Challange for election commission in FATA
Peshawar ,The removal of the top bureaucracy in FATA is a challenge for the election commission. For free, fair and transparent elections in tribal regions, it is obligatory and imperative for the election commission of Pakistan to take notice [...]
Ramadan Moon sighted: First fast on Saturday
The Ramazan moon was sighted in the country and the first Ramazan-ul-Mubarak will be on July 21, 2012.
The meeting of Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee was held for sighting of Ramazan moon with its Chairman Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman in chair at Pakistan [...]
Earthquake measuring 5.7 on Richter scale jolts Pakistan
ISLAMABAD:-A moderate earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale on Thursday jolted several parts of the country including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Swat, North Waziristan, Nowshera and Abbatabd.
The quake was recorded at 5.7 magnitude [...]
Taliban block polio efforts in Pakistan
Peshawar: Efforts to combat polio in Pakistan have received a sudden setback just as the fight against the disease had seemed to be going well, with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative reporting only 22 cases in the country this year, a [...]
Poverty main cause of extremism in Pakistan’s tribal areas, finds research
Islamabad: Poverty and a sense of deprivation are the major reasons for extremism and radicalisation in the tribal areas of Pakistan, and there is a need to address their socio-economic problems and empower them economically and politically [...]
Law and order in Fata has been restored to great extent, governor
Peshawar – The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor, Barrister Masood Kausar has said that ensuring efficient role of youth of FATA in the development of the country and the nation through generating economic activities and employment opportunities [...]
Drone attacks are no more acceptable, Munawar Hassan
LANDIKOTAL – While speaking to massive protest march and sit in at Babe Khyber Jamrud against the restoration of the NATO supply on Tuesday said drone strikes are no more tolerable.
The participants of the protest march and sit had blocked [...]
Bomb kills 14 in Pakistan tribal zone
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A bomb tore through a vehicle in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt on Wednesday, killing 14 members of the same clan, including three children, officials said.
“It was a remote-controlled bomb planted [...]
Fata Parliamentarians Call On PM
Islamabad , FATA Parliamentarians called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani at Prime Minister’s House Thursday and asked him to visit FATA to inaugurate the development projects in the area.
The Prime Minister thanked the elected [...]
FATA parliamentary leader strongly condemns NATO air strike
Islamabad, Federal Minister for SAFRON Eng. Shaukat Ullah and FATA Parliamentary leader Haji Muneer Orakzai strongly condemned the NATO air strike on salar check post in Mohammad Agency on Saturday.
They further stated that such strikes will [...]
