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PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Thursday passed a unanimous resolution condemning Indian atrocities and change of the status of Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.The joint resolution signed by the opposition and treasury members and moved by Information Minister Shaukat Ali Yousafzai and Maulana Lutfur Rahman of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) said: “This august House condemns the shameful act of the Indian government of changing the special status of occupied Kashmir by repealing Article 370 and 35-A of its constitution to divide the state into two parts, deployment of an extra 70,000 army troops and imposing curfew through section-144 for an indefinite period. “The Indian government has been violating human rights by putting behind bars and house arrest of 90-year old Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Gillani, Yasin Malik, Mir Waiz Umer Farooq and other senior leaders.“The Indian army has made life miserable for Kashmiri people and is also constantly violating the Line of Control to ins...

PESHAWAR: A recent decision of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government through the Higher Education Department to ban all kinds of appointments in the public sector universities owning to ‘financial crisis’ has caused resentment among the universities’ administrations as well as the teaching community.The government has been urged to withdraw the decision without delay. The vice-chancellors of the public sector universities held an emergency meeting on Thursday evening wherein the participants expressed reservations over the decision. They believed it would adversely affect the functioning of the universities, particularly at a time when all the institutions are stepping into a new academic session. The VCs decided to take up the matter with the chancellor/governor KP and chief minister at the earliest and inform them of the actuation situation. They felt the decision was taken in haste without holding consultation with the universities’ administration. “This is blatant interference in the u...

MARDAN: A former federal minister and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Nawabzada Khwaja Mohammad Khan Hoti on Thursday demanded the formation of a national government claiming the present government had failed at all fronts.He expressed these views while addressing a news conference at the Mardan Press Club.The PPP leader added that his party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari’s was facing serious health issues and if anything happened to him, the government would be held responsible for that.The PPP leader said the present rulers were blindly following the policy of political revenge and even women had been targeted. Khwaja Hoti questioned why the NAB had not launched any accountability in the Peshawar’s BRT project, Malam Jabba scheme, billion tree tsunami and other projects.He alleged the “selected rulers” were victimising Asif Ali Zardari and Faryal Talpur in the name of accountability.Khwaja Hoti said the PPP leader Faryal Talpur had been shifted to jail from the hospital while igno...

MANSEHRA: The Sardar Said Ghulam, who had relinquished his responsibilities as district nazim, on Thursday said the district government had executed Rs1.2 billion development projects during his four-year term in the office.“I did whatever I could do for the betterment of people as a district nazim. Had the government not cut Rs590 million funds during our tenure, we could have addressed some more issues faced by people in the district,” said the former nazim while speaking at a function arranged in his honour. He said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government should reverse the amendments made to the Local Act 2013, through which district council had been abolished.The former district nazim said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government should devolve powers at the grassroots level empowering local governments to execute development schemes or annual development programme of any district.“I think lawmakers should legislate and debate the issues related to national importance instead supervisin...

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani on Thursday ordered an inquiry into the alleged irregularities and malpractices in the Education Department after the opposition lawmakers protested against the remarks of advisor to the chief minister for education.Opposition leader Akram Khan Durrani claimed that he had solid proof of moral and financial corruption of some of the officials in the Education Department. He alleged that these officials were demanding bribe and blackmailing teachers for getting prized postings and seeking transfer to preferred places. “I cannot speak and explain the evidence on the floor of the House which I have received about the moral corruption of some officials in the Education Department,” he said. He added that he could present it to the speaker and minister concerned in a private meeting. The opposition leader said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government should give exemplary punishment to the black sheep within the departmen...

PESHAWAR: Economic Cooperation and Development Forum (ECDF) for economic revitalization of the newly merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was formally launched here on Thursday.The project is part of USAID-funded Fata Economic Revitalization Programme (FERP), which is meant to provide sustainable livelihood and income generation opportunities leading to long-term economic growth and contributing to resilience and economic revitalization of the newly merged districts of KP.It would be jointly implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) Pakistan.Special Assistant to KP chief minister on Industries and Commerce, Abdul Karim Khan, was the chief guest on the occasion.Besides, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), SMEDA, Fuad Hasham Rabbani, General Manager Out-Reach (GMOR), SMEDA, Javed Iqbal Khattak.Provincial chief of SMEDA, Rashid Aman, presidents of various chambers of commerce, representatives of UNDP, USAID and...

MANSEHRA: District Police Officer Zaibullah Khan has banned the convening of jirgas by elders to settle cases anywhere in the district.“Henceforth nobody could a hold jirga except dispute resolution council (DRC) to settle any civil or criminal disputes, particularly related to women and children,” he told a meeting attended by members of DRC held here on Thursday.The DRC Chairman Sheeraz Mehmood Qureshi, who was present addressed the meeting as well. The DPO said that station house officers would keep a check on private jirgas in the respective jurisdictions, particularly related to women and children, land disputes, land grabbing and usury.“All SHOs would refer such cases where out-of-court settlement is a viable option to me. Then these cases will be referred to the DRC for a prompt resolution,” he added.The official said: “We will never allow anybody to exploit jirga for his personal gains and benefits and deprive victims of justice. This is why every police station in the district...