Name and shame: PESCO to sever electricity supply to 11 feeders
PESHAWAR: Poor recovery and unending line losses are forcing the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) to suspend the supply of electricity to 11 feeders in seven districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa...
View ArticleWeary of fallout: PESCO prepares to cut power to 11 feeders
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) is preparing to follow through on State Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali’s directives to cut power supply to specific electricity...
View ArticlePassing the buck: PTI to protest along with public over power outages
PESHAWAR: In a bid to counter the impending public uproar over load-shedding in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), the provincial government plans to launch protests against the federal government which it...
View ArticleChanging tides: K-P welcomes new governor
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Sardar Mehtab Khan Abbasi took oath as the new governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Tuesday in a ceremony attended by several leaders and activists...
View ArticleChanging tides: K-P welcomes new governor
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Sardar Mehtab Khan Abbasi took oath as the new governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Tuesday in a ceremony attended by several leaders and activists...
View ArticlePre-emptive action: Vote of no-confidence moved against K-P CM
PESHAWAR: Opposition members of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) legislature have submitted a vote of no-confidence against Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak in the provincial assembly secretariat on...
View ArticleLooking after your own: PML-N MPAs push for job options for relatives of...
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MPAs in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa seek the reactivation of a government notification on jobs for relatives of deceased government employees. According to...
View ArticleFeeling left out: NWA’s displaced complain of govt inattention
PESHAWAR: People displaced from North Waziristan Agency residing in various camps in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have criticised the government for not paying adequate attention to their problems. In addition...
View ArticleA daily ride of terror
PESHAWAR: A year on, fear and panic continues to sit deep in the employees of Civil Secretariat Peshawar. After a bomb tore through one of their passenger buses on September 27, 2013, the prospect of...
View ArticleDevelopment suffers as Centre fails to pay K-P
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government is facing a budget deficit of over Rs14 billion due to the federal government’s delay in transferring two months taxes and surcharge set aside for the...
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