A meeting of the National Finance Commission (NFC) Friday agreed on making efforts to finalise the 9th NFC Award by December 31, 2019. Federal Finance Minister Asad Umar chaired the fifth meeting of the 9th NFC Award here at the Civil Secretariat. The six sub-groups, formulated during the first meeting in February this year, gave […]
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First reconstituted National Finance Commission meeting held
ISLAMABAD: The first meeting of the reconstituted 9th National Finance Commission (NFC) with was held in Islamabad on Wednesday. Finance Minister Asad Umer presided over the meeting. The meeting formed six sub groups to put forward proposals for FATA affairs, ease of doing business, macro economic issues and horizontal and vertical distribution of resources. The […]
Forming a separate South Punjab province is not an easy task: President Arif Alvi
PESHAWAR: President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday said that forming a separate South Punjab province is not an easy task. President Dr Arif Alvi while addressing a press conference said, “The merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) has happened and we have to constantly look at the problems in the region. We plan to […]
PM assures of new resources for FATA development
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that government will provide enough resources for the development and merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan important decisions were taken to strengthen the rights of tribal areas. The PM said that a new system […]
3 FATA senators, 2 ex-MNAs join PTI
ISLAMABAD: Three senators and two former MPAs from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday. Senator Aurangzeb Khan, Senator Sajjad Torro, Senator Momin Khan Afridi and ex-MPAs Nasir Khan and Mirza Muhammad Ayub met Prime Minister Imran Khan at Bani Gala and announced to joined PTI. PM Imran welcomed the new […]
‘PTM will soon propose names for the grand jirga’: Mohsin Dawar
LANDI KOTAL: Members of disgruntled Pashtun outfit and government committee announced to issue fresh notification stating the names of members of the grand jirga. Member of the government committee announced on Wednesday that a grand jirga will be held within two days as PTM’s talks with the government were ongoing. PTM’s representatives included Dr Syed […]
Living in interesting times – Part 2
The Pakhtun Tahafuz Movement is bringing to head a series of uncomfortable truths powerfully, publicly, and non-violently. Pakistan is 220 million souls, of which 70% are under the age of 30. PTM represents that demographic. Currently, our political-economic power interests and voices do not. More importantly, discrimination and disenfranchisement on the basis of power has […]
COAS assures Naqeeb’s father of support to obtain justice
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has assured that the army would support all efforts to obtain justice for 27-year-old Naqeebullah Mehsud, who was murdered in a fake encounter by the Sindh police. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the army chief offered condolences to the father […]
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 […]
NA passes bill to bring FATA under SC, PHC jurisdiction
LAHORE: The National Assembly (NA) has passed a bill to bring Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court (SC) and the Peshawar High Court (PHC). Minister for Law and Justice Bashir Virk on Friday tabled the bill in the lower house of parliament where the routine proceedings were suspended to […]