PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday directed the prime minister’s principal secretary and federal finance secretary to respond to a petition seeking its orders for the federal and provincial governments to provide three per cent share in the National Finance Commission Award and Rs100 billion funds annually for the development of the merged tribal districts.A bench consisting of Justice Roohul Amin Khan and Justice Wiqar Ahmad ordered the filing of those comments within a fortnight. The

PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Thursday directed the federal and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governments to respond to a petition seeking the demining of the merged tribal districts, especially South Waziristan, and the payment of compensation to the families, whose members died in landmine explosions. While ordering the filing of those replies within a week, Justice Lal Jan Khattak and Justice Abdul Shakoor fixed Oct 14 for the next hearing into the petition. Sajjad Ahmad Mehsud and four other

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has initiated the Accelerated Skills Development Programme for merged areas at a cost of Rs1.4 billion to create job opportunities for the region’s youth.A statement issued here said the programme had been designed by the Merged Ares Governance Project( MAGP) of the United Nations Development Programme( UNDP), and is being funded by the United States Agency for International Aid( USAID).... Under the initiative, 5, 500 men, women and transgender perso

Implementation Programme in the merged tribal districts( formerly Fata). The development came

KHYBER: Fata Qaumi Jirga( FQJ), a group of anti-merger tribal elders, announced on Thursday boycott

districts affairs Dr Syed Aamir Abdullah has said former Fata’s merger with the province is incomplete as

PESHAWAR: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan( TTP) formally announced an “ indefinite ceasefire ” with the government late on Thursday night, following two days of intense talks with a grand tribal jirga in Kabul.A statement issued by the TTP spokesman, Muham-mad Khurasani, said that substantive progress had been made in talks with the grand jirga of “ Pashtun nation, particularly tribal elders and ulema ”.... The 57-member government-sponsored jirga left for the Afghan capital on Wednesda

Indeed, in the ex-Fata areas, which have become hotbeds of militant activity, integration has been

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