PTI appoints three regional presidents on August 8, 2016PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan finally appointed three regional party organizers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, however, the party is yet to name the president for Hazara Region. Notification of three regional presidents was issued a day before the Tahreek-e-Ehtisab Rally which was held on Sunday. According to the notification Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Minister for […]
Accountability: PTI sets the wheels in motion on August 8, 2016PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Sunday that his party would mobilise the masses to protect their rights if the national institutions fail to do so. Addressing a rally in Peshawar that marked commencement of his party’s accountability movement, the PTI chairman warned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that the match was about […]
Traditional zeal missing from PTIs Ehtisab rally on August 7, 2016PESHAWAR: The traditional zeal and fervour in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) workers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) was missing during the “Ehtisab Rally” that started from Peshawar on Sunday and gathered at Khairabad in Attock. The workers of the party from all over the districts and southern division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) reached the bridge late […]
ECP to hear disqualification petition against 3 PTI leaders on Aug 12 on August 6, 2016PESHAWAR: A division bench of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has fixed August 12 to hear a petition seeking the disqualification of three leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in offshore companies scam exposed by the Panama Leaks. Awami National Party (ANP) Senator Bushra Gohar has submitted application before the ECP for the disqualification of […]
KP govts printing policy adversely affects publishing industry on August 5, 2016 PESHAWAR: The textbook printing policy of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)-led provincial government has brought the printing and publishing industry on the verge of closure as future of more than 40,000 skilled workers related to the industry is at stake in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). President of the Frontier Printers and Publishers Association Zafar Khattak told […]
KP to train 9,000 teachers in coming three years, 7000 trained from 2013 on August 2, 2016 PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Elementary and Secondary Education (E&SE) has determination to train around 9,000 teachers in different subjects in next three years on top of the 7000 it claims have been trained for capacity building since 2013. The E&SE teachers training wing Provincial Institute of Teacher Education (PITE) Deputy Director Khalid Shah informed Daily […]
80% rehabilitation work of terror-hit 183 schools completed on August 2, 2016PESHAWAR: Reconstruction and rehabilitation process of 80 per cent of the 183 schools destroyed by militants in Khyber Agency has been completed, an Education department official said on Monday. Khyber Agency Education Officer Abdur Rashid informed Daily Times that the terrorists had destroyed 183 schools in the agency, including 153 schools in Bara tehsil alone. […]
PakTurk network denies any link with Gulen on July 31, 2016PESHAWAR: The PakTurk International Schools and Colleges network has issued a clarification denying any political affiliation with the Fatehullah Gülen- inspired Hizmet Movement after accusations on social media left hundreds of students and their parents in dismal condition in Peshawar. The allegations have forced the PakTurk International Schools and Colleges network to issue a public […]
KP allocated minimal share of education funds to poor and rural areas on July 30, 2016PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has allocated a minimal share of education funds to the poor and the rural areas as compared to the urban areas of the province. The Public Financing of Education in Pakistan Analysis (2010-11 to 2015-16) report postulated and distinguished the differences clearly on the basis budget allocation to various […]
Younis Stadium becomes home for drug addicts on July 29, 2016PESHAWAR: The utilisation of a sports facility by drug addicts and garbage dumpers in Mardan is keeping away many youngsters from sports and recreational activities. Younis Stadium in Mardan, located at the busy Bank Road, is no longer attracting sportsmen of the area. Many families fear that sending their children to the facility might spoil […]