ISLAMABAD – The government on Wednesday exempted the war-affected districts of the NWFP and most of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) from the federal as well as the central excise duties.
In three different notifications issued by the Federal Board of Revenues (FBR), the government has accorded tax concessions…
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ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) is all set to hold much-awaited meeting with Awami National Party in the next couple of days to agree on some common name to be given to NWFP.
Sources in PML(N) informed that tentatively the party meeting on the issue would be held under…
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FEDERAL Minister for Railways Ghulam Ahmed Bilour said that the 18th constitutional amendment could not be approved by the National Assembly unless the issue of renaming NWFP was resolved, reported a private TV channel on Sunday.
“The Parliament will not endorse the 18th amendment till the matter of renaming NWFP…
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PESHAWAR – The ruling ANP-PPP alliance in the NWFP on Saturday overcame differences surfaced on the appointments of administrators, besides formally agreeing to constitute a committee for better utilisation of Local Government funds. To remove differences on administrators’ issue between the ANP and PPP, a committee of three members each…
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ISLAMABAD – Taking notice of rising kidnapping incidents, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Wednesday directed the Provincial Police Officers of Punjab and NWFP to recover two abductees and produce them before the sessions judges of their respective districts.
He also directed the authorities concerned to furnish reports within two…
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ISLAMABAD – At a time when NWFP Police are facing a tough time in the hands of terrorists and militants, as many as 3,000 bulletproof jackets for them have been lying at Benazir Bhutto International Airport for three months.
About 3,000 bulletproof jackets, imported by US Embassy for NWFP Police,…
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PESHAWAR (AFP) – Police in NWFP arrested Maulvi Kabir, one of the top 10 most-wanted Taliban leaders and a former Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province, Fox News reported on its website Sunday.
The network, citing two unnamed senior US officials, said that police captured Kabir in the Nowshera district.…
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The metrological office has forecasted the torrential rain and snow in upper parts of country within next two days, a private TV reported.
The areas included Gilgit, Baltistan, Kashmir, Chitral, Kalam and several parts of Balochistan and NWFP provinces, met office said. According to met office, the new system of…
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PESHAWAR – The NWFP Government on Saturday dissolved all the Local Government bodies in the province and decided that the LB elections for the next term would be held on party basis within the next six months.
A notification issued in this connection by the Local Government department, said, “In…
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NWFP government Saturday dissolved local bodies in the province. A notification issued by the provincial government to the effect said the District Coordination Officer will assume the charge of District Administrator, while the Town Municipal Officers will be posted as Town/Tehsil Administrators.
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Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani today chaired a high-level meeting to review the current situation of sugar and wheat in the country. The meeting was also attended by three chief ministers of Punjab, Sindh and NWFP along with other officials. Prime Minister Gilani urged the provinces to jointly resolve…
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Torrential rain and snowfall played havoc in upper parts of the Frontier province as nine people were killed and at least six injured in Shangla, Battagram and Kohistan districts. Separately, a plane of a private airline with 119 passengers and crew members on board skidded off the runaway at the…
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MUZAFFARABAD – At least six persons were killed and four wounded in the continuous rain on Monday, police said.
“A trader Nasir Mehmood, his friends Khan and their driver were killed as jeep they were riding skid off the road due to snow near the tourist peak Peer Chanasi some…
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LAHORE – The infamous Blackwater is stated to have become a major operative in relation to the US activities in NWFP, while the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is also active in the Frontier, reveals Brig (r) Mehmood Shah, former Secretary Security, FATA.
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LOWER DIR (Agencies) – Senior NWFP Minister Bashir Bilour has confirmed the presence of Blackwater in the province and has said that the company is here to provide security to US firms and other non-government organisations, reported a private TV channel.
However, later he retracted from his stance saying that…
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NWFP Senior Minister Bashir Bilour admitted on Saturday that the US private security company Blackwater is present in Pakistan and is operating in the NWFP as well as other areas. Bilour said that Blackwater was engaged in guarding US consulate staff and foreign NGO workers. He said that Pakistan was…
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ISLAMABAD – Delay in completion of the NHA road projects, from 1-2 year, in the NWFP is going to cost an additional amount of over Rs2 billion in terms of cost escalation.
“The revised cost caused around Rs2 billion only in NWFP projects and projects under National Highway Improvement Programme…
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