Amendment to FCR will raise status of Fata, says governor
PESHAWAR, Jan 21: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said the government will amend the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) according to wishes of the people so that the new law...
More DPs shifted to new camps in Bajaur
BAJAUR, Jan 21: Around 200 more Afghan refugees were shifted from Jalozai and Shamshatoo refugee camps near Peshawar to two new camps set up in the Bajaur Agency, on Monday....
Dist govt to provide books to students
LARKANA, Jan 21: The district government of Larkana will provide textbooks free of cost to around 145,000 students from class one to five from the current year....
Illegal fishing continues in Malakand
MINGORA, Jan 21: With the advent of winter season illegal fishing in the rivers and tributaries of the Malakand division is on the rise, with no checks by the authorities....
ANP pays tribute to Bacha Khan
CHARSADDA, Jan 21: Bacha Khan stood like a mountain against each and every dictator of the country and never compromised on the rights of people, said Begum Nasim Wali Khan, provincial...
Skin disease hits Kohistan, Kachho
DADU, Jan 21: Hundreds of inhabitants of hilly areas of Kohistan and Kachho have been infected by a skin disease called Cutaneous Leishmaniasis....
Workers without salaries for 22 months
DADU, Jan 21: At least 330 employees of the On Farm Water Management working in different districts of Sindh have not been paid their salaries for the last 22 months....
Protest held against killing
SUKKUR, Jan 21: The residents of Islam Colony, New Pind, Sukkur, staged a protest demonstration in front of the DCO office on Monday against the killing of a person by armed...
Fire destroys market in Nowshera
NOWSHERA, Jan 21: Several shops were reduced to ashes and some were partially damaged as a huge fire broke out at a market in the Jehangira Town here on Monday....
Hunger strike observed
MIRPURKHAS, Jan 21: About 40 candidates who succeeded in interviews, conducted for primary teachers, observed token hunger strike here on Monday....
Leaders of banned party held
TIMERGARHA, Jan 21: The law-enforcement agencies arrested key figures of the banned Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat Mohammadi following threats of agitation by the organization to stop action against its activists in the Malakand...
Khairpur to get water from 26th
KHAIRPUR, Jan 21: Vigilance committees, consisting taluka and UC Nazims, irrigation staff and representatives of growers. will be constituted to monitor the irrigation system in Khairpur district....
Unification attempts by factions worry PML
ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: The PML (N) is in the process of convening a meeting of its central working committee as a last ditch effort to salvage the party unity which is...
800 KPP projects completed in NAs
GILGIT, Jan 21: An education foundation would soon be established for monitoring the working of educational institutions in the Northern Areas, NAs Education, Health and Local Bodies Secretary Prof Khawaja Meherdad...
No more foreign consultants, says BOI
ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: The board of investment (BOI) said on Monday that foreign consultants, who were employed under the trade, export promotion, industries (TEPI) programme loan of the Asian Development Bank...
Killings in Valley condemned
MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 21: Muttahida Jihad Council, an alliance of Mujahideen groups, battling Indian rule in occupied Kashmir, on Monday condemned the massacre of 1
ADB for end to Capital’s waste water discharge into Leh drain
RAWALPINDI, Jan 21: The Asian Development Bank has asked the Punjab government to approach federal authorities for stopping the discharge of Islamabad’s waste water into Leh drain....
Benazir for using electoral rolls of 1995
ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto has asked the Election Commission to hold the forthcoming elections on the basis of computerized electoral rolls prepared in 1995....
Handing over of plots in Alipur Farash starts
ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has started handing over of plots to the dwellers of Muslim Colony in Alipur Farash....
Complaint against contingent chief
ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: As many as 29 police officers of Pakistani contingent, working under the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, have complained of discrimination, favouritism and incompetency against their...
People concerned over increase in graduation period
Parents, educationists and students have expressed serious concern over the decision of the government’s Task Force on Higher Education to increase the period of graduation from two to four years....
Sehwani case hearing put off till tomorrow
RAWALPINDI, Jan 21: The Accountability Court No 1 on Monday adjourned the hearing of a corruption case against former Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman Shafi Sehwani till January 23....
Japanese envoy bids farewell to students
ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: Four students of Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, are proceeding to Japan on Tuesday to participate in the South Asian High School Students Invitation Programme being held from...
Millat Party backs electoral reforms
RAWALPINDI, Jan 21: The Millat Party supports the electoral reforms of the government, which were also a part of its manifesto, the party’s secretary-general, Mohammad Ali Durrani, said here on Monday....
Taxation, inspection to be privatized
LAHORE, Jan 21: The taxation and inspection systems will be transferred to the private sector to protect the investors from undue botheration they have to face at the hands of government...
Wasa made responsible for surface drains
LAHORE, Jan 21: The Water and Sanitation Agency of Lahore Development Authority will take over maintenance of surface drainage in the city district from the Solid Waste Management Department, it was...
Over 250,000 students in Punjab seminaries
LAHORE, Jan 21: There were 253,125 students in the 2,715 seminaries belonging to various religious organizations in the Punjab before the latest crackdown....