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Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province approves setting up security f
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Apr. 6 (ANI): The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government in Pakistan has approved the setting up a special security force of 4,200 policemen for the security of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
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Post MoU signing, Chinese firm to generate 610 MW electricity in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Apr. 1 (ANI): A Chinese firm, Sinohydro, will be able to generate 610 MW of electricity in Pakistan after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.
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Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Cabinet allows state-run firms to work on CPEC projects
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Peshawar (Pakistan), Mar. 30 (ANI): The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Cabinet has allowed state-owned companies to conduct business under the Public-Private Partnership Act of 2014 for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects.
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Sikhs plan protest over omission of their religion in Pak census
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Mar. 18 (ANI): Outraged over their omission from the census, the Sikh community of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) is planning to stage a protest in the federal capital with protests already under way in different districts of the province.
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Strike in Quetta against arrest, torture of Pakhtuns
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], Mar. 11 (ANI): A strike was observed in Quetta against the arrest and torture of Pakhtuns in various cities of Punjab and in Karachi.
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Tribal leaders challenge Pak govt's plan to merge FATA with KP
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 10 (ANI): Some tribal leaders have challenged Pakistan Government's plans to merge the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwan (KP), a move aimed at bringing the area to the mainstream.
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Pak claims to execute five Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan terrorists
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 8 (ANI): Pakistan on Wednesday claimed that it executed 'five hardcore terrorists' belonging to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
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Profiling of Pakhtuns unacceptable, says Khyber Paktunkhwa CM
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Mar.8 (ANI): Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak has said he will not tolerate or accept any profiling of Pakhtuns, as it was his view that as a community they were more Pakistani than most.
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Tribes opposed to FATA merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Mar. 6(ANI): A Pakistan government move to merge the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province is facing resistance from tribals.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor requests WB not to cancel funds
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad[ Pakistan], Mar. 6(ANI): Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra has requested the World Bank (WB) not to terminate the revitalisation of KP and Fata (ERKF) and the Rural Livelihoods and Community Infrastructure Project (RLCIP).
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Arrests of Pakhtun, Baloch people damaging Pakistan's solidarity: Jam
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March. 4 (ANI): Jamaat-i-Islami emir Senator Sirajul Haq has condemned the arrest of Pakhtun and the Baloch people in Punjab and Sindh under the cover of investigation and urged the governments of both provinces to take immediate notice of this unjustified harassment.
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Two transgender Pakistanis tortured to death by Saudi police
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Mar. 2 (ANI): Two transgender Pakistanis, both natives of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), died on Tuesday after being subjected to torture allegedly by Saudi police in Riyadh for cross-dressing in public.
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