Passes resolu­tion asking centre to speed up FATA merger with K-P amid opposi­tion’s protes­tPESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly on Friday regularised the services of around 40,000 schoolteachers and other employees who were recruited on contract bases by the incumbent government through the National Testing Services (NTS). The services of teachers and other employees of the elementary and secondary education department were regularised by the assembly by passing a bill titled, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Employees of the Elementary and Secondary Education Department (Appointment and Regularisation of Services) Act 2017. The speaker Asad Qaiser and along with the members of both opposition and treasury benches congratulated Atif Khan for regularising the services of the teachers and called it a memorable day. K-P, Fata mergerThe assembly also passed a resolution asking the federal government to speed-up its steps to ensure the merger of Fata in to K-P. “Here we are talking FATA merger in K-P when you can’t gave protection to the people of the province then how will you protect the Fata women?” she said.

Source: The Express Tribune December 16, 2017 04:30 UTC