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Cultural heritage: CHC threatens court action over construction at Shahi Bagh
PESHAWAR: The Cultural Heritage Council (CHC), a civic organisation dedicated to preserving Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) heritage, said on Sunday it will move to court to stop ongoing construction work...
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Democratic achievement: Hoti becomes longest-serving CM in K-P’s history
PESHAWAR: The incumbent chief minister (CM) of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), Amir Haider Khan Hoti has spent around four years, 10 months and 19 days in office, becoming the longest-serving elected chief...
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Exit stage: Kakakhel resigns amid rumours of fall out with ANP
PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Minister for Prisons Mian Nisar Gul Kakakhel has resigned from his seat as well as the Awami National Party (ANP), The Express Tribune has learnt. Sources close to...
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High-powered huddle: Tribal elders, politicians to come face to face
PESHAWAR: Political leaders from across the spectrum will gather in the capital today (Thursday) to discuss the prospect of talks with the Taliban, in a bid to end violence across the country. The...
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The poll dance: PML-N, JUI-F collaboration poised to become ‘game changer’
PESHAWAR: An electoral partnership between Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) in the upcoming polls will tilt the political field in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P),...
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Final countdown: Assembly begins farewell session with little on the table
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly (K-P) met for its last session which kicked off on Monday with little to discuss and debate. Attendance was limited as parliamentarians from Awami National...
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Ghazi-Barotha project: Govt may redesign hydel project for fair share of water
PESHAWAR: When lawmakers brought longs hours of power cuts in Ghazi, Haripur, to the assembly’s notice, Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said the government wants to redesign the...
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Interim government: PPP leader, K-P chief minister likely to hold parley for...
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) provincial president Anwar Saifullah Khan on Thursday suggested the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti to hold a meeting to discuss the...
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Provincial assembly: ‘Female MPAs not considered equals’
PESHAWAR: A female lawmaker of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly complained on Friday of facing discrimination at the hands of male counterparts. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) lawmaker Dr Faiza...
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Tracing ANP’s trajectory: From nationalist to pro-establishment?
PESHAWAR: Ajmal Khattak, a senior Awami National Party (ANP) leader, was among those politicians who met former military dictator Pervez Musharraf soon after the 1999 coup d’état. The move, however,...
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Expressing solidarity : Badami Bagh incident an ‘act of terrorists’
PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain on Monday termed the March 9 mob attack on a Christian residential colony in Lahore an ‘act of terrorists’. Addressing...
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Last session: Assembly ends abruptly as governor sends late order
PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly’s last session came to an abrupt end after a late prorogation order from the governor on Tuesday. The sudden disruption on a private-member day angered the...
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After months of protests, contractual employees still not regularised
PESHAWAR: Homeopathic doctors and adhoc lecturers expressed anger and concern for not presenting the bill for their regularisation in the last session of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly which...
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Electoral works: Parties seek to solidify partnerships for elections
PESHAWAR: As the country heads towards a caretaker setup, political parties have geared up efforts to reach decisions on seat adjustments with each other in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). On Saturday,...
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Round-up: Provincial Assemblies 2008-2013
KARACHI / QUETTA / LAHORE / PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly has paid a hefty price to sustain democracy: it lost the largest number of lawmakers as compared to any...
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Consensus: JI, PTI agree on electoral alliance
PESHAWAR: As talks of seat adjustments and alliances continue, the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have agreed to an electoral partnership in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). The...
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Seat adjustment : Talks between PML-N, JUI-F achieve little headway
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl’s (JUI-F) ongoing negotiations on seat adjustment in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have achieved little so far. On Monday, leaders...
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Provincial chessboards almost dismantled
LAHORE / PESHAWAR / KARACHI: Barely 24 hours after the Balochistan Assembly took its last bow, the provincial assemblies of Sindh and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa were dissolved on Tuesday – with the Punjab...
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Seat adjustment: Talks between PML-N, JUI-F make little headway
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl’s (JUI-F) ongoing negotiations on seat adjustment in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have achieved little so far. On Monday,...
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Analysis: Recounting ANP’s eventful tenure
PESHAWAR: The situation could not have been much worse when the Awami National Party (ANP) government came to power in 2008. Suicide bombings and rising extremism were being compounded by...
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