Tag: SAFRON
Dr Zafar Mirza assumes charge as health minister
ISLAMABAD: Dr Zafar Mirza on Tuesday assumed charge as state minister for health.
“I will work in the line of PM Khan’s visions and will...
UNHCR to halt repatriation process of Afghan refugees in Pakistan
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has decided to suspend the repatriation process of Afghan refugees in Pakistan for around four months...
Pakistan, Afghanistan discuss return of Afghan refugees
ISLAMABAD: Pak-Afghan second meeting of the Refugee Working Group (WG) on Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS) was held at the Ministry of States...
‘Developing countries host 85% of world’s refugees’
UNHCR expresses solidarity with some 68.5 million displaced people
ISLAMABAD: The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) and GiZ...
NA panel recommends govt to abolish permit system in FATA: report
ISLAMABAD: The government has been recommended to abolish the permit system in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) by the National Assembly Standing Committee...
Allied parties on board on FATA-KP merger: SAFRON minister
ISLAMABAD: Minister for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Abdul Qadir Baloch reiterated his government’s resolve that Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) would be brought...
Govt to prioritise FATA’s development, says SAFRON minister
ISLAMABAD: States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Minister Lt General (Retd) Abdul Qadir Baloch has said that priority would be given for the development of...
Federal Minister Qadir Baloch calls on Sindh governor
KARACHI: States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Federal Minister Lt Gen Retd Abdul Qadir Baloch on Saturday called on Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair.
The overall political...
FATA’s development projects to be included in PSDP for FY 2017-18
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) recommended the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform to include proposed development...
Sindh governor, SAFRON minister discuss law and order, investments
States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Minister, Lt-Gen (retd) Abdul Qadir Baloch, and Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair discussed law and order, foreign investment and other...
FSO threatens to protest against the arrest of Shaukat Aziz
FATA Student Organisation (FSO) threatened to protest across the country if the FSO’s President Shaukat Aziz is not released by the government.
Peshawar district administration...