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Ongoing terror attacks by Pak's TTP now create greater concerns for author
Updated : 2 weeks, 3 days ago IST
The Border provinces of Pakistan adjoining Afghanistan have been facing attacks by the terror outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. These attacks have claimed 419 civilian and defence personnel's lives in the last year alone.
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Pakistan: Over 200 medics in FATA not paid salaries for 4 months due to la
Updated : 4 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Due to the lack of funds, more than 225 doctors, including medical officers, emergency medical officers and specialists, appointed by the government to improve patient care in the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), haven't been paid salaries for four months, reported Dawn.
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Pashtoonkhwah Milli Awami Party chief urges release of Ali Wazir
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Pashtoonkhwah Milli Awami Party Chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai warned the government of Pakistan of nationwide protests if MNA Ali Wazir is not released.
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Tribal Jirga decide to block AF-Pak highway against merger of FATA with KP
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
All tribes Loya Jirga decided to block the Afghanistan-Pakistan highway at Jamrud Bypass to register their protest against the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) without the consent of all tribes and people.
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Police vacate two police stations in Pak northwest amid security threat
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The residents believe the police stations were vacated out of fear of the Taliban, who oppose the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, The Nation reported.
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Reconsider travel to Pakistan due to terrorism and sectarian violence: US
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], October 7 (ANI): The United States has issued a travel advisory to its citizens to reconsider travel in high-risk areas in Pakistan due to terrorism and sectarian violence.
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Pak: FQJ voices out concern for local tribes amid peace turmoil in FATA
Updated : 6 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 5 (ANI): Fata Qaumi Jirga (FQJ) expressed its concern over the peace turmoil in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) areas merged with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and said that unless the tribes were given their rights and FATA's original status is not rest
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Women from Pakistan's tribal areas denied basic human rights
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 14 (ANI): Women from the tribal areas of Pakistan, formerly governed under the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) agency, face a life deprived of basic education and healthcare, and bound by socio-cultural taboos, a media report said.
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Militant attacks in Pakistan witness 24 pc spike in April compared to Marc
Updated : 8 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): Pakistan has witnessed a 24 per cent rise in the number of militant attacks in the month of April as compared to March 2022 with most of the attacks taking place in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) followed by main Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balo
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Pak's army role in governance hampering political, economic control by Imr
Updated : 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 2 (ANI): Leadership comes during times of national crises like the present coronavirus pandemic and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has failed to deliver as the country is reeling under high inflation including the role of the army in influencing governance
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FATA's anti-merger faction announces long march towards Islamabad against
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 28 (ANI): Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)'s anti-merger faction has announced a series of rallies in the region alongside long March towards Islamabad in pursuance of their demands including reversal of FATA's merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and resto
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Pakistan tribal elders seek reversal of FATA-KP merger, says done without
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], November 1 (ANI): Tribal elders of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in Pakistan are seeking reversal of province merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) saying that it was done without people's consent.
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