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Only fair polls can steer country out of crisis: Sherpao

PESHAWAR - Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Tuesday said that holding free, fair and transparent elections was the only way to steer the country out of the prevailing crises.Speaking at a press conference at the party’s provincial secretariat in Hayatabad, he said ...

Sherpao urges ECP to review blank slot decision

ISLAMABAD -The Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Sherpao on Thursday raising objections over blank slot in THE ballot paper requested the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to review this new step as some elements might misuse it.Addressing a press conference, Sherpao said that the decision ...

Sherpao doubts govt’s intention on timely polls

PESHAWAR - Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Sunday said that it seemed the government wanted to postpone the elections on the pretext of poor law and order in the country.“We want timely elections because it is the only way to steer the country out of the ...

Sherpao comes down hard on govt for failure ‘at all fronts’

PESHAWAR - Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Sunday hailed the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision banning recruitment in government departments ahead of the general elections.“We welcome this decision as it will help bring transparency in the electoral ...

Sherpao concerned over deduction in Lowari funds

PESHAWAR - Qaumi Watan Party Chairman, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, on Tuesday urged the Election Commission of Pakistan to take notice of deduction in funds meant for Lowari Tunnel and termed the deduction a pre-poll rigging and injustice to people of the district.In a statement issued here, he said ...

Sherpao urges govt for steps to ensure peace, end poverty

PESHAWAR - Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, said on Monday that tribesmen were victims of government’s wrong policies and inattention towards Fata that was why tribesmen had been passing through a difficult phase since long.“To change fortune of tribesmen and ...

Sherpao for polio team attackers arrest

PESHAWAR - Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Wednesday lauded Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Masood Kausar for visiting South Waziristan, saying such initiatives would help remove the sense of deprivation among the tribal people.In a statement, he also condemned the attacks ...

Sherpao urges govt for effective anti-corruption laws

PESHAWER - Qaumi Watan Party Chairman, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Thursday expressed concerns over the International’s Corruption Perception Index report showing massive corruption in Pakistan, and urged the government to formulate effective laws to stem the tide of this evil.Speaking to a ...

sherpao social contract
November 29, 2012

Sherpao for new social contract

SWABI - Chairman of the Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said here on Wednesday that his party has been striving for upholding the principle of genuine provincial autonomy and there was no need of nominal autonomy.Addressing the Swabi Bar Association (SBA) at Swabi Judicial complex, ...

Sherpao stresses for new social contract

QUETTA - Qaumi Watan Party leader and former Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Sherpao has said that the country needs a new social contract to address issues related to culture and language.Addressing a news conference here on Tuesday, he said that he changed his party's name so that the small ...

Sherpao replaces PPP-S with Qaumi Watan Party

PESHAWAR - Pakistan People’s Party-Sherpao Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, now will lead Qaumi Watan Party as he replaced the former with its flag and manifesto here on Wednesday.“We have unanimously decided to change the party name as Qaumi Watan Party and change its flag by ...

Sherpao renames PPP-S as Qaumi Watan Party

PESHAWAR - NADER BUNERI - Pakistan People’s Party-Sherpao Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, now will lead Qaumi Watan Party as he replaced the former with its flag and manifesto here on Wednesday.“We have unanimously decided to change the party name as Qaumi Watan Party and change its ...

Sherpao announces PPP-S new name with novel manifesto today

PESHAWAR – Pakistan People’s Party-Sherpao (PPP-S) Chairman, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao will formally announce a new name for his party, while changing its flag and manifesto, at a function scheduled for today (Wednesday). The PPP-S would be replaced with its new name ‘Qaumi Watan ...

Sherpao inquires after Malala’s health

PESHAWAR – Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao) Chairman, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao visited the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) Rawalpindi to inquire after the health and condition of Malala Yousafzai. The PPP(S) Chairman was accompanied by the Party Secretary General Anisa Zeb ...

Sherpao for practical steps to arrest attackers

PESHAWAR – Pakistan People’s Party-Sherpao Chairman, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said on Friday that instead of issuing condemnation statements, the government must arrest attackers of Malala Yousufzai, a peace campaigner.He wondered that it would have been better if government had ...

sherpao polls crises country
September 15, 2012

Sherpao sees polls only way to end crises in country

PESHAWAR - Pakistan People’s Party-Sherpao Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao urged the PPP-led coalition on Friday to pave the way for fresh elections as it failed to deliver and rid the country of prevailing crises.Speaking to the party workers at his village Sherpao, district Charsadda, he ...

Akbar Bugti case: BHC extends interim bail of Jam Yousuf, Aftab Sherpao

The Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Monday extended the interim bails for former chief minister Balochistan Jam Yousuf and former provincial home minister Aftab Sherpao in the Akbar Bugti murder case.A two-judge bench of the high court hearing the case extended Yousuf’s interim bail to the ...

Sherpao granted bail in Nawab Bugti murder case

QUETTA - The Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Tuesday accepted the pre-arrest-bail plea submitted by former federal interior minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao in the Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti murder case against surety of Rs 1 million.Sherpao had submitted the bail application on Monday and the court ...

Sherpao urges govt not to revoke Afghans’ refugee status

PESHAWAR - Pakistan People’s Party-Sherpao (PPP-S) Chairman, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, Wednesday urged the Federal Government not to revoke the refugee status of Afghan refugees till complete restoration of peace in the region.The government must revisit its decision on humanitarian basis, as ...

Sherpao, Awais Ghani’s bail rejected

QUETTA - A special Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Sibi on Wednesday once again issued the arrest warrants of former President Pervez Musharraf, former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, former Governor Awais Ahmed Ghani and other accused nominated in Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti’s murder case.The arrest ...

Sherpao seeks joint efforts for solace to the oppressed

ISLAMABAD  – The government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) must work jointly to provide solace to the oppressed segments of the society, especially women and children, said Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party Sherpao (PPP-S) Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao. Talking to a delegation of ...

Sherpao for collective efforts to ensure durable peace

PESHAWAR - Pakistan People’s Party-Sherpao (PPP-S) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao lashed out at the government for disrespecting the supremacy of law and said that adamant behavior of government would further aggravate the already weakening economy.Addressing a public gathering at Matta, ...

Sherpao condemns govt over power crisis, unemployment

PESHAWAR - Pakistan Peoples Party-Sherpao (PPP-S), President, Sikandar Hayat Sherpao has criticised the ANP-led provincial government for its ‘inability’ to overcome the crises facing the country and said the so-called champions of Pakhtuns’ rights had been miserably failed to ...

Sherpao concerned over Nadra employees ‘victimisation’

PESHAWAR - Pakistan People’s Party-Sherpao, Chairman Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has expressed grave concern over the ‘victimisation’ of Nadra employees and demanded of the government to resolve their problems and end the uncertainty.He contended that Nadra was an important ...

Sherpao proposes body for economic revival in KP

Peshawar (Online) Chairman, Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao), Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has proposed the formation of task force to adopt measures for industrials and economic revival in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while addressing a gathering at Jhanda District Swabi. Sherpao said that at least 307 ...

Sherpao seeks review of counter-terror policy

ISLAMABAD - Expressing grave concern over the growing drone attacks in tribal areas of the country chief of his own faction of Pakistan Peoples Party Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao called upon the political and military leadership to sit together and review the counter-terror policy, besides readjusting ...

Govt, Army need to reprioritise options: Sherpao

ISLAMABAD Pointing out serious flaws in the ongoing operation against militants in parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa, President of his own faction of PPP, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, has called upon the civil and military leadership to sit together and relocate the way forward in dealing with the growing ...

Sherpao Judicial Probe Murder Exmpa
April 25, 2010

Sherpao for judicial probe into murder of ex-MPA

CHARSADDA The President of his own faction of PPP, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has urged the government to hold a judicial enquiry into the targeted killing of late Alamzeb Umerzai, ex-MPA and provincial vice president of PPP-S. The escape of killers of a political leader in a broad daylight proved ...

Interagencies Coop missing Sherpao
October 18, 2009

Inter-agencies coop still missing: Sherpao

ISLAMABAD - President PPP-S Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao citing lack of coordination among the intelligence agencies as major reason behind the current upsurge in the terrorist activities in the country suggested to constitute a body on the pattern of US Homeland Security Department to have a vigilant ...

Sherpao Bids Sinking Boat Adieu
August 11, 2008

Sherpao bids 'sinking boat' adieu

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan People's Party-Sherpao (PPP-S) has decided to support the ruling coalition in its bid to impeach President Pervez Musharraf. PPP-S Chief Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao told this while talking to TheNation here on Sunday. PPP-S has four seats in the joint sitting of Parliament ...

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