‘Most varsities fail to implement cabinet decision on FATA reserved seats’ on December 21, 2017ISLAMABAD: Lawmakers from the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) voiced serious reservations over lukewarm and baffling response from some universities to Higher Education Commission (HEC) regarding doubling of quota for FATA students by public and private sector universities. According to documents and interviews with lawmakers, failure of the education institutes to implement decision of the […]
JI sets Dec 31 deadline for merger of FATA with KP, abolition of FCR on December 13, 2017ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Tuesday threatened to stage a prolonged sit-in if government fails to merge FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and abolish Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) – a special set of laws that still govern the tribal region – by December 31 this year. “If the central government doesn’t fulfill our legitimate demands by […]
Another peace committee member shot dead in SWA on December 7, 2017Days after the killing of five persons, including leader of the peace committee in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast, unidentified gunmen shot barged into a house, leaving another member of the committee dead in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) last night, additional political agent (APA) said. APA Ashfaq Khan told Daily Times: “Yes, unfortunately, Ali […]
Hashtnagar farmers resist dispossession bid on December 5, 2017LAHORE/Islamabad: Scores of peasant farmers, including women and children, clashed with the authorities at a village in Hashtnagar area of Charsadda district on Monday over a land dispute. According to peasant leaders, a local feudal named Rab Nawaz came to the area, accompanied by armed Frontier Corps (FC) personnel, and tried to eject farmers from […]
Hashtnagar farmers resist dispossession bid on December 5, 2017LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Scores of peasant farmers, including women and children, clashed with the authorities at a village in Hashtnagar area of Charsadda district on Monday over a land dispute. According to peasant leaders, a local feudal named Rab Nawaz came to the area, accompanied by armed Frontier Corps (FC) personnel, and tried to eject farmers from […]
Peace committee leader among five dead in IED blast on December 1, 2017At least five people, including leader of the peace committee, were killed and two others wounded in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast on Thursday in South Waziristan’s Sarwakai area. Additional Political Agent (APA) Ashfaq Khan told Daily Times that Wali Jan Mehsud, leader of the peace committee, was traveling in a vehicle. “The vehicle […]
Finance Division approves 1,440 new posts for FATA on November 23, 2017ISLAMABAD: Finance Division has approved 1,440 posts of education and health sectors following the required 2,200 sanctioned new posts (SNEs) in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Deputy Financial Advisor (DFA) Muzaffar Burki said. Following a series of meetings, official correspondence and wrangling, the Finance Division has approved 824 and 616 posts in education and […]
Senate body displeased over noncompliance of decision on FATA students on November 22, 2017ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on States and Frontier Regions Chairman Senator Hilalur Rehman has expressed resentment regarding noncompliance of the federal cabinet decision that quota of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) students in education and health institutes in other provinces should be doubled and retained for 10 years after integration with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Hilalur […]
‘PTI’s pledge to create 10 million jobs will remain a pipe dream’ on November 18, 2017ISLAMABAD: Opposition lawmakers and analysts alleged that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had failed to materialise its pledge to create 10 million new jobs for the youth. This is in stark contrast to statements made by PTI leaders in KP. KP Information Minister Shah Farman said that unprecedented investment had been coming to the province because of […]
Taliban commander surrenders in North Waziristan on November 17, 2017ISLAMABAD: Taliban Commander Khan Daraz of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group on Thursday laid down his arms and surrendered to the security forces in North Waziristan Agency (NWA), sources said. Daraz was the main fighter of Hafiz Gul Bahadur group, who had a final say in matters during the harsh Taliban’s rule in North Waziristan, […]