By Wisal Mashal

PESHAWAR: Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) Peshawar has been warned by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) of de-recognition. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on January 2015 passed the law ‘The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Medical Teaching Institutions Reforms Act’, 2015 to give autonomy to all medical teaching institution in the province. A letter of PMDC which was […]

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly showed deep concern over the non-seriousness of the government departments for not taking action against the questions of opposition and treasury provincial assembly members here on Tuesday. Mufti Janan of Jammat Ulama Islam Fazl (JUI-F) while asking question from the Power and Energy Department there was no clear answer from […]

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly in a session on Tuesday demanded the federal government to include western route in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. Parliamentary leaders of all political parties in the provincial assembly including the treasury benches demanded the federal government and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to fulfill his promise, he made with the […]

PESHAWAR: Although the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Government has tabled the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prohibition of Tobacco and Protection of Non-Smokers Health Bill, 2016 in Provincial Assembly but the ratio of smokers in public places and public transport is increasing day by day in the provincial capital. According to the law if passed there will be a […]

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution against the shelling of Indian forces in occupied Kashmir and killing of the innocent Kashmiris. The resolution was moved by member provincial assembly of Pakistan People’s Party, Fakhr-e-Azam Wazir stated that in occupied Kashmir the brutalities and atrocities of Indian forces are loudly condemned […]

PESHAWAR: The 24-year old transgender Aftab alias Dewani died on Saturday at the Hayatabad Medical Complex in Peshawar. Hailing from Swat valley, Dewani left her family and shifted to Peshawar. She was tested positive for HIV when she visited the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar for treatment of chest infection. The transgender community abandoned Dewani […]

PESHAWAR: Due to lack of education around 2.2 million abortions were done every year in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and 21 per cent of girls in Pakistan were married before the age of 18. Government should include the “Life Skill Base Education” in curriculum in education Policy 2016. This was the crux of a consultative meeting […]

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Tuesday passed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa taking over of the Industrial Estate or Economic Zone Bill 2016 and the KP Adhoc Employees of Directorate of Information Technology (Regularisation of Services Act 2016). The former law transfers all the assets, properties, liabilities and employees of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Development Authority (KPDA) […]

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly passed the law to give a reward of 30 per cent of the money involved in any identified corruption case to whistleblower with the aim to eliminate corruption and corrupt practices. The Assembly passed “The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Whistleblower Protection and Vigilance Commission Bill 2016” and “The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prohibition of […]

PESHAWAR: Tears started rolling down his cheeks when the name of Samuel Masih came up during the conversation. Mushtaq Masih, the brother of Samuel Masih who was killed by militants in the attack on Christian Colony Peshawar on September 1st 2016, still mourns the sad death of his brother. “Many government officials have visited us […]