ISLAMABAD: Though the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) into the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has been welcomed as it will bring the area into mainstream and ensure the locals all constitutional rights, people of Malakand Division seem to be the loser in case the status of the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) is […]
CHITRAL: Street vendors, mostly pushcart holders, selling fruits and vegetables in Chitral bazaar on Saturday took out a protest rally and later held a press conference against local traders and the traffic police for allegedly harassing them and trying to deprive them of their right to earn a livelihood for their families. The vendors launched
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CHITRAL: The district price review committee on Friday issued a revised list of basic commodities that will come into force from May 26. The new list was prepared at a meeting of the committee chaired by Assistant Commissioner Chitral Sajid Nawaz Gondal. The meeting was attended by representatives of political parties and traders besides officials,
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday passed a constitutional amendment seeking the much-awaited merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) with a 229-1 vote in favour. Lawmakers from the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) and the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chose to walk out from the assembly ahead of the vote.
MADAKLASHT: The people of three small villages, consisting of over 150 houses, in the remote Madaklasht valley have called upon the authorities concerned to save their agricultural fields and orchards by reconstructing the only canal from a stream. In a letter addressed to the district nazim of Chitral and others, the residents of Bebantaan, Jangal
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