Tag: tribal areas
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...
Tribal women activists protest against Fata Interim Governance Regulation
PESHAWAR: Takrah Qabailee Khwenday (TQK) has announced to lobby for challenging the Fata Interim Governance Regulation 2018 that was promulgated before the merger of...
Tribal people laud increase in allocation for FATA, TDPs
PESHAWAR: The tribal people including parliamentarians, chieftains, and elders here on Wednesday lauded massive increase in allocation of funds for the FATA and the Temporarily...
Peshawar rally condemns Pashteen-led movement
PESHAWAR: People from different political parties, mostly from tribal areas, on Tuesday participated in a rally arranged with the “Pakistan Zindabad” slogan in the provincial...
Normalcy returns to Pakistan’s tribal areas after militant purge
MIRAN SHAH: Clean, safe and secure. These are the hallmarks of Pakistani tribal border regions, after the end of the two-year campaign to clear North...
Opp walks out of NA to protest delay in FATA reforms
ISLAMABAD: The opposition on Thursday staged a walkout from the National Assembly (NA), taking a strong exception to the government’s delaying tactics to introduce...
Treasury members absent in KP assembly
PESHAWAR: Members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) assembly and the parliamentary leader of Qaumi Watan Party (QWP), Sikandar Shepao regretted that despite the seriousness of the law...
IEDs, landmines still a serious threat in FATA
PESHAWAR: Landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are posing a serious threat to the lives of innocent tribesmen who after experiencing the worst kind of...
Tribal people demand FATA’s merger with KP
Protesters want representation in KP Assembly, ask govt to convene CCI meeting on matter
ANP asks government to have mercy on tribal people,...
US should negotiate with Taliban, says Imran
Rejecting the allegations of United States that Pakistan harbours militants, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday said that the US should negotiate...
PML-N tribal leaders threaten ‘sit-in’ if KP governor not kicked out
Tribal leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Monday warned the central leadership that they would stage ‘sit-in’ outside parliament if the ruling party...
Army to remain in tribal areas till 2019
NA defence body chief says ‘won’t be a big deal if politicians are arrested as a result of military operations against terrorism’
The Pakistan Army...
ADB approves $ 42.9m for farms in tribal areas
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of US$ 42.9 million to provide reliable irrigation for farmlands and non-cultivated lands in the...
Mamnoon wants peace in tribal areas
President advises new KP governor to focus on restoration of peace in tribal areas
President Mamnoon Hussain has advised the newly appointed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)...
Taliban to cleanse tribal areas from foreign militants
An important development has been made in the on-going parleys between the government and Taliban as the latter has agreed to expel foreign militants...
For the love of tribal areas
Govt rehabilitates 150 destroyed schools, 24 health centres in FATA
A total of 150 destroyed schools have so far been rehabilitated out of 480 destroyed...
90 tribal areas’ schools to go ‘English medium’
The federal government has decided to give ‘English medium’ status to 90 government schools of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and has directed...
