Thursday, May, 23, 2013
TODAY'S PAPER
Key KP Assembly posts: Opposition yet to finalise strategy
PESHAWAR, May 22: The opposition parties in the next Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly have yet to decide whether to field joint…
PTI to approach Taliban for reopening schools
PESHAWAR, May 22: The MNA-elect from NA-47, Darra Adamkhel, Qaiser Jamal Afridi has said that…
Ex-minister, aides held after bail cancellation
CHARSADDA, May 22: Police on Wednesday arrested 18 people, including former provincial law minister and Awami National Party leader Arshad…
Court moved against Nawaz’s peace overtures to militants
PESHAWAR, May 22: A writ petition was filed before the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday against the statement of former…
Re-polling in Khyber’s NA-46 on June 5
LANDI KOTAL, May 22: Re-polling on 21 polling stations of NA-46, Khyber Agency, will be held on June 5, an…
Contractor turns approver in arms purchase case
PESHAWAR, May 22: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday granted bail to a private contractor in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police…
Fate of umbrella development programmes hangs in balance
PESHAWAR, May 22: The future of over Rs7 billion major development programmes that the successive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governments used to…
Peace, economic revival priorities: PTI leader
PESHAWAR, May 22: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has decided to focus on restoration of peace in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in order to attract…
New promotion procedure for UoP teachers
PESHAWAR, May 22: The University of Peshawar has introduced a new procedure for promotion of faculty members, which will be…
Convictions in murder case set aside
PESHAWAR, May 22: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday set aside conviction of three people by a Mardan court for…
More Nato trucks leave for Karachi
LANDI KOTAL, May 22: Fifteen more containers loaded with military hardware of Nato forces crossed into Pakistan via Torkham border…
JUI candidate booked
CHARSADDA, May 22: The Tangi police lodged FIR against JUI candidate Mufti Gohar Shah and two other party leaders for…
NEWS IN BRIEF
‘Militant killed in encounter’
PESHAWAR, May 22: A suspected militant was killed while another escaped during an encounter with police…
PTI unveils ‘model cities’ plan
SWABI, May 22: Speaker-designate of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf provincial president Asad Qaisar has said that the PTI-led…
Lawyers boycott courts over Altaf’s remarks
MANSEHRA, May 22: Lawyers on Wednesday boycotted the court proceedings to protest what they called the recent anti-Pakistan speech of…
Protesters rally against loadshedding in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, May 22: Residents of various localities in Peshawar on Wednesday blocked roads to protest prolonged loadshedding.
The protesters among…
PHC tells govt: See tour operators’ history before allotting Haj quota
PESHAWAR, May 22: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday directed the Ministry of Religious Affairs to consider past performance of…
IDPs protest faulty electoral rolls
PESHAWAR, May 22: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Khyber Agency workers on Wednesday observed a token hunger strike outside Peshawar High Court against…
