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A second homecoming: Researcher documents K-P’s Sikh heritage fort by fort
PESHAWAR: A chance visit to Lahore in 1989 triggered something in Bobby Singh Bansal’s heart – a desire to learn more about his Sikh heritage. He started researching about Maharaja Ranjit Singh and...
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Failing security: K-P’s precarious law and order might lead centre to intervene
PESHAWAR: Terming Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) law and order ‘precarious,’ Jan Mohammad Achakzai, the spokesperson for Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Saturday said the federal...
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Protest rally: Fazl calls for truce, proposes jirga to begin talks
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday called for a ceasefire so talks can be initiated with the Taliban through a tribal jirga. Addressing a protest rally...
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Ace in the hole?: QWP, PML-N perfect their poker face over LG preps
PESHAWAR: As other political parties cosy up for local bodies’ polls, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) continue to hold their cards close to the vest. Officials from...
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Maulana Samiul Haq predicts ‘good tidings’
PESHAWAR / NOWSHERA: The Taliban’s intermediaries struck an upbeat note on the success of the nascent peace initiative on Monday following their first face-to-face interaction with the...
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Dues shy: Only 35 K-P legislators paid income tax last year
PESHAWAR: If income tax details revealed by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) are to be believed, the big guns among Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) politicians are from the poorest section of the...
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A sinking namesake: Ghani Dheri lies abandoned as K-P celebrates poet’s...
PESHAWAR: Even as painting exhibitions and poetry recitals are being arranged to commemorate the centennial of famous progressive Pashto poet Ghani Khan; Ghani Dheri, the only institution named after...
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Preplanned debate: Opposition bemoans ‘unfair’ allocation of funds
PESHAWAR: Opposition lawmakers in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly took the government to task over the inequitable distribution of development funds on Monday. The issue was part of the...
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In a ruckus: K-P lawmakers fail to maintain decorum despite warnings
PESHAWAR: Opposition and treasury benches in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly waded through a ruckus while debating the allocation of development funds to lawmakers on Thursday. Lawmakers from both...
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Assembly diary: Opposition giving government tough time in ongoing assembly...
PESHAWAR: The ongoing Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly session, requisitioned by the opposition, has been a tough one for the provincial government which has been subjected to harsh criticism from the...
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Opposition bashes K-P govt for lack of practical steps to fix ‘education...
PESHAWAR: Education was the agenda of the day in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday wherein Primary and Secondary Education Minister Muhammad Atif Khan announced that the government was...
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This session is adjourned
PESHAWAR: The women of the opposition benches walked out while ministers exchanged heated words with each other at Tuesday’s provincial assembly session. All the commotion forced the house to not go...
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In session: Opposition MPAs quibble over hiring consultants for development...
PESHAWAR: The government came under fire in the provincial assembly over hiring consultants to oversee development projects on Wednesday. The floor opened to a debate over hiring consultants, which is...
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Sparsely attended: Opposition slips resolution past treasury benches
PESHAWAR: The government was confronted with an embarrassing situation in the provincial assembly after opposition members passed a resolution due to thin attendance in the treasury benches. The...
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Tough times ahead: Opposition demonstrates there is strength in numbers
PESHAWAR: The recently concluded Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly session featured an organised and numerically strong opposition, giving a tough time to the shaky coalition in the treasury benches....
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In session: Poliovirus, possible travel restrictions take centre stage
PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) health minister Shaukat Yousafzai informed the house on Tuesday that polio in the province had indeed become an international issue. The minister was responding...
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Senate session: Govt rules out TTP office
PESHAWAR / ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) opening an office in the country while quashing speculation that it had received such...
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Countering sabotage: TTP won’t object to action against Ahrar, says Ibrahim
ISLAMABAD / PESHAWAR: Taliban intermediary Professor Mohammad Ibrahim has said that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) would have no objection if the government decided to take action against...
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In session: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa govt passes three laws despite stiff resistance
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly on Tuesday passed two new laws concerning farm services and food safety and one amendment law on tenancy despite resistance from the opposition. The...
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In session: House says aye to five bills and nay to one
PESHAWAR: Lawmakers of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly spent a busy day passing the K-P Restriction of Rented Buildings (security) bill 2014, Public Private Partnership bill 2014, Journalist...
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