The annual Tribal Night Program 2016 is sponsored by Mashaal Radio on Wednesday evening but the chief guest is Ali Amin Gandapur from PTI and not a tribal leader  from FATA which is a question mark on the role of the sponsor.  D.I. KHAN: The Tribal Students Organization (TSO) from the Gomal University D.I. Khan has organised its annual Program ...

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has withdrawn the condition of securing a no-objection certificate from it for foreign tourists to visit Malakand division comprising seven districts. The condition was imposed in 2010 following the military operation against militants in Swat. The authorities toughened the process of the NOC issuance to foreigners for Malakand tour in the wake of the 2011 ...

KOHAT: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Kohat district has banned the celebration of Valentine’s Day, according to a notification issued by the Nazim of Kohat District Government. Celebration, sale of Valentine’s Day cards and paraphernalia has been banned across the district according to the notification issued by Maulana Niaz Mohammad, belonging to the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F). The notification issued by the district ...

Political Agent North Waziristan Agency Kamran Afridi in an Exclusive Interview with The Pashtun Times “There is no doubt that any place where minerals are unearthed becomes the property of the state” The Pashtun Times’ team has conducted an exclusive interview with the Political Agent of North Waziristan Agency Kamran Ahmad Afridi about the rehabilitation of the IDPs. Kamran Afridi ...

BANNU: By Jamshid Khan All Pakistan bilingual declamation contest was held at Abbottabad Public school and college on 20th November. Eleven elite educational institutions from all over Pakistan participated. Akram Khan Durrani College Bannu got 2nd position in this contest. Principal Dr. Raza Khan told The Pashtun Times that from AKDC, Usama Ghaffar, student of class 9th presented English speech ...

BANNU: Nasir Iqbal Khan hails from the southern district of Bannu (Amandi) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and is Pakistan’s No. 1 and the world No. 41 Squash champion. He defeated Todd Harrity in the final of the President Gold Cup International Squash Tournament with 3-0. Earlier in the semi-final Nasir Iqbal had scored victory with an upset against the top seed ...

By Gohar Wazir BANNU: Youth and elders from the tribal areas of North Waziristan Agency and FR Bannu areas want FATA merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, so that like all other regions of Pakistan the Pashtuns of FATA could also have equal rights in Pakistan. The workers of various political parties, students, tribal elders and social activists from North Waziristan ...