KP to approach PHC for due share in CPEC on October 28, 2016PESHAWAR: Irked by the unconstitutional change in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and raising demands of the opposition benches in the provincial assembly, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Government has decided to approach court for due share in the billions dollars project of CPEC. The decision in this regard was taken in a meeting at provincial assembly […]
0.1m people from KP to join dharna on October 27, 2016PESHAWAR: Around 0.1 million people from Khbyer Pakhtukhwa (KP) are expected to join the Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaf (PTI) “Dharna” (sit-in) planned to be held on November 2, 2016 at Islamabad against the federal government over the Panama corruption scam. The president of Peshawar district and Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA), Arbab Jehandad Khan, on […]
Man held for making an attempt on wifes life on October 23, 2016MANSEHRA: The local police have arrested a man in Oughi for allegedly injuring sensitive body parts of his wife in an honour-related dispute on Saturday. According to the Mansehra Police, the suspect Ali Muhammad had taken his injured wife who was bleeding excessively to Ayub Medical Complex, Abbottabad. He (husband) told the on duty doctors […]
Grade 5 students assessment aimed at judging capacity of private, govt schools: Afridi on October 23, 2016PESHAWAR: The chairman Peshawar Education Board Dr Shafi Afridi has said that assessment test of the grade five students at the province will judge the capacity building of the private and government schools at the province. Talking to Daily Times here on Saturday he said that private school rejection of the procedure was illogical as […]
Appointment of district leaders triggers strife on October 17, 2016PESHAWAR: The announcement of five district presidents for Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI), by the party’s Peshawar regional president Shah Farman, has triggered strife and anger among the party workers and leaders of the region. A notification issued by Shah Farman here on Sunday will fill the five slots which were lying vacant for the last three […]
Schoolgirl wins Asian Ambassador Award on October 12, 2016PESHAWAR: A fourteen-year-old Hadiqa Bashir of Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) became the youngest and first girl to receive the ‘Asian Ambassador Award’ in recognition for her efforts in highlighting the issue of child marriages and women rights. The student of class 9, Hadiqa, collected her award in Taiwanese capital, Taipei from Ambassador Diego L Chou […]
No professional training for 43% schoolteachers in last 5 years on October 5, 2016PESHAWAR: Around 43 per cent of the government schools across the country did not receive any professional training during last five years aimed decreased enrollment ratio at many government education institutes of the country. According to a survey conducted by a non-profit, non-governmental organization Alif Ailaan, 58 per cent teachers at the government schools were […]
First train bringing PTI workers to Lahore leaves almost empty on September 30, 2016PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Isnaf (PTI) leaders from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) digging hard to unite its party workers for the Raiwand March as first ever train of PTI workers set out from Cantonment Railway Station for Lahore was almost empty. The first train of Awami Express left from Peshawar at 9 AM on Thursday from Cantonment Railway […]
PDA refuses permission for Shehr-e-Kitab on September 28, 2016PESHAWAR: The National Book Foundation (NBF) was not allowed to flourish Shehr-e-Kitab (City of the Books) in provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtukhwa (KP) by Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) without any apparent reason. Deputy Director of NBF talking to Daily Times on Monday said after successfully completed Shehr-e-Kitab (City of the Books) project in Islamabad the […]
PTI-ANP tussle over women varsity in Mardan flares up on September 26, 2016PESHAWAR: The tussle between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government and the Awami National Party (ANP) District Nazim has again taken an ugly turn over the establishment of a women’s university in Mardan. The Mardan District Nazim, Himayatullah Mayar, has opposed the women’s university in Mardan. As per the official record of the government land measuring […]