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Malakand Division


Malakand Action Committee Announces July 21 Shutdown Over PATA Status And Tax Concerns
July 18, 2026
The Malakand Division Action Committee has announced a complete shutter-down strike across the region on July 21, warning that the protest will go ahead…

Jamaat-e-Islami Rejects Taxes In Malakand Division, Calls For Immediate Withdrawal
July 16, 2026
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa North has opposed the implementation of taxes in Malakand Division, urging both the federal and provincial governments to withdraw all…

Shangla Grand Jirga Calls for Immediate Withdrawal of Taxes
July 10, 2026
A grand jirga convened by the Shangla Action Committee has called on the federal government to immediately withdraw taxes and customs duties imposed in…

ANP leaders address a press conference opposing the proposed taxation in Malakand Division.
July 9, 2026
ANP Rejects Proposed Taxation in Malakand Division, Announces APC and Grand Jirga The Awami National Party (ANP) has opposed the proposed imposition of taxes…

All Parties Conference in Timergara Rejects Tax Imposition in Malakand Division
July 7, 2026
All Parties Conference in Timergara Rejects Tax Imposition in Malakand Division Political parties, business representatives and civil society leaders at an All Parties Conference…

Malakand Stakeholders Announce Joint Protest Against Proposed Tax Plan
July 4, 2026
Lower Dir — Political parties, traders, and civil society representatives from Malakand Division have announced a coordinated protest movement against the proposed imposition of…

JI announces Tax Na Manzoor campaign in Malakand Division
June 29, 2026
Jamaat-e-Islami Khyber Pakhtunkhwa North Ameer and former provincial minister Inayatullah Khan has announced a three-month public contact campaign against the proposed imposition of income…

Malakand Traders Announce Protest Movement Against Tax Imposition
June 16, 2026
By Syed Shahabuddin SWAT: Traders and industrial stakeholders in Malakand Division have announced a protest movement against the imposition of taxes in Malakand Division…

Inayatullah Khan criticizes development cuts in Malakand, calls for restoration of projects
June 5, 2026
SWAT: Jamaat-e-Islami Khyber Pakhtunkhwa North Amir Inayatullah Khan has criticized proposed reductions in development spending for Malakand Division, alleging that the exclusion and freezing…