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New entrant: JUI-F ropes in former ANP minister
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) seems to be making up for the loss of one national assembly and two provincial assembly seats from Karak by inducting former Awami National Party (ANP)...
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A stroke of the pen: ‘Hazara province a matter of appending a comma after...
PESHAWAR: Politics in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) is likely to face a tug of war over the provincial boundary as a resolution demanding a Hazara province will be tabled in the assembly session which...
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Reorganisation: JUI-F to embark on membership drive from November 3
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) has announced to embark on a membership drive from November 3 – ahead of the intra-party polls which the party hinted are likely to be held in April or May...
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Full of resentment: Opposition lawmakers stage walkout, twice
PESHAWAR: Lawmakers occupying the opposition benches staged a walkout from the assembly twice on Tuesday over being left out in the appointment of chairpersons of district development advisory...
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Back and forth: Lawmaker corners education minister in assembly session
PESHAWAR: The question hour in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Tuesday turned out to be a difficult one for the education minister when a lawmaker from Torghar district served him a volley of...
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Assembly session: Opposition creates furor over absence of ministers
PESHAWAR: Members of the opposition in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly on Wednesday lashed out at what they termed the ‘constant absence’ of ministers during proceedings. The assembly session...
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Assembly diary: When a spade is not a spade
PESHAWAR: Our politicians’ failure to see through events and issues sometimes reaches mind-boggling proportions. As elected members represent people at the highest forum of the province, people also...
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Fast food for the soul: Booksellers of Peshawar despair of the decline in...
PESHAWAR: Naseem Hijazi’s fictionalised accounts of Islamic history have made inroads into a new market – across the border in Afghanistan. Booksellers point out it’s not just Hijazi, a writer often...
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Punished for patriotism: JI to move resolution against BD verdicts
PESHAWAR: Jamaat-e- Islami (JI) in Pakistan is likely to submit a resolution during the current session of the lower house to condemn the sentences passed against JI leadership in Bangladesh. Many...
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Interfaith harmony: The church that looked like a mosque
PESHAWAR: So mindful were the Christians of Muslim sentiments that when they built Peshawar’s All Saints Church in 1882, they made it look like a mosque. Local artists were even hired to inscribe...
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Peshawar church attack: Two girls died thirsty, recalls priest
PESHAWAR: There were whispers of another blast near Gora Qabristan around noon, where Christians were protesting. Panic ensued and all those present were asked to leave the premises. However,...
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Responsible journalism: Roundtable discusses recommendations of media...
PESHAWAR: A roundtable constituting NGOs and the academia reviewed the recommendations of the media commission appointed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) at Peshawar Press Club on Wednesday. The...
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Responsible journalism: Media needs an ombudsman to regulate controversial...
PESHAWAR: A former federal minister has suggested that an ombudsman should be appointed for the media to regulate the coverage of objectionable content. Former federal minister for information and...
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K-P Assembly passes Local Government Bill, finally
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Assembly passed the K-P Local Government Bill 2013 by a majority vote on Thursday paving a legislative way for local body elections in the province. The bill, which...
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Intense politicking: K-P passes LG bill amid much debate
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly passed the Local Government Bill 2013 on Thursday with a majority of votes. However, opposition lawmakers were against the abolishment of union councils and...
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Assembly diary: PTI manages to get LG and RTI bills passed without much ado
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led provincial government easily managed to get two of its much-hyped bills passed through the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa assembly during the ongoing assembly...
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Equal and opposite reaction?: Assembly to tackle issues of drone strikes,...
PESHAWAR: As the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly is set to meet today to review the killing of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief and closure of Nato supply routes, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)...
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Shifting responsibility: K-P gives centre 15 days to halt drones, NATO supplies
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution demanding the federal government stop Nato supplies by November 20 or K-P will be independent to pursue its...
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Process disrupted: ‘Strike on Mehsud made with mala fide intent’
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said killing the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief in a US drone strike has brought talks to a standstill. However, Fazl added,...
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Assembly diary: Can K-P government actually stop drones, NATO supplies?
PESHAWAR: The provincial government managed to pass a much-hyped resolution against drone strikes and Nato supplies earlier this week. However, what this resolution is going to achieve is still...
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