PESHAWAR, Jan 8: Delay in the lifting of ban on the transportation of timber from Malakand and Hazara divisions is likely to cause Rs.6 billion loss to the KP government and the royalty holders. The provincial government had banned the transportation of timber in 2013 and millions of cubic feet timber have been lying along
In the wake of Peshawar school tragedy all the parliamentary parties decided on Dec 24 to set up special courts to be presided over by army officers for trying suspected terrorists. As the Supreme Court has declared in 1999 the setting up of military courts as unconstitutional and illegal, therefore, the political leadership has decided
Several amendments needed to set up military courts Read More »
PESHAWAR, Dec 16: At least 126 people, mostly children, were killed in a Taliban assault on an army-run school in Peshawar on Tuesday. All six of the militants who entered the building are said to have been killed, at least one of them in a suicide blast, BBC reported. However, the army has not declared
ISLAMABAD, Dec 14: Dance and musical performances highlighting the culture of Kalash and Hunza valley featured the concluding activities of the Pakistan Mountain Festival here on Sunday. An awareness walk and cleanliness drive was also organised at Trail 3 in which more than 250 students from different universities and people from other walks of life
ISLAMABAD , Dec 11: Small groups of girls dressed in traditional outfits of Kalash danced in circles and semi-circles and delighted the audience at Lok Virsa where international mountain day was celebrated. The event is part of the fourth Pakistan Mountain Festival, an annual advocacy and outreach festival organised by the Development Communications Network (Devcom-Pakistan)
Kalash artists attend event to observe mountain day Read More »
