Mohammad Ashfaq

Pushto as compulsory subject: Private schools defy govt orders

PESHAWAR, May 19: The administrations of private schools in Pushto-speaking areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have failed to implement the provincial government’s decision to introduce Pushto as a compulsory subject from class 1 to 6th from the current academic Published 19 May, 2012 08:11pm

Musharraf’s local body system not to return to KP

PESHAWAR, May 8: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Bill, 2012, bringing down the curtain on the local government system introduced over a decade ago by the then military ruler, Pervez Mus Published 09 May, 2012 12:25am

Musharraf’s local body system not to return to KP

PESHAWAR, May 8: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Bill, 2012, bringing down the curtain on the local government system Published 08 May, 2012 08:06pm

KP Assembly resolution: Courts be extended to Fata

PESHAWAR, May 7: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution urging the president and the federal government to ensure amendment to the Constitution for extending the Supreme and high court jurisdictions to the Federally Adm Published 08 May, 2012 12:20am

KP Assembly resolution: Courts be extended to Fata

PESHAWAR, May 7: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution urging the president and the federal government to ensure amendment to the Constitution for extending the Supreme and high court jurisdictions to the Federally Adm Published 07 May, 2012 08:06pm

Rebuilding of flood-hit schools KP looking towards donors for help

PESHAWAR, May 4: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elementary and secondary education department is intensely trying to persuade local and foreign donors to help it rebuild educational institutions destroyed by the 2010 flashfloods in the province, it is learnt. Published 05 May, 2012 01:15am

Rebuilding of flood-hit schools: KP looking towards donors for help

PESHAWAR, May 4: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elementary and secondary education department is intensely trying to persuade local and foreign donors to help it rebuild educational institutions destroyed by the 2010 flashfloods in the province, it is learnt. Published 04 May, 2012 10:02pm

Rs30m drilling machinery rusts in Peshawar

PESHAWAR, April 29: Heavy drilling machinery worth millions of rupees has got rusted as it has been lying useless at the Peshawar Circle office of public health engineering department for more than a decade, according to sources. Published 30 Apr, 2012 12:14am

Booksellers blamed for textbooks shortage

PESHAWAR, April 27: Taking advantage of short supply of school textbooks, majority of wholesale traders in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been selling course books in retail instead of supplying them to retailers, creating hardships for students in the province Published 28 Apr, 2012 01:24am

Booksellers blamed for textbooks shortage

PESHAWAR, April 27: Taking advantage of short supply of school textbooks, majority of wholesale traders in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been selling course books in retail instead of supplying them to retailers, creating hardships for students in the province. Published 27 Apr, 2012 08:06pm

Students being promoted to cut dropout rate

PESHAWAR, April 22: The government-run schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, by and large, have promoted most students to the next grades to check dropout rate, according to the relevant officials. Published 22 Apr, 2012 10:19pm

Students being promoted in KP to cut dropout rate

PESHAWAR, April 22: The government-run schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, by and large, have promoted most students to the next grades to check dropout rate, according to the relevant officials. Published 22 Apr, 2012 08:06pm

LG polls this year, says Bilour

PESHAWAR, April 18: Provincial Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour said here on Wednesday that local bodies’ elections would be held on party basis in the last week of October or first week of November across the province. Published 18 Apr, 2012 10:14pm

LG polls in KP this year, says Bilour

PESHAWAR, April 18: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour said here on Wednesday that local bodies’ elections would be held on party basis in the last week of October or first week of November across the province. Published 18 Apr, 2012 09:06pm