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Disorder in the house: Treasury lawmaker escorted out for outburst over funds
PESHAWAR: An outburst from a coalition partner during Monday’s assembly session left the treasury benches embarrassed. As one of their own attempted to protest in the centre of the house for being...
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After much ado: Assembly passes bill on medical teaching institutes
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly on Tuesday passed the much-anticipated K-P Medical Teaching Institutions Reforms Bill 2015 following amendments. The bill consumed most of the...
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Never forget: Chasing shadows in search of light
PESHAWAR: Peshawar was enveloped in its wintry mist on December 16, 2014 when a group of Taliban militants stormed into Army Public School (APS) on Warsak Road and went on an indiscriminate killing...
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The back bencher: Assembly sans co-pilot during prolonged session
PESHAWAR: The prolonged ongoing session of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly was adjourned by Speaker Asad Qaiser till February 6 last Tuesday. If the speaker does not call for a new session in...
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Elections ahead: Road to Senate subject to assembly’s number game
PESHAWAR: Political parties with fewer lawmakers in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly are likely to become a liability for their allies, in opposition and treasury benches alike, in the upcoming Senate...
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Kashgar-Gwadar corridor: Resolution passed against ‘diverting’ Pak-China route
PESHAWAR: Over the past few weeks, lawmakers and businessmen from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have raised a hue and cry over the alleged diversion of the Pak-China, Kashgar-Gwadar trade route from...
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December 16, 2014: Danger of physical disability looms large over APS survivor
PESHAWAR: Parents of surviving Army Public School (APS) students are haunted by the very real and unnerving possibility that their children’s injuries could cripple them for life. Dil Jan, the father...
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On hold: K-P Assembly session adjourned to quell dissent
PESHAWAR: Hours before it was scheduled to convene for a sitting on Monday afternoon, Speaker Asad Qaiser adjourned the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, fuelling speculation of an internal rift rocking...
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House of cards: Parties undecided over candidates
PESHAWAR: Amid speculations over nominations and opposition huddles, senior politicians flex their muscles, vying for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) seats in the upcoming Senate polls. Opposition parties...
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Outsiders will not be nominated from K-P: Imran Khan
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairperson Imran Khan assured his party lawmakers that a large number of appointments made in various provincial departments will be cancelled and filled...
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Looking to the Upper House: Siraj bids farewell to provincial legislature
PESHAWAR: After serving in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq will now be heading to the Upper House. JI on Thursday declared Siraj will be the party’s candidate...
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Safe bet?: PTI pits new faces for Senate polls
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has announced its candidates from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) for the upcoming Upper House elections. Speaking to the media on Friday, PTI Chairman Imran Khan...
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Discontent in the ranks: Senate nominations leave party chiefs in K-P seething
PESHAWAR: With just over two weeks left to Senate elections, nominations from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) for seats of the Upper House have left provincial chiefs of various political parties seething....
View ArticleLashing out: Ruling party embarrassed by dissenting lawmakers
PESHAWAR: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was left red in the face during Monday’s provincial assembly session as some of its disgruntled lawmakers called for the sacking of...
View ArticleCut in two: Govt, opposition lock horns over Kohistan’s division
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly passed the Local Government (amendment) Bill amid a walkout from the opposition on Tuesday, paving the way for local bodies’ elections in the newly-carved...
View ArticleHanging up the saddle: CM, JI chief agree to curb horse-trading
PESHAWAR: Horse-trading in the upcoming Senate polls will not be a major concern if Chief Minister Pervez Khattak’s promises to Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Central Ameer Sirajul Haq are anything to go by. In...
View ArticleAmended universities act: Govt’s bid to tighten control over universities
PESHAWAR: Tabled in the provincial assembly earlier this week, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Universities (Amendment) Act 2015 proposes some drastic changes to the legislation framed under the previous Awami...
View ArticleNo horsing around: Opposition takes strong exception to JI chief’s statement
PESHAWAR: Members of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Friday took strong exception to a statement made by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq about horse-trading in the upcoming Senate elections....
View ArticleEat, pray, legislate: Where is the change in K-P Assembly?
PESHAWAR: As much as PTI likes to portray itself as different from other parties and a harbinger of ‘change’, it has failed to shake off in its MPAs a disregard for their responsibilities and the...
View ArticleInconclusive rendezvous: High-level huddle over senate polls yields no results
KHYBER AGENCY / PESHAWAR: As horse-trading continued to remain a major concern ahead of Senate elections, a high-level huddle between the opposition and the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government...
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