Tag: KP
Punjab Food Authority bans “energy” in energy drinks, while KP bans...
News Analysis | Punjab Food Authority, the province’s most formidable and evidently indiscriminate food watchdog has ordered beverage companies that manufacture so called “Energy drinks”...
First female Careem captain in KPK killed by jealous husband
News Analysis | The first woman driver of ride-hailing service, Careem, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) was shot dead by her husband, who tried to frame...
NBP signs MoU with PHA of KPK to enable 200,000 low-paid...
News Desk | A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the National Bank of Pakistan and the Provincial Housing Authority of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at...
What is Pashtun Tahafuz Movement and what are its objectives?
News Analysis | Thousands of Pasthuns gathered at Ring Road, near Pishtakhara, Peshawar to participate in a rally organized by the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement's (PTM)....
Will ECP unearth PPP’s magic formula used in controversial Senate Elections?
News Desk | The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued notices to political leaders and parliamentarians over allegations of horse-trading in the March 3 Senate...
Pakistan: Declining moral standards
Asif Haroon Raja | Strange are the ways in this land of the pure which at times stuns the world by bagging world records in...
Anomalies in Senate elections: Siraj and Imran Khan urge CJ to...
News Analysis | The 3rd March Senate elections turned out to be a huge surprise for the nation as the seats won by parties were...
Moscow and Islamabad unite against Indo-US nexus
News Analysis | Pakistan and Russia have agreed to explore new ways for bilateral cooperation to expand their relationship. Pakistan’s Foreign Office stated, “both sides...
Provinces demanded release of funds in Council of Common Interests at...
News Analysis | Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi assured the provinces that pending funds will be released before May, in an attempt to address...
Is contesting from five seats in the elections the best decision...
News Analysis | Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Central Punjab President Abdul Aleem Khan announced on Sunday that PTI chief Imran Khan will be contesting from five...
Japan and UNDP launch $3.9 million youth empowerment project in Pakistan
News Analysis | On February 19, 2018, Japan’s government and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have signed an agreement to launch a $3.9 million...
Is Nawaz right to lash out at Imran on PTI “incompetence”...
News Analysis | Ousted Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif along with his daughter Maryam Nawaz roared in Peshawar at the rally held near...
Asma murder: SC hears suo moto case as family members claim...
News Analysis | The Supreme Court (SC) will hear the suo moto case of Asma Rani’s murder today. The suo moto notice of the killing...
Punjab inspires Sindh to announce food authority
News Analysis | Following suit with Punjab and subsequently KPK, Sindh government announced last weekend to establish a provincial food authority that will be responsible...
Nawaz Sharif takes a jab at Imran Khan and PTI
News Analysis | Deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif criticized his opponents for not showing a spark of decency while addressing a party rally in Haripur...
Supreme Court jurisdiction extended to FATA
News Analysis | A bill was passed today by the National Assembly (NA) of Pakistan to extend the jurisdiction of Peshawar High Court (PHC) and...
Peshawar High Court halts construction of APS monument
News Analysis | The Peshawar High Court (PHS) has halted the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government’s plan to inaugurate a monument for the children of APS who...
Promise delivered! KP education rankings come out on top
Aisha Sarwari | The success of policymaking is rooted in collection and analysis of relevant data. It provides evidence to make sound decisions especially in...
KP and Islamabad follow Punjab and form food authorities
News Analysis | The provincial food watchdog Punjab Food Authority, that has been tightening the noose around food vendors all over the province, upon completion...
FATA merger: Jamaat-e-Islami gives Government deadline
News Analysis | The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and the parliamentarians from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) have on Sunday warned of staging sit-in in the federal...
KP’s Additional Inspector General Ashraf Noor martyred in gruesome Peshawar suicide attack
News Analysis | On Friday, Additional Inspector General Headquarters (AIG) Ashraf Noor and his gunman were martyred in a suicide attack near Zarghooni Mosque in Hayatabad,...
The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal rises from the ashes
News Analysis | A top-level meeting of religious parties’ heads, which included the Jamaat-e-Islami, Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and other parties, has decided to resurrect...
Bilawal in KP while Imran targets PPP heartland in Sindh.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, PPP Chairman, addressed a rally in KPK today, on Sunday, taking shots at Imran Khan, ahead of the crucial NA-4 by-elections...
A master-plan to balkanize Pakistan – Part III
Asif Haroon Raja | War against the Soviets Fearing a takeover by the fundamentalists, 40th Soviet Army intervened and occupied Afghanistan on December 27, 1979, killed Hafiz...
KPK government brings revolutionary changes in education sector
Aisha Sarwari | The Elementary and Secondary Education Department (ESED) of the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has addressed what is clearly an education emergency. A...
Thai-Pak joint military exercise: Thailand wants to learn from Pakistan’s experience
News analysis | Thailand and Pakistan partook in a joint military exercise last month in a bid to hone various combat skills to counter the...
Urbanization in Pakistan
Saud Bin Ahsen| Urbanization can be defined as the increase in population in urban areas rather than rural areas. Urbanization results from three different and not...
Higher purposes of university education
Dr. S. Zulfiqar Gilani | Universities have mushroomed all over Pakistan, and there is an ever-increasing number of individuals with University Degrees. On the face...
Isn’t Ayesha Gulalai lying?
Eliya Khurshid | Here you have it, three words...though in a different context than expected. Ever since Imran Khan has opposed Nawaz Sharif, every political...
GVS exclusive interview with Imran Khan; his vision and his priorities.
Special Report | GVS had the good fortune of getting an opportunity to interview Imran Khan, Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf. Election season has for all intents and...
