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Ex- Pak SC judge named KP caretaker CM
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 5 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday named Justice (retired) Dost Mohammad Khan as the caretaker chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) province.
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Protests in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over power outage
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], June 5 (ANI): Protests have erupted in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province over residents being deprived of electricity for at least 14 hours a day.
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Sikh peace activist gunned down in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 29 (ANI): A human rights activist and Sikh community leader Charanjeet Singh was shot dead by bike-borne assailants in Peshawar in broad daylight on Tuesday.
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Pak Senate passes KP-FATA merger bill
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 25 (ANI): The Federally Administered Tribal Areas Reforms Bill that calls for the merger of the ederally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was passed by the Pakistan Senate on Friday by 71 to 5 vote.
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Pak National Assembly passes FATA-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa merger bill
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 24 (ANI): Pakistan's National Assembly on Thursday passed an amendment bill that clears the the merger between the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
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Sikhs facing persecution in Pakistan-DSGMC chief
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi[India]/Peshawar[Pakistan], May 23 (ANI): Predominantly living in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces, the Sikhs are a small population in Pakistan. However, this minority community is deprived of their religious and constitutional rights.
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5 estranged PTI lawmakers send defamation notices to Imran Khan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 22 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan was sent defamation notices by five estranged PTI lawmakers on Tuesday for levelling allegation that they sold their votes during the Senate elections held in March.
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Pakistan: Nowshera suicide blast injures 12
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): As many as 12 people, including six police officers, were injured in a suicide explosion targeting a Frontier Corps vehicle in Nowshera city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province on Thursday.
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Pashtuns blame Pakistan Army for rights abuse
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 14 (ANI): A massive crowd gathered in Karachi city to demand an end to human rights violations by Pakistan's military in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
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Exemptions lifted: American cargo to undergo scanning at Pakistani airport
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 12 (ANI): As Pakistan imposed new travel restrictions on the United States diplomats, the American cargo would now have to undergo scanning at Pakistani airports.
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Will challenge disqualification verdict: Nawaz Sharif
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Mansehra (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) [Pakistan], May 6 (ANI): Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday, while addressing a rally in Mansehra in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), stated that the disqualification verdict for him should be challenged in the assembly.
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PTM agitators gather in Swat to protest atrocities
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Apr 29 (ANI): Thousands of people gathered and participated in a public gathering called by Pashtun Tahaffuz (protection) Movement (PTM), a human rights movement in the Swat Valley of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday.
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