RAWALPINDI: Pakistan too has its Chaiwala clinching the top political slot. Gul Zafar Khan, a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ticket-holder who clinched victory in NA-41 (Bajaur) was a Chaiwala at a local hotel from where he emerged as the MNA elect in general elections. Khan is overwhelmed with joy ...

RIYADH - Unofficial reports on the death of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman after the last month coup have gathered pace after his month-long absence from the public as Hashtag وفاة_ولی_العهد (#Death-of-Crown-Prince) has gone viral in the country suggesting that the prince has ...

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said a century old Frontier Crimes Regulation is being abolished in tribal areas to bring it in the mainstream of national development.Addressing the inaugural ceremony of Governor FATA Youth Sports Festival in Khyber Agency on Monday, he said the tribal ...

ISLAMABAD  – Representatives of multiple political parties clashed with the law enforcers on Monday as they moved towards the Red Zone to record their protest seeking merger of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Federally Administered Tribal Areas.Workers of Awami National Party, Pakistan People’s ...

The National Assembly resumed its session in Islamabad this morning with Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq in the chair.The National Assembly today adopted an adjournment motion for discussion on recent incidents of unprovoked firing by Afghan forces on Pakistani villages in Chaman.The motion was moved by ...

President Mamnoon Hussain says Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) act will be repealed through the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) reforms. Talking to tribal elders in Islamabad on Wednesday, he said FATA Reforms Committee has laid down significant proposals for extending jurisdiction ...

PESHAWAR: (APP) Secretary SAFRON Muhammad Shehzad Arbab Tuesday said Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) would get Rs 90 billion annual developmental budget in addition to Rs 20 billion after merger into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). He said this while addressing a one day workshop on the Reforms ...

ISLAMABAD: (APP) Advisor to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz Friday said Rewaj Act to replace colonial era black law Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) has been prepared which would be presented in the National Assembly before its enforcement.Speaking in the House after Laying the ...

ISLAMABAD (APP): Local government system will be establised in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) by 2017 as proposed by FATA reforms committee set up by the federal government. According to FATA secretariat sources, the new local set up will be part of FATA reforms and political parties ...

PESHAWAR (APP): The politicians and lawmakers of mainstream political parties here Tuesday said the merger of Fata with Khyber Pakthunkhwa was the best solution in the prevailing situation to address the long standing problems and difficulties of tribal people.ANP leader, Wajid Ali Khan said merger ...