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KP Assembly passes bill for financial aid to slain journalists’ heirs

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The KP Assembly with Presiding Officer Shaukat Ali Yusafzai in the chair on Monday passed a bill to provide Rs 1 million to journalists who are killed in the line of duty during terrorism incidents in the province. The KP Journalists Welfare Endowment Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2015 was moved by Information Minister Mushtaq Ghani in […]


Welcome nominations: Tribal women step forward

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AMID the din of election rallies, the clash of political workers and scuffles and more over tickets and constituencies, two women from Pakistan’s conservative areas quietly stepped forward and filed nomination papers for the May 11 polls. It was a big step for those two women — Badam Zari from Bajaur and Nusrat Begum from […]


KP Assembly’s reserved seats: Papers of 100 women rejected

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Waseem Ahmad Shah PESHAWAR: The provincial election commissioner on Monday turned down around 100 nomination papers filed against seats reserved for women in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly as their names were not present in the priority lists submitted by their respective political parties. An official at the PEC office said around 229 nomination papers were […]