PESHAWAR: Some central leaders of the PTI have succeeded in getting their close relatives inducted in the 15-member KP cabinet that took oath on Wednesday. According to media reports, new minister Arshad Ayub is cousin of Omar Ayub while Aqibullah is younger brother of Asad Qaiser. Moreover, Faisal Tarakai, younger brother of Shehram Tarakai, and […]
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority Director General Fouzia Iqbal said automated deduction of sales tax will eliminate errors as the tax will be automatically deducted and submitted to the authority. She was speaking at a workshop on automated deduction of sales tax on services through the Financial Accounting and Budgeting System (FABS) organized for officials
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PESHAWAR: A three-day art and fashion festival concluded at the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology in Swabi on Wednesday. Organised by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Authority and GIKI, the event was attended by faculty members, students and a large number of visitors. The event titled ‘Irtiqa’ (art revolution) was
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CHITRAL: Garam Chashma road could not be reopened even after seven days after the recent unprecedented snowfall blocked it along with all other passageways across Chitral. As a result, people of the whole Garam Chashma valley are stranded and on Wednesday they had to carry a dead body on their shoulders from Shoghore town to
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PESHAWAR: The cabinet of Khyber Pakthunkhwa initially comprising 15 ministers took oath on Wednesday. Khyber Pakthunkhwa Governor Ghulam Ali administered the oath to the minister at the Governor House in the presence of Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur abd others. Earlier, the names of the 15 ministers were proposed and the chief minister got approval
Irshadullah Khan PESHAWAR: MNA Abdul Latif of Chitral on Wednesday demanded that the chief election commissioner, Sikendar Sultan Raja, should resign after failing to conduct free and fair elections in the country. Speaking at a press conference here, the PTI MNA said that the failure of the election commission in its primary responsibility had also
MANSEHRA: Child brides make up half of women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa who suffer from psychological and physical health issues, according to an expert here. Such women are provided counselling and healthcare in two districts of Hazara Division, but these services should be extended to other areas as well, Dr Lubna of the Adolescent Sexual and
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PESHAWAR: Three women from Chitral have reached the assemblies on the reserved seats allocated to different political parties. They included Ghazala Anjum of the PML-N, Khadija Bibi of ANP and Arifa Bibi of JUI-F. Ghazala Anjum has become MNA on the quota of the PML-N while Arifa Bibi (Jughore) and Khadija Bibi (Drosh) reached the
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ISLAMABAD: Prominent banker Sultan Ali Allana expressed his inability to accept the new government\’s offer of joining the cabinet as finance minister due to his preoccupation. According to media reports, Allana, the chairman of HBL, was the first choice of the new government for the key post because of his experience and expertise in handling
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BOONI: The pedestrian bridge between Meragram No 1 and Parwak villages in Upper Chitral is in a dangerous condition. The bridge was constructed a few months ago but during the heavy snowfall, some of its cables could not withstand the heavy snow and broke. As a result, the bridge us in a dangerous condition. This
