Afghan refugees wont be forced to leave Pakistan on April 28, 2017PESHAWAR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Assistant High Commission for Protection Volker Turk has said that Afghan migrants living in Pakistan would not be expelled to Afghanistan against their wishes and will be required to voluntarily migrate to Afghanistan. This he said on Thursday while visiting UNHCR Voluntarily Repatriation Centre at Peshawar Chamkani […]
Tarakai shares good news with diabetic patients on April 26, 2017PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister for Health and Information Technology Shahram Khan Tarakai has said that the KP government will extend “Insulin for Life Program” for the diabetic patients and will proposed budget in the upcoming budget of financial year for 2017-18. This he said on Tuesday in a program of Diabetes Treatment &Life Style […]
Amid uproar, KP assembly passes resolution against prime minister on April 26, 2017 PESHAWAR: Amid uproar from opposition members, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, demanding he resign from his post. The resolution was tabled by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA Ali Haider. However, as soon as Speaker Dr Mehr Taj Roghani allowed the MPA to move the resolution, opposition members, […]
Mashals murderers will be given exemplary punishment: Imran on April 19, 2017SWABI/PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday said that the provincial government could go to any extent to provide justice to the family of Mashal Khan. Addressing a press conference along with Muhammad Iqbal, the father Mashal Khan, the PTI chief said that investigations had confirmed that it was a well-planned conspiracy that […]
Kurram Agency lacks HIV treatment centres on March 27, 2017PESHAWAR: It is difficult for Fatima Bibi to reach the Peshawar Family Health Care Centre for the treatment of HIV from Kurram Agency and to cover a distance of more than 200 kilometres. Fatima Bibi, hails from Parachinar, the capital of Kurram Agency, one of the seven agencies of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). […]
World TB day marked with this year theme United to End TB on March 25, 2017PESHAWAR: Pakistan Chest Society Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chapter has observed World TB day and said that every year around 50,000 patients of TB diagnosed in the country. This was said by Dr Arshid Javeed President Pakistan Chest Society Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chapter at Peshawar Press Club on the eve of World TB day on Friday. He said […]
Govt has reservations on constitutional rights of FATA: CM on March 7, 2017PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said that the provincial government has reservations on the constitutional rights of Federal Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) after the merger of Fata in KP. Addressing a press conference the Chief Minister said that the provincial government welcomes the merger of Fata in KP but if it take […]
KP legislators slam Centre for delay in FATA-KP merger on March 3, 2017PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa legislators of different political parties criticized the Federal Government in the provincial assembly on Thursday for delaying the merger of Fata in KP for five years. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly session was chaired in the chair of Speaker Asad Qaiser, on the point of order Senior Minister Inayat Ullah criticized the […]
KP to set up complaints helpline for Pashtuns living in Punjab on March 2, 2017PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunhwa government has decided to establish complaints helpline for Pashtuns living in Punjab who has been victimized and harassed by Punjab Police. This was stated by Speaker KP Assembly Asad Qaiser in a press conference here at Peshawar on Wednesday. Asad Qaiser shows his sympathies with Pashtuns living in Punjab. Soon the […]
Stop harassment of Pashtoons: KP PA tells Punjab on February 28, 2017PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday passed unanimously resolution on the harassment of Pashtoons in Punjab demanded of the federal and provincial government to take practical steps against racism in the country. The assembly session was chaired by Speaker Asad Qaiser and resolution was moved by Hafiz Sana Ullah of Pakistan People’s Party. In […]