Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer (BPS-19) Fiaz Ali shah on Tuesday for allegedly...
KP govt introduces e-governance for transparency, accountability: Mushtaq
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information and Higher Education Mushtaq Ghani said on Tuesday that the provincial government was introducing modern technology at government offices...
Hungary’s MOL announces new oil, gas discovery in Karak
Hungarian oil and gas group Mol on Friday announced a new crude oil, condensate and natural gas discovery in Karak Block in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa.
The...
605 corrupt officials put behind bars in KP in last 15...
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has put at least 605 corrupt officials behind bars while recovered Rs 134 crore in last 15 months.
The...
Firing on school van injures young girl in Charsadda
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Unidentified men on Friday operend fire on a school van, injuring a young girl on-board, in Charsadda district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to police sources,...
Five Customs officials gunned down in Kohat
Uniformed government officials, including polio vaccination workers, are often targeted by militants in the area.
Chehlum of APS victims observed amid parents’ protest against KP govt
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The 40-day mark (Chehlum) of the victims of deadly attack on Army Public School (APS) in Peshawar last month was observed on Tuesday amid...
KP govt offers $100,000 bounty for TTP’s Mullah Fazlullah
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The government of Pakistan's restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province Monday announced a bounty worth 10 million rupees (US$100,000) for information leading to the arrest or death...
SC directs KP govt to finalise LB poll date within a...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government to consult the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and finalise within a...
Khan says matter of IDPs not in KP’s domain
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday said that the matter of North Waziristan’s internally displaced persons (IDPs) is not the subject matter...