Faithful all set to mark Ashura in Peshawar on October 12, 2016 PESHAWAR: The processions of Muharram 9 were taken out and Majalis-e-Aza were held amid tight security across the province on Tuesday to remember the sacrifices of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) and his companions. The mobile phone service was remained suspended in most sensitive districts for Muharram to avert the probable terrorists’ attacks. Around 36,000 […]
Psychiatrists urge KP govt to make adequate rise in health budget on October 9, 2016PESHAWAR: Psychiatrists have demanded of Provincial Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to make adequate increase in health budget, to address the mental health issues and other fatal diseases. Addressing at a news conference in connection with the ‘International Mental Health Day’, at press club, Head of Psychiatry Department Khyber Medical College and Khyber Teaching Hospital […]
Moot calls for fair allocation of uplift funds to local bodies on October 5, 2016PESHAWAR: Panelists at a seminar expressed dismay over inequitable distributions of funds and unprecedented decrease in district government funds in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and asked the provincial government to ensure the legitimate funds allocations to local bodies system. The speakers also stressed the need of fully transferring of financial powers to local government representatives to utilize […]
Paramedics demand regularisation of services on October 5, 2016PESHAWAR: Paramedics’ staff of the People Primary Healthcare Initiative (PPHI) has demanded of the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Parvaiz Khattak, Health Minister Shahram Khan Tarakai and all the provincial members of KP assembly to regularize them on their concerned posts. They threatened that if their demands were not met at the earliest they along with […]
Need stressed for promoting local cultural, languages on September 29, 2016PESHAWAR: Participants at a peace festival have stressed the need of promoting diverse local culture and languages for establishment of sustainable peace and development in the country. They also called to forge unity among all people speaking different languages, to nurture a peaceful and prosperous society. The speakers were of the view that culture of […]
Civil society expresses concern over new cybercrime legislation on September 28, 2016PESHAWAR: Expressing concern over the promulgation of Prevention of Electronic Crime Act (PECA) publically known as cybercrime bill, the representatives of various private organisations said that many things now share via social media from other sources could be used to stick a case against any person and declare as cyber-crime. “Freedom of expression is not […]
Khyber Agency tribal elders reject FATA merger into KP on September 24, 2016PESHAWAR: Tribal elders from Khyber Agency have categorically rejected the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and demanded the constitution of an independent and elected FATA legislative council, to decide the future of the entire tribal region. Addressing a press conference at press club here on Friday, Haji Bazar Gul, […]
Peace, development, prosperity will remain a pipe dream without women on September 22, 2016PESHAWAR: Peace, development and prosperity will remain a pipedream and an impossible task without women empowerment and their involvement in decision making process. It is need of hour to provide education to everyone without any discrimination and especially focus should be on women and children education because women could play a vital role in the […]
Over 100 new laws passed by KP assembly so far: minister on September 20, 2016PESHAWAR: Enumerating the significance of the endorsement of two legislations recently by the provincial assembly, the Adviser to the Chief Minister on Information and Higher Education, Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani, has claimed that the incumbent Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government had made record legislations, saying that more than 100 new laws had so far been passed by the […]
Dec 15 deadline for regularisation of water connections on September 10, 2016PESHAWAR: Water Supply and Sanitation Programme (WSSP), Peshawar has launched campaign for regularization of illegal water connections and set December 15, 2016 as deadline for voluntarily regularization of such connections. This was disclosed by Khan Zeb, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), WSSP-Peshawar while addressing the “Meet the Press Programme” organized under the auspices of Khyber Union […]