Tribal people suffer as colonial-era laws persist on September 14, 2018The administration in tribal districts of the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), now merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, still resorts to the colonial era Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR), alongside laws applicable in the rest of the country, creating problems, says a former Senator from the region. “Because of the non-implementation of laws of […]
Yet another coalmine explosion claims lives of 9 miners on September 13, 2018A powerful gas explosion in a coalmine left nine coalminers dead and three others wounded in Darra Adam Khel, a town in FR Kohat area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Wednesday, locals and officials said. According to sources, gas produced from the coals filled the mine leading to an explosion which resulted in the collapse […]
FDMA employees will donate 3-day salary to dam fund: DG on September 12, 2018The employees of the FATA Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) have announced to donate their three days salary to the prime minister’s dam fund, the authority’s spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday. .”The DG and directors will donate an amount equal to three days of their salaries while the rest of the staff will donate one day of […]
Utility stores are in a sorry state, is the govt bothered? on September 10, 2018ISLAMABAD: The fate of hundreds of employees of the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) hangs in balance, as the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) government weighs options to either to cut the size of the staff or to reduce the number of stores countrywide. At the moment, the USC has no full-time managing director (MD). Iftikhar Shalwani, the […]
Sacking of 22 employees termed administrative irregularity on September 10, 2018FATA Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) Director General (DG) Mehmood Aslam Wazir on Sunday rejected media speculations about the status of 22 employees associated with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). He said the employees working on a foreign-funded project were sacked over an administrative irregularity. FDMA DG told Daily Times that SDC has […]
North Waziristan TDPs barred from entering Pakistan at Afghan border on September 9, 2018Temporary Displaced Persons (TDPs) of North Waziristan tribal district, who had migrated to Afghanistan in the wake of anti-militant offensive Zarb-e-Azb, have been barred from entering Pakistan, tribesmen said on Saturday. When contacted, spokesman for FATA Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) Ihsan Dawar said his organisation could not interfere in the issue since the TDPs were […]
Pamphlets of little-known Taliban militia threaten North Waziristan residents, security forces on September 8, 2018Pamphlets attributed to a little known Taliban militia called Shura Waziristan appeared in North Waziristan tribal district on Friday, threatening elders and other civilians to cut ties with security forces and intelligence agencies. The pamphlets, a copy of which is available with Daily Times, said that the security forces and the Taliban who have surrendered […]
Special taskforce formed to expedite merger-related reforms on September 6, 2018ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) government in the Centre has constituted a special taskforce to remove bottlenecks in and accelerate the process of merger of formerly Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province. Muhammad Shehzad Arbab, a senior bureaucrat and an advisor to the Prime Minister, will convene the taskforce. Among its […]
Relatives of three PTI heavyweights eyeing by-poll tickets in KP on September 1, 2018ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) is reportedly considering relatives of three heavyweights for allotment of tickets in upcoming by-polls in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (KP) constituencies. Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chief minister Pervez Khattak is said to have sought a ticket for his son Ibrahim Khattak and brother Liaqat Khattak. Similarly, National Assembly speaker Asad Qaisar has […]
New FDMA DG takes charge, vows to expedite compensation process on August 31, 2018Mehmood Aslam Wazir has been awarded the charge of Director General (DG) of FATA Disaster Management Authority (FDMA), spokesperson of the authority confirmed on Thursday. The post of the DG FDMA was lying vacant because former DG Siraj-ul-Haq has gone for Senior Management Course (SMC). Before this allocation of DG to Wazir, he was serving […]