Tag: Pakhtunkhwa

Minister mulls ban on sugary drinks near schools

WHO says over-consumption of sugar a major contributor to obesity, diabetes and tooth decay ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination Aamer Mehmood...

Top UN official due today, as Afghan refugees’ stay nears end

Filippo Grandi, along with Mark Lowcock, to meet senior govt officials in Islamabad, Afghan refugees in Peshawar during a three-day visit A high-powered UN...

KP govt withholds over Rs17bn of local bodies

Province releases Rs11bn of allocated budget to local bodies’ representatives PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has arbitrarily withheld more than Rs17 billion development funds allocated...

KP to get more caretaker ministers ‘within days’

CM Dost says recovery plan to include infrastructure development, rehabilitation and reconstruction plan and systematic extension of public sector institutions to seven newly-merged...

Minister says govt to ensure FATA’s smooth merger in KP

ISLAMABAD: Interim Minister for Law and Justice Syed Ali Zafar on Saturday said that merger process of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in the...

PTI workers urge Imran to review tickets’ distribution

ISLAMABAD: Leaders and workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) continued to protest outside party Chairman Imran Khan’s residence in Bani Gala on the third consecutive...

KP announces alternative security plan for elections

Caretaker CM directs authorities to hire drone cameras to monitor polling day, counting and recounting exercises PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Dost Muhammad Khan ordered establishment...

Caretaker minister suggests more projects for tribal areas

FBR directed to come up with comprehensive proposals to fix taxation issues ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Law and Justice Barrister Syed Ali Zafar on...

Cabinet approves first sports policy for Pakhtunkhwa

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak presided over a meeting of the provincial cabinet that approved the first sports policy of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at the...

8500 CCTV cameras to be installed in Peshawar: IGP

PESHAWAR: Inspector General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Salahuddin Khan Mehsud on Wednesday said that about 8500 CCTV cameras will be installed under the Safe City...

‘Senate bill a significant step towards KP-FATA merger’

PESHAWAR: The parliamentarians of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), civil society and tribal people on Friday welcomed passing of historic FATA Bill from the...

ECP restores 29 lawmakers after receiving asset details

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday restored the membership of 29 parliamentarians on submitting their statements of assets and liabilities with the...

PTI urged to focus on KPK development

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf was urged to focus on development of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and improve the performance of there government by PML-N Ulema-e-Mashaikh wing Secretary General...

Submission of nomination papers for by-polls commence in KPK

The process of submission of nomination papers for by-election on five National Assembly (NA) and four Provincial Assembly (PA) seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have...

KP government sends 4,000 FC personnel to Islamabad

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has finally agreed to surrender services of as many as 100 platoons of Frontier Constabulary to the federal government to...

Achakzai consensus candidate for caretaker PM slot?

Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai has emerged as a consensus candidate for the caretaker prime minister slot. He, however, refused...

Violence claimed 6,059 lives in 2012, says report

During 2012, Pakistan continued to suffer under different types of violence, including target killing, bombings and drone attacks, which resulted in death of as...