Peshawar- The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government set aside Rs118 billion for the Annual Development Programme (ADP) for fiscal year 2013-14, showing 17 per cent increase against the outgoing fiscal year.  According to budget documents, Rs118 billion ABP will include provincial share of Rs83,000 ...

Peshawar- In the wake of growing incidents of terrorism, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has slightly increased budget for law enforcement agencies by allocating Rs23.78 billion with 1.82 per cent increase as compare to the previous year of 2012-13. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has been badly ...

PESHAWAR - The Minister for Environment Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Haji Ibrar Hussain has said that the provincial government has decided to impose ban on all sorts of cutting in the forests.The Minister vowed that they would provide force to control the smuggling.  All steps should be taken to ...

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet approved the budget recommendations which include imposing a 1 percent tax on the Afghan transit trade, while the total budgetary outlay for the financial year stands at Rs. 344 billion.From the total outlay, 118 billion has been earmarked for development projects ...

PESHAWAR -Raging waters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rivers have left scores of homes and roads flooded and destroyed crops on hundreds of acres.About four hundred houses were inundated by flood on Friday in Jala Bela‚ Bela Niko Khan‚ Mian Gujar and Islamabad Korona villages in Peshawar ...

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Shaukatullah Khan administered oath to 12-member provincial cabinet at the Governor’s House on Thursday.However, the portfolios were not allocated to the members due to a deadlock between the PTI and Jamaat-e-Islami over the allocation of portfolios. It ...

PESHAWAR- Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), the ruling alliance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Tuesday agreed to move a resolution in the KPK Assembly soon against drone attacks on Pakistan's soil.The decision to this effect was made at the parliamentary ...

ISLAMABAD :  Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf has said election of Pervez Khattak as new Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reflects the success of democratic forces. In a statement on the election of new Chief Minister in the province‚ he expressed the confidence that he will come up ...

PESHAWAR/KARACHI  -  SAID ALAM KHAN and RAMZAN CHANDIO  -  Having taken the oath from outgoing speakers amid cheers in maiden sessions on Wednesday, newly-elected members of the provincial assemblies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh are set to elect new speakers and deputy ...

ISLAMABAD -Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaf-led coalition, which would form government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa, has decided to also get affidavits from all the members KPK Assembly about their nationality soon after they are administered oath of their new assignment on May 29.Sources in PTI confirmed to The ...

PESHAWAR  - In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa main opposition parties have yet to come whether or not to field candidates for three coveted positions, including chief minister, speaker and deputy speaker, of the KPK Assembly against the nominees of PTI having now 44 members strength in the house, which is ...

Peshawar -Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Engineer Shaukatullah has summoned the maiden provincial assembly session on May 29. The session would be chaired by Speaker Kiramatullah Chagharmati, who would administer oath to the newly MPAs-elect. The newly elected members would choose new speaker and ...

Lakki marwat  -Local PTI leaders have called upon the newly elected lawmakers of party to raise voice against unbearable electricity loadshedding and play a role to rid the province from the menace.At a meeting held here on Saturday, District General Secretary Ahmad Nawaz and other ...

LAHORE  - US Ambassador, Richard Olson met with PTI Chairman, Imran Khan at his residence on Friday and discussed with him PTI’s priorities for Khyber Pakhtunkhawa government. US top diplomat in Pakistan also congratulated PTI Chairman for his party’s success in the 2013 ...

After an extremely bad performance by the Awami National Party (ANP) in KPK, the Pashtuns have once again shown their loyalty to Pakistan and their province by electing the leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to govern the province for the next five years. This ensures better conditions for ...

PESHAWAR - The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister-designate Pervez Khan Khattak said on Thursday that provincial assembly meeting had been convened on May 29, 2013. "Issues will be resolved within couple of days. PTI will meet its 100 per cent agenda during its rule in the province," he said this ...

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa former law minister Barrister Arshad Abdullah was arrested on Wednesday from a session court in Charsadda after his pre-arrest bail application in a case for attacking a police station was cancelled.Police have registered a case against Abdullah for attacking Utmanzia ...

Asad Qaisar, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Provincial President, said on Tuesday that the PTI government would build seven model cities at divisional level in the province.Talking to TheNation, he said that model cities would be built in seven divisions, including Peshawar, Bannu, Kohat, Dera ...

PESHAWAR -   Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Engineer Shaukatullah has said that after a decade-long unrest, peace is restored in KPK and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).  “Life has become normal to a great extent and the businessmen should come forward to invest for ...

SWATPML-N Senior Vice President Engineer Amir Muqam is likely to be appointed as the next Governor of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa or special adviser to prime minister, sources disclosed. In this connection, the PML N leadership has given some options to Amir Muqam and the decision is up to him. The news ...

SWAT - PML-N Senior Vice President Engineer Amir Muqam is likely to be appointed as the next Governor of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa or special adviser to prime minister, sources disclosed. In this connection, the PML N leadership has given some options to Amir Muqam and the decision is up to him. The news ...

PESHAWAR - The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) have announced names for three ministries in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial government.Sirajul Haq, Inayatullah Khan and Habibur Rehman have been put forward for the ministries of education, zakat and finance. Speaking to the media after a meeting, provincial ...

SWAT - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice President Engineer Amir Muqam said on Saturday that his party could make government in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but PML-N would respect the mandate of Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the province.He said this while addressing party workers here at the ...

Imran Khan's PTI will now rule the roost in KPK. This is Imran Khan's first opportunity to form a government, so it is important that he puts his best foot forward as this will show his mettle as well as pave the way for his victory next time around. The first task for the PTI is the ...

PESHAWAR The PTI-led government will ensure peace, justice, education and health facilities to the people of the province, said Pervez Khattak, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister-designate.Addressing a joint press conference with JI Vice Ameer Sirajul Haq and QWP Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan ...

KHYBER AGENCY - A driver was killed when unidentified militants opened fire at a NATO supply tanker in Gariza area of Jamrud tehsil, sub-division of Khyber tribal region, on Thursday, official sources said.  According to an administration official, the trailer returned from Afghanistan and was ...

ISLAMABAD - JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman’s another effort to sabotage the formation of a PTI government in Kyhber Pakhtunkhwa was frustrated Thursday, thanks to the demonstration of political maturity by the PML-N. Fazl met Shahbaz Sharif and asked him to sponsor his efforts to arrange a ...

Islamabad- On the directives of Islamabad High Court (IHC), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa authorities Wednesday produced before the court a missing person Ameer Ahmed allegedly abducted by the intelligence agencies.The provincial authorities presented Ameer Ahmed, a resident of Rahim Yar Khan, before Justice ...

PESHAWAR - The PTI, JI and QWP have agreed on a power sharing formula to form a coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The JUI-F of Fazlur Rehman, the second majority party in the province which was too eager to engineer its own coalition, will now have to sit on the opposition benches along ...

peshawar - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) central leader and former chief minister Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan has said that they respect Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf mandate to form government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.“PML-N will not become part of any game that could politically destabilize the ...