ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam (JUI) chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman on Wednesday said that the country is under pressure from IMF, World Bank and other global institutions to legalise homosexuality. “Pakistan is being pressured by the Western forces to legalise homosexuality. We are not even allowed to decide on our nuclear matters, while the army operations are also […]
FATA Reforms
FATA must not be used for political gains: Zardari
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Monday said that the party is in favour of FATA-KP merger and that the region must not be used for political gains. “PPP unconditionally supports the FATA-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) merger, and the region must not be used to fulfill political agendas,” Zardari said during his […]
President signs into law bill that extends jurisdiction of SC, PHC to FATA
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain in the presidency on Tuesday signed into law a bill that extends the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court (SC) and the Peshawar High Court (PHC) to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani had forwarded the bill to the President on Friday after the Senate had unanimously voted […]
Imran demands immediate FATA-KP merger
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday demanded that Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) should immediately be merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Speaking to the media after PTI central executive committee meeting at Bani Gala, Khan said that there is a void in the tribal areas after the old system has been done […]
PML-N willing to make sacrifices for democracy: Nawaz
LAHORE: Former premier Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that for the sake of democracy, his party was willing to give sacrifices. Nawaz also discussed the upcoming general election and asked Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) workers to increase their interaction with the people since 2018 would be the year of elections. Previously, on Wednesday, […]
PM, COAS, JUI-F chief meet to discuss FATA reforms
LAHORE: Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam – Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman met on Tuesday to discuss FATA reforms. According to sources, JUI-F chief expressed his reservations over FATA reforms and the PM and COAS assured him that they would resolve his […]
JI to stage sit-in if govt fails to go ahead with FATA merger
LAHORE: Jamat-e-Islami (JI) Chief Siraj-ul-Haq, on Tuesday, announced that if the government fails to carry on the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) then his party would stage a sit-in in Islamabad. While attending a long march held in Islamabad, he said that the people of FATA want the merger […]
Govt fails to present FATA reforms bill
LAHORE: During a National Assembly (NA) session on Monday, the government failed to present a bill pertaining to merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province. Reportedly, opposition was irked due to the delay in the finalizing of the bill and tore the copies of the bill during the session. […]