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PESHAWAR - Highlighting outcomes of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government's practical steps for the promotion of agriculture sector Saturday, provincial minister Arbab Mohammad Ayub Jan said it resulted in combating the decades old issue of wheat-flour shortage and unprecedented increase in fruit and vegetable production.
"Despite flood havocs and insurgency, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is self-sufficient in wheat-flour and other agriculture items," Arbab remarked while addressing in Peshawar

PESHAWAR - Denying external pressure, the Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Governor Barrister Masud Kausar has said that government is handling militants according to its own strategies and policies.
"There is nothing immediate on the agenda regarding the action against militants in North Waziristan," he told reporters on Wednesday during a dinner hosted in honour of senior journalists from Peshawar and office bearers of Tribal Union of Journalists.
Kausar said that the government wanted

PESHAWAR - Expressing concern over the fresh wave of violence and terrorism in Peshawar and southern districts, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to call upon Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to convene a meeting of Strategic and Oversight Committee.
"The Strategic and Oversight Committee will be requested to introduce Malakand-like package for the security of Peshawar and southern districts," remarked Mian Iftikhar Hussain while briefing media people about the

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said that KP is the beautiful banquet of various mother tongues and all these tongues will be given due representation according to their status both at educational and administrative level.
Mian Iftikhar said this while addressing two separate gatherings arranged in connection with the Universal Day of Mother Tongues here at Peshawar Press Club on Monday. The functions were arranged by Peshawar Press

PESHAWAR - After terminating contractual officers on the orders of Supreme Court, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government will now have to deal with senior police officers who have decided to approach apex court over its decision to post junior officers on senior positions.
From DIG to SHO level, important slots are occupied by the corps while Senior PSP officers have been made officers on Special Duty (OSD), sources informed the Pakistan Today. DSP's (BS 17) are heading the

PESHAWAR: The women legislators of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly staged a walkout Friday when Deputy Speaker Khushdil Khan snubbed a ruling party female member to avoid cross talk during the proceeding, saying he could exercise his powers to send her out of the house.
The protest was triggered after Khushdil used harsh words while asking Munawar Sultana of Awami National Party (ANP) to follow the rules of the house. "I will kick you out; don't make the house the jock," he remarked

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti has invited the Iranian government and entrepreneurs for investing in the province, saying "stimulating the economic activities can help them eradicate terrorism and militancy."
He was addressing a ceremony arranged by Peshawar based Consulate General of Islamic Republic of Iran and chaired by a senior journalist Amir Mohibyan the other day in connection with 32nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. He

PESHAWAR - Amidst the slogans of "Long Live Bhutto," Barrister Masood Kausar was administered oath as the 28th governor of Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa, replacing Engineer Owais Ahmad Ghani on Thursday. Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Afzal Khan administered oath to Masood Kausar.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti was also present. The oath-taking ceremony was arranged in the lawns inside the Governor's House and it was attended by hundreds of PPP stalwarts

PESHAWAR - Reaffirming his government's resolve to ensure the return of peace and an end to militancy and extremism, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti Wednesday said such objectives could be achieved by addressing the economic needs and hardships of the people.
"Amidst threats of terrorism and a plethora of other challenges, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has initiated steps for stimulating economic and development activities," the chief minister remarked

PESHAWAR - Owing to the severe financial crisis in the country, the federal government has contacted the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for two holidays in a week. The suggestion was presented by the Ministry of Finance after which the Cabinet Division and the ministry contacted the provincial Home Ministry and also sent letters to the chief secretary.
It was mentioned in the letter that in order to control the financial crisis and fiscal deficit, all the provincial governments

PESHAWAR - The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police have lost 500 men from constable to top level officers as the frontline force was confronting the highly trained and equipped militants in the ongoing fighting against terrorism since 2007, the official statistics stated.
The sufferings of policemen's lives in KP were higher than that of any other province in the country as the police officials were killed in bomb blasts, suicide attacks, remote controlled explosions and target

ISLAMABAD - The parliament was informed on Monday that the deteriorating law and order situation coupled with gas and power shortages had led to the closure of 307 industrial units in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and 14 in Balochistan last year.
Responding to queries during the question hour, Minister for Industries and Production Mir Hazar Khan Bajarani admitted that power and gas shortages and the worsening law and order situation, besides disputes of industries with banks over loan

PESHAWAR - Six policemen were killed and 18 injured in two bomb attacks on the police on the Ring Road on Monday. The day began with a suicide attack on a police mobile van at Garhi Qamar Din, Kohat Road, killing DSP Rasheed Khan, his driver, a police constable and two passersby.
At least 15 people were injured in the attack, senior officials said. In the second attack, a remote-controlled bomb exploded near a police van at Tajajabad checkpost on Ring Road hours after the first

LAHORE - Industry in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is facing enormous problems to the apparently apathetic attitude of the Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR), with billions of rupees in sales tax refunds not granted are giving headaches to industrialists.
Industrialists told Pakistan Today that Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani during his visit to Peshawar, besides indicating other incentives, exempted 50 percent of sales tax on supplies to compensate for losses suffered by commerce and

ISLAMABAD - A sub-committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Communication on Saturday accused Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani of diverting funds of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Multan and Larkana. Multan is the hometown of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and Larkana - commonly known as the city of Bhuttos - is considered a PPP stronghold.
The committee met under Senator Zahid Khan and the meeting was attended by Senator Ismail Buledi, Planning Commission Secretary Sohail Ahmed,

PESHAWAR - Police on Saturday arrested a lawmaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly on charges of providing a fake graduation degree to the Election Commission of Pakistan. The arrest is the first of an elected representative in the country in recent months.
Sardar Ali Khan, an elected member of Provincial Assembly, appeared before the Chhota Lahore, Swabi District Additional Session Judge Jehangir Khan to get his bail before arrest confirmed. But the court canceled

PESHAWAR - A neck and neck contest is expected today(Saturday) between the ruling Awami National Party (ANP)-Pakistan People's Party (PPP) backed Muhammad Yar Khan and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid's (PML-Q) Rashaad Khan for the provincial assembly's seat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) 87 (Shangla-1).
PML-Q former member provincial assembly (MPA) late Zahir Shah was elected on this seat after 2008 general elections by defeating the present ANP-PPP joint candidate Muhammad Yar Khan. In