Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has returned to Pakistan for the first time since being shot by Taliban militants. Ms Yousafzai, now aged 20 and a vocal human rights activist, was shot in the head by a gunman for campaigning for female education in 2012. She is expected to hold meetings with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Details of ...

The Southern Africa Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) says the postponement to announce the steering committee for the dialogue process could be an indicator that perhaps the environment is not conducive for third party facilitators to proceed with the task. The steering committee was supposed to have been launched on Monday, 26 march 2018 and has now ...

Western Province Permanent Secretary Sibanze Simuchoba says government will soon work on the roads that are in a bad state in the province starting with economic ones. Mr. Simuchoba tells QTV News that the government understands the frustration of the people in the province over the bad state of some roads. He states that people should understand that it is ...

Caritas Zambia has reminded the PF Government that the people of Zambia expect low taxes in line with the PF campaign manifesto. Caritas Zambia Executive Director, Eugene Kabilika says in as much as the nation needs to raise revenue through taxes, higher taxes are a threat to poverty alleviation. Mr. Kabilika recalls that while in the opposition, the PF promised ...

Home Affairs Minister Steven Kampyongo has reminded registered societies to take advantage of the amnesty to file in their annual returns by 30th April or risk being deregistered. The ministry of home affairs has declared an amnesty to run from 13th February to 30th April, 2018 for registered societies to submit their annual returns. Delivering a ministerial statement on the ...

Lusaka based Human Rights Lawyer Moono Mapani has called on the government not to use institutions of governance to abuse the human rights of political opponents. Mr. Mapani has observed with concern that there seems to be a selective way of giving Police bond and court bail to suspects based on one’s political affiliation. He has cited the case of ...

Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili yesterday failed to meet some of the bail conditions. Mr Kambwili was granted a K10, 000 cash bail with two surities by Lusaka Magistrate Mwaka Mikalile. But as at 17:00 hours, Mr Kambwili haD not met all the bail conditions meaning he would have to be remAnded in custody. This predicament resulted in his ...

The much anticipated debate on the impeachment motion against President Edgar Lungu did not take place in Parliament today. This is because the impeachment motion was not tabled for debate. And first deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Catherine Namugala told the house that the Constitution does not give a timeframe within which a motion for impeachment should be heard. ...

Government says six more districts have been added to the HIV-Social Cash Transfer linkages initiative bringing the total number of Districts to 21. Community Development and Social Welfare Minister Emerine Kabanshi says her Ministry is further exploring other linkages to social protection programmes such as agriculture interventions. And Ms.Kabanshi says government will this year pilot a single window service system ...

Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili is reported have failed to meet the bail conditions. Mr Kambwili who was this morning granted a K10,000 cash bail with two surities by Lusaka Magistrate Mwaka Mikalile. This is in a matter in which he charged with 34 counts of being in possession of properties reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime. We ...