Javed Khan

PESHAWAR: Parents of the students who appeared in the entrance test for medical and dental colleges on July 24 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, expressed their serious concern over leakage of paper from inside the examination halls and demanded the authorities to re-conduct the test. The entrance test papers for admissions to various public and private sector […]

PESHAWAR: The disgruntled members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday decided to set aside their differences for the time being and pledged to support the party’s protest movement against corruption and Panama Papers leaks which will start on 7th August. However, they demanded of the PTI chairman Imran Khan to initiate inquiries against Chief […]

PESHAWAR: A group of dissident lawmakers of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa vowed to hold a convention across the province against Chief Minister Pervez Khattak. They also demanded of the party chairman Imran Khan to withdraw his support for the Chief Minister. This was decided at a meeting held at the residence of Member Provincial […]

PESHAWAR: A recent research revealed the role of United States media in shaping the US Foreign Policy towards Pakistan. The study presented media framing of Pakistan; how it is portrayed in the U.S. mainstream media and examined their stance towards U.S-Pakistan relationship after 9/11 while testing the foreign policy decision-making theory. The research was conducted […]

PESHAWAR: The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Secretariat is yet to start work on establishment of six cadet colleges in tribal areas. The federal government in 2011 approved establishment of six cadet colleges in trial areas with a total outlay of Rs 6 billions. As per the documents available with Daily Times, six cadet colleges […]

PESHAWAR: Funds amounting to Rs 1.6 billion have been released for the construction of FATA University in Dara Adamakhel region of Frontier Region (FR) Kohat. Talking to Daily Times, Assistant Director Liaqat Khan at Fata Secretariat on Tuesday said that initially the FATA University would operate in Dara Adamkhel Degree College in FR Kohat region. […]

PESHAWAR: Awami National Party (ANP) central General Secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said efforts against terrorism would weaken if the Customs Act was imposed in Malakand Division. Speaking to Daily Times on Monday the ANP leader said the government should avoid provoking the residents of the area as he feared non-state actors in the area […]

PESHAWAR: The Awami National Party (ANP) has convened an All Party Conference in Malakand division to devise a policy against the enforcement of Customs Act in the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA). ANP sources said the meeting was scheduled to be held on July 13 which would be attended by representatives of all political parties, […]

PESHAWAR: The provincial capital remained on high alert keeping in view the possibility of early monsoon floods, as the Provincial Disaster Management Authority declared Peshawar as one of the most vulnerable districts of the province on Sunday. The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has drafted a contingency plan, which categorises areas at risk of floods […]

  PESHAWAR: The election commission of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Saturday announced that the central executive committee of the party had not approved formation of women wing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). According to the inquiry report, the women wing has no constitutional presence in documentation. Instead, the report suggested the use of the PTI constitution […]