Body of another man killed in Karachi encounter arrives in Waziristan on January 26, 2018ISLAMABAD: Body of a tribesman, Nazr Jan Mehsud, was brought on Thursday to Tank. He had been killed an alleged police encounter in Karachi along with other people, including Naqeeb Mehsud. When contacted, a number of tribesmen in Karachi said Nazr had been killed in the same encounter in which Naqeeb Mehsud was killed on […]
PTI lawmaker negates Imran claim on resignations on January 25, 2018ISLAMABAD: Negating Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s claim that all parliamentarians of his party had submitted their resignations to him, PTI’s Member National Assembly (MNA) Dawar Khan Kundi said on Wednesday neither he nor any other lawmaker had handed over his resignation to the party chief. During the party’s central executive committee (CEC) meeting […]
Fazl seeks exemplary punishment for killer of Naqeeb on January 23, 2018ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulama-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said tragic incidents like that of Naqeebullah Mehsud, a Waziristan man, who was killed in an alleged fake encounter in Karachi, has shaken public confidence in the institutions authorised to ensure security of the people. Naqeebullah’s killing in an alleged police encounter, headed by SSP Rao […]
Relatives of slain Waziristan man starkly dispute police claim on January 20, 2018ISLAMABAD: Three relatives of Naqeebullah Mehsud, who was killed in an alleged encounter by police in Karachi last week, have starkly disputed police claim that the slain man was affiliated with militants. They said that the deceased had studied at a public school up to class 6 and had never attended any seminary in his […]
Protests continue against Naqeebullah Mehsud’s murder in Karachi on January 19, 2018ISLAMABAD: Following the murder of Naqeebullah Mehsud in an alleged police encounter in Karachi last week, protests have continued across various cities of the country. Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal has formed a committee to conduct an inquiry into the killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud. Naqeebullah hailed from South Waziristan. He was killed in an […]
New anti-polio campaign starts in tribal areas on January 15, 2018PESHAWAR: The Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) reported no new polio case in 2017. The first anti-polio campaign of the year 2018 is starting today (Monday), a statement from the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) stated. The three-day anti-polio vaccination would be conducted under the supervision of agency surgeons and security provided by political agents, commissioners […]
Established rules violated in TESCO recruitment process in FATA on January 14, 2018ISLAMABAD: After a series of meetings between the Senate Standing Committee on States and Frontier Region (SAFRON) and Chief Execute Officer (CEO) Tribal Electric Supply Company (TESCO) over appointment of employees by the latter, the Establishment Division secretary has said that though rules had not been followed in recruitment of staff, the employees would not […]
FATA Youth Jirga to launch series of protest till merger with KP on January 13, 2018ISLAMABAD: Dozens of enraged members of FATA Youth Jirga on Friday held demonstration, seeking the long demanded FATA merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and repealing of Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR)—- a British era law that still governs the tribal region. Charged protesters including female students’ chanted full-throated slogans such as “Go FCR Go and those […]
FATA Secretariat given a week to restore past glory of GMS Tank on January 11, 2018ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) gave one week deadline to FATA Secretariat to restore the education standard and grandeur of the once leading Governor Model School (GMS) Tank otherwise the committee would implore other options to revive its past glory. Chaired by Senator Hilal-ur-Rehman, the Senate Standing Committee on SAFRON […]
Senate body on SAFRON seeks details of local, int’l NGOs in FATA on January 11, 2018ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) has asked the FATA secretariat to provide all details into the local and international NGOs working in the tribal region. Senator Hilal-ur-Rehman has chaired the committee meeting on Wednesday in which several decisions were taken pertaining to FATA area. Senator Saleh Shah from South Waziristan […]