Noticias

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N)’s senior leader Arbab Khizir Hayat Sunday said that no one’s name has yet been finalized for the Khyber Pukhtunkhaw Governor, Geo News reported.

He said that the Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif after consultations would decide about the nomination for the Governor slot.

Talking to the media here, Arbab Khizir Hayat denied the existence of any difference in PML-N over the name of Governor in KPK and added whatever be the decision of the party leadership would be acceptable to all.

The demands were made through two separate resolutions tabled and passed with a majority in the session chaired by deputy speaker Jamil Ahmed.

In the PPP Sindh Council meeting on Thursday, the members expressed their confidence in the chief minister to lead the province. This reassurance comes at a time when Qaim Ali Shah is facing pressure from all quarters to resign. The members did, however, criticise the relevant ministers for failing to resolve the problems of the people.

NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Noting progress in talks with the Taliban on Friday, Maulana Samiul Haq said that the next stage in talks, for the government peace talks committee to directly negotiate with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leadership, had been green-lighted.

Haq briefed the media in Akora Khattak after being briefed behind closed doors by Professor Ibrahim and Maulana Yousuf Shah (TTP nominated peace talks committee).

Prof Ibrahim and Maulana Shah had returned on Friday after having met the Majlis-e-Shura of the Taliban in Waziristan.

ISLAMABAD: Neither is there any proposal under consideration nor any request made for an office for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the upper house of parliament was informed a day after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan said that no such move will be made without consultation of the federal government.

The issue was brought to the limelight by a call attention notice by senators of the Awami National Party (ANP) regarding the offer to the Taliban to set up an office in Peshawar by Minister of Health Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Shaukat Yousufzai.

KARACHI: The death of numerous children in the ongoing drought in Thar dominated the entire agenda of the All Parties Conference called by the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) to discuss Sindh’s issues.

The participants agreed that the drought took so many lives due to poor governance and corruption of Sindh’s ruling elite. The representatives of most political parties based in the province gathered at Avari Towers on Sunday afternoon to voice their opinion on the ongoing issues of Sindh. Needless to say, the massive death toll in Tharparkar was the biggest concern.

ABBOTABAD: The opposition’s tripartite alliance for local government (LG) polls will also extend to Hazara, the three parties announced on Sunday.

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Awami National Party (ANP) shared the decision after a meeting at the residence of Pir Alamzeb Shah, JUI-F’s local leader, on Sunday.

KARACHI: Gender equality within the workplace is still a far-off goal in Pakistan even though it has ratified United Nations convention and has passed legislation in this regard. Women working in different industries in the country still face wage discrimination, economic insecurity and often have no say in decision-making.

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday accepted the application of the runner-up from Mardan’s NA-9 seeking thumb verification of votes polled on May 11, 2013. A division bench comprising Justice Mazhar Alam Miankhel and Justice Malik Manzoor Hussain also accepted the application of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Mohammad Bashir Khan who lost his seat to Jamaat-e-Islami’s Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqoob on Lower Dir’s NA-34.