An empty floor: Fruitless K-P Assembly session adjourned
PESHAWAR: As the current Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly is making history for all the wrong reasons, there seems to be a lack of interest from MPAs as attendance is at its lowest. On Tuesday, the session...
View ArticleNeed of the hour: Asfandyar urges ANP workers to encourage women voters
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party Chief Asfandyar Wali Khan has urged his party workers to encourage women to vote during the local government elections. Addressing a public rally organised on Saturday at...
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Within 24 hours: PTI K-P organiser Yousuf Ayub Khan bows out over ‘personal...
PESHAWAR / HARIPUR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Organiser Yousuf Ayub Khan has bowed out of the role within 24 hours of his appointment. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Yousuf...
View ArticleLG polls rewrite political history
PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s 68-year-old political history has seen numerous highs and lows. The constitutionally-warranted democratic system of government has been punctuated by several prolonged periods of...
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PTI streaks ahead in polls marred by violence
DI KHAN / KOHAT / CHARSADDA / PESHAWAR / CHITRAL / ABBOTABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) streaked ahead of its political rivals in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s local government elections on Saturday...
View ArticleVoting pride: Women’s suffrage makes a wobbly recovery
SHABQADAR / SWAT / TANK / HARIPUR / PESHAWAR: Thousands of women came out to vote for their favoured candidates yet certain—some predictable—areas still saw reason to prevent women’s suffrage. Women...
View ArticleEstranged bedfellows?: JI accuses PTI of mass rigging in LG polls
BATKHELA / PESHAWAR: Before heading into local government polls, the coalition government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa seemed to be a water-tight unit. However, that no longer appeared to be the case on...
View ArticleAll guns blazing: Tripartite alliance calls for dismissal of PTI-led govt
PESHAWAR: As the dust settled on the May 30 local government election shenanigans, the tripartite alliance of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly’s political parties has come out guns blazing and called for...
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Either my way or the highway: Tripartite alliance opts out of govt APC today
PESHAWAR: The week began with the government trying to lure the opposition to the all parties conference (APC) (scheduled for Tuesday) but facing a curt response from the tripartite alliance; a...
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Confrontation course? Peshawar likely to shut down over LG rigging today
PESHAWAR: The provincial capital will be caught in the middle of the fallout between politicians as the government’s last ditch efforts to woo opposition parties into negotiations failed. The city is...
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