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PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Shah Farman has said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government will provide 10,000 scholarships to tribal youth for higher education. He was talking to a delegation of tribal youth who called on him in Peshawar. The governor said the youth are builders of the nation and they must also prepare themselves for future responsibilities. Lately, Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired a high-level meeting to review progress on the implementation of the merger of erstwhile tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He said the federal government will allocate a certain amount in the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award for the uplift of the tribal areas. The prime minister said efforts will be made to improve health and education facilities, especially girls’ schools. He said a strategy should be devised to provide speedy and inexpensive justice. He directed to enforce local government system in the tribal areas in line with suggestions a...

Rawalpindi-Fata students Forum Pakistan (FSFP ) Change its name to Tribal Youth Forum Pakistan (TYFP), in a meeting at the central office in Rawalpindi, forum heads from all twins cites universities take participation in the meeting which headed by Chairman Rehan Zeb Khan. Forum Heads from all federal universities agreed on the name of tribal youth Forum TYFP, to meeting in its remarks chairman Rehanzeb said that’s we are now part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa KPK, so morally it’s not suited that’s we called its FATA Student forum, causes of name changing is simple ,our forum struggle for FATA-KPK is everyone know, our struggle will continue for tribal region, buts name changing is respect toward historic desiccation of Parliament. In meeting forum members discussed different issues about FATA mainstreaming, Khalid Khan Orakzai convener of the forum told to meeting participants, that’s we will give government tough time if government failed in its promises of mainstreamin...

The NAB has prepared a charge sheet against Shehbaz Sharif in Rs14b Ashiana Housing Scheme scandal. He will be charge sheeted today (Saturday) during the preliminary hearing in accountability court. According to the charge sheet Shehbaz has been accused of alleged Rs5b corruption in the purchase of land for Ashiana Housing Scheme.Rs3b were obtained from banks as development fund. Shehbaz extorted Rs850m, while the projected development scheme was illegally awarded to a private company, and embezzled billions of rupees. Copy of the charge sheet obtained from sources reads that huge amounts were extorted from poor people under the guise of allotment of plots, but were notgiven allotment letter. Shahbaz started the housing scheme in six cities of Punjab – Lahore, Chiniot, Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Kasur and Sargodha – land worth billions of rupees was purchased and large amounts were embezzled. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday arrested Pakistan Mus...

BY-Salahuddin Salarzai Mir Ali-Several cases of target killing and violence had reported in Tribal district and KPK - in a fresh incident of target killing in North Waziristan tribal district, two persons were shot dead in Mir Ali area on Friday. Official sources said unknown armed men shot dead two persons in Mir Ali sub-division. The district administration has launched the investigation into the incident. The incidents of target killing have increased in Waziristan since the return of the temporarily displaced persons. Recently, the people of North Waziristan had staged a sit-in in protest against increasing incidents of target killing in the tribal district. In a separate incident in Ghulam Khan Tehsil of North Waziristan, one person was killed when two rival groups clashed over a land dispute. The district administration has arrested four persons after the clash and initiated investigations. Last month several cases of target killing occur in Bajaur tribal dist...

HANGU-Nonstop sexual assaults and honor killing cases in KPK, another 1st-grade minor girl sexually District Hangu, the source said that primary suspect watchman of a government girl’s primary school has been arrested in Hangu on charges of sexually abusing a girl student of first grade. Police said Aina Bibi, a first-grade student at Government Girls Primary School Shahkhel, Hangu, was subjected to sexual abuse by the school watchman on Thursday after the school’s closure. The watchman threw the girl outside the school after sexually abusing her and the villagers shifted the girl to District Headquarters Hospital, where the doctors confirmed that she was abused. According to police, Aina after regaining consciousness told that she was sexually abused by the watchman, after which he was arrested. The watchman is being interrogated by the police and he will be presented to the court. Meanwhile, on Thursday Brothers kill their sister and her lover who wanted to love agai...