PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said he supports merger of Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) due to similar cultural norms and linguistic values. Talking to media persons in Peshawar, Imran Khan said reforms should be introduced in FATA from time to time and local body’s polls should be […]
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a conference said that reforms, provision of basic infrastructure, ensuring rights and security in Federally Administered Tribal Areas could help in socio-economic uplift of the area and its people. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Home secretary Shakeel Qadir, who was chief guest on the second day of the conference, said that decision about future of […]
LAHORE: The Punjab Planning and Development Department on Monday disclosed that Rs 282 billion under the annual development programme had been released for implementation of 6,080 development projects during first half of current financial year 2016-17. A spokesman for the Planning and Development Department said that the Punjab government had approved Rs 550 under the […]
PESHAWAR / KARACHI / ISLAMABAD: Pakistan began counting the cost of a cold snap sweeping across the country as the first winter showers in Karachi swamped roads, thoroughfares and streets, leading to massive traffic snarls on Saturday. The country’s mountainous regions received fresh snowfall as people endured the below-freezing temperatures. Weather forecasts have predicted a […]
ISLAMABAD: The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) is considered one of the most successful water-sharing endeavours in the world. But it is at stake today. Reason: The World Bank, which had brokered the treaty between Pakistan and India in 1960, has apparently buckled under New Delhi’s pressure. On December 13, the World Bank announced a pause […]
KARACHI: While observing that it is the responsibility of the state to trace out missing persons, the Sindh High Court directed the law enforcement agencies to make all-out efforts to find their whereabouts. Federal B Industrial Area’s SDPO told a two-judge bench that Hafiz Ehsanullah, a resident of North Karachi, has gone missing on his […]
SARAJEVO: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said there was no presence of the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) in Pakistan. The prime minister was speaking to a delegation of Bosnian parliamentarians. He emphasized on exchange of parliamentary delegations and sharing of their respective expertise. The parliamentarians of Bosnia and Herzegovina included Barisa Colak Borjana Kristo […]
ISLAMABAD: Imagine a deep-sea port where, while so-called development experts enjoy a breath-taking view from their regal five star hotel rooms located on the grand Koh-e-Batil hill, indigenous fishermen are left with little choice except migrating permanently to far-flung harbours. Imagine a place where one of the most expensive commodities is a […]
ISLAMABAD: Experts believe that India wasted the whole year of 2016 and did not respond to Pakistan’s offers for dialogue on all outstanding issues including Jammu and Kashmir. Daily Times contacted the experts of regional affairs to know their stance on Indo-Pak relations during 2016. In this regard, Aziz Ahmed Khan, who remained Pakistan’s High […]
ISLAMABAD: Tax authorities have raided the offices of Nue Multiplex and Entertainment Company and impounded its records on suspicion of evasion of millions of rupees in income tax by overstating expenditures and allegedly concealing income. Officers of the Intelligence and Investigation wing of the Inland Revenue Service of Federal Board of Revenue searched […]
