Tarakai, who is an uncle of Shahram Khan Tarakai, the former provincial minister in Pakistan Tehreek-i

Khan Tarakai “ conspirators ”, claiming the party founder Imran Khan had instructed him before the 2024

, Muhammad Abdul Qadir and Senator Liaqat khan Tarakai.... He emphasized that the EU trade concessions

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has set aside the 2019 orders of the Election Commission of Pakistan for changes to around a dozen provincial assembly constituencies in Mardan, Swabi and Khyber districts and directed the commission to decide the matter afresh.A bench consisting of Justice Lal Jan Khattak and Justice Shakeel Ahmad accepted three petitions filed by some MPAs and residents of the three districts against different ECP orders for changes to different provincial assembly constituenc

PESHAWAR: Thirty-nine per cent of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s 11.7 million children in the 5-16 age bracket are out of school, reveals a recent Benazir Income Support Programme survey.Of them, one million live in the merged tribal districts. According to the survey, which was carried out as part of the BISP’s National Socio-Economic Registry census with the help of elementary and secondary schoolteachers, the children not attending school in the province total 4.7 million. The number of such children i

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Friday granted transit bail to leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh until June 25 in two cases of rioting and violence registered in Karachi during the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s last month Azadi March on Islamabad. Justice Roohul Amin Khan of a single-member bench accepted two petitions of Mr Sheikh on condition of furnishing two surety bonds of Rs500, 000 each.He directed the petitioner to appear before the relevant Karachi cour

Join our Whatsapp channel ISLAMABAD: A proposal to dissolve China-Pakistan Economic Corridor( CPEC) Authority is under consideration, a Senate panel was informed on Friday. The secretary of the ministry of planning and development, Awais Manzur Sumra, informed the Senate standing committee on planning, development and special initiatives that the authority was currently dysfunctional and that the prime minister has desired to forward the matter to the rightsizing committee of the federal governm

PESHAWAR: The Elementary and Secondary Education( ESE) Department will need to establish over 15, 000 additional government schools for the enrolment of total 4.7 million out-of-school children in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.... Official sources in the ESE Department told Dawn that the figure of 15, 000 new government schools surfaced in internal assessment of the department when it started deliberation on how to enrol 4.7 million out-of-school children and provide them the relevant education facilities

She pointed out that Rs184. 712 million was allocated for six schemes, including execution of rural work programme and municipal services, and commercial area development in the district in ADP for the financial year 2020-21. The lawmaker said the department spent only Rs15 million.... When the mover continued his arguments in favour of amendment, the minister remained confused.He requested Deputy Speaker Mahmood Jan, who was in the chair, to defer debate on the bill.... The chair said the bil

The non-availability of funds has also affected the performance of devolved departments, ” said Mr Kamal.He said that the local government representatives had been protesting for their demands for the last three years but in vain.... Due to non-availability of development funds, problems of people are increasing at local level.... The salaries of tehsil municipal administration employees are often delayed. Published in Dawn, February 14th, 2025....