PESHAWAR: ‘Corridor Front’ launched in all parties joint meeting on Thursday, held at Al-Markaz-e-Islami in Peshawar. The meeting was called by Pakhtunkhwas Ulasi Tehreek (PUT) and Dr. Said Alam Mehsud, leader of PUT, presided the move. Political parties participated in the joint meeting were ANP, ANP (Wali), JI, QWP, Mazdoor Kisaan Party, PTI and Awami Workers Party. All the parties unanimously ...

PESHAWAR: Awami National Party (ANP) on Wednesday staged protest demonstrations against target killing of its local leader in Swat. Protest demonstrations were also staged in Peshawar, Mardan, Bannu, Charsadda, Lakki Marwat and Islamabad on the call of party leaderships. A large number of ANP workers, led by ANP Secretary General Mian Iftikhar Hussain, gathered outside Peshawar Press Club. The protesters ...

ISLAMABAD: The controversial Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015 was approved in the National Assembly (NA) on Wednesday. The bill must be approved by Senate before it can be signed into law. The draconian bill ─ which has been criticised by the IT industry and by civil society for curbing human rights and giving overreaching powers to law enforcement agencies ...

PESHAWAR: Pashtunkhwa Ulasi Tehreek (PUT) hosted meeting of political parties on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to form a joint front. According to PUT media sources, political parties participated in the event were PTI, ANP, QWP, Jumate Islami, Awami Worker Party, ANP (Wali), Mazdoor Kisan Party attended the move. However, PPP, JUI-F couldn’t turn up. PUT sources added that all ...

GWADAR: The multi-million dollar Gwadar port is set to be at “full operation” by the end of the year, a Chinese official said Tuesday, part of Beijing’s ambitious economic plans in the region. Gwadar port will see roughly one million tonnes of cargo going through it by 2017, said Zhang Baozhong, chairman of the company in charge of development, the ...

Manhandling by Military personnel, journalists boycotted media coverage of Temporarily Displaced Persons (TDPs) returning to South Waziristan Agency BANNU: Local Journalists boycotted media coverage of “The Repatriation of TDPs”, as a protest against their stoppage and manhandling by military personnel during coverage of the recent visit of Governor-Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to South Waziristan Agency. They told THE PASHTUN TIMES that military personnel of Pakistan Army constantly misbehaved ...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) was rocked by another scandal on Monday, when it emerged that a 20-year-old paralysed woman – who was being treated at the hospital’s surgical intensive care unit – was allegedly raped by a staff member. But while a case has been registered, with the Prime Minister’s Inspection Team overseeing matters, police have ...

ISLAMABAD: Former member of the National Assembly (MNA) and senior ANP leader Bushra Gohar had to wait for eight years to get a response from the capital police in connection with her complaint regarding a threatening letter she received from extremist elements. Ms Gohar, who is the senior vice-president of Awami National Party (ANP), had lodged a complaint with the ...

FAZAL KHALIQ MINGORA: Awami National Party (ANP) local leader Syed Jamshaid Ali was shot dead by unidentified attackers in Man­glore area of Swat on Sunday. According to police, two unidentified men approached Jamshaid Ali when he was present at the site of an under-construction school building at Telegram. “One of the attackers met him and the other opened fire, killing ...

A Pakistani political leader has said they feel proud to support the Afghan Taliban group, emphasizing that the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Sami (JUI-S) still support the group. Maulana Yousaf Shah, the party’s chief for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said leaders had always raised their voice against the western powers, according to the media reports. This comes as the Afghan officials have long been criticizing ...