Javed Khan

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Tuesday allocated Rs 111.52 billion for primary and secondary education for the financial year 2016-17 as compared to Rs 97.542 for the financial year 2015-16 with a considerable increase. Of the total amount Rs673.127million has been set aside for the payment of salaries, Rs 1,489.225 million for non-salaries while […]

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police has taken technologically advanced steps to mitigate the chances of terrorist attacks on public places, educational institutions and in business hubs of the province. KP police on Monday formally inaugurated “One-Click SOS system” in more than 22,978 educational institutions and 2,000 other parts of the province thought to be sensitive […]

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf intra-party election commissioner for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Rustam Shah Mohmand has stressed his party women members to respect decisions made by the women wing care-taker setup. The move came as senior female members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) staged a protest at the provincial secretariat against PTI MNA Nafeesa Khattak and MPA Noreen Ibraheem […]

PESHAWAR: Government Schools Teachers Association (GSTA) on Friday demanded of the Minister for Education Atif Khan to issue directives for filling 1000 vacant positions of subject specialist (SS) and 600 of headmasters in different government schools of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (KP). In a meeting held at Shaheed Saqib Ghani higher secondary school Cantonment-II here on Friday […]

PESHAWAR: The transgender association has claimed that representatives of their community have been facing tremendous pressure to withdraw the murder case of Alisha, who was shot six times and, later died in Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) Peshawar last month. Talking to this correspondent here on Thursday, Farzana Jan said that the officials of LRH and […]

PESHAWAR: St. Fulin Group of Company, Pakistan, and Transport Ministry of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will lead a Pakistani forum to participate in the commencement ceremony of Sino Pak International Logistic Complex (SPIL) in China.Country Director of the St. Faulin Zafarullah Khattak and Provincial Transport Minister Malik Shah Muhammad Khan Wazir will be heading the 25-member forum […]

PESHAWAR: The Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan has announced 1.85 billion rupees relief package for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan. Talking to media persons, Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan (USCP) Media Protocol Officer Wajid Khan said that the government had given a subsidy of 1 billion and 85 crore rupees on more than 1300 […]

PESHAWAR: A large number of ancient manuscripts in different languages are deteriorating in the library of Pushto Academy, University of Peshawar. The library has as many as 1453 manuscripts in different languages including Pushto, Persian and Arabic. But most of them are in a very poor condition and have already started to deteriorate as the […]

PESHAWAR: Farzana, the head of TransAction Alliance Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas on Tuesday requested the protection of provincial government as well as asked for establishment of separate residential colonies for the transgender community. Talking to Daily Times, Farzana said the community was facing different forms of harassment for the past many years. […]

PESHAWAR: Chairman of the United Municipal Workers Union, Muhammad Naveed Malik, on Monday threatened to launch a strong agitation starting from June 1 in favour of the upgradation demand. Declaring how to proceed with the protest, the chairman vowed that the union would stop the supply of water to the city. He also said that […]