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AWP vows 500 houses for poor

April 4, 2013 15:46
Awami Workers Party (AWP) Central Secretary General Farooq Tariq announced election manifesto of the party here the other day. The AWP leader who is also contesting elections from PP-86, promised to construct at least 5,00 houses for homeless people in the area if won the MPA seat.He said that he would also take steps to reduce power outages, raise salaries of women and end irrigation water supply shortage in villages located on tail end of canals in his constituency.

UPDATE 2-PKK leader to call Kurdish new year ceasefire - reports

February 25, 2013 09:01
* Ocalan signalled Turkish captives could be released by PKK * Peace plan envisages withdrawal of militants from Turkey * More than 40,000 people killed in conflict (Adds PKK spokesman) By Daren Butler ISTANBUL, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan will call a ceasefire at the Kurdish New Year next month, moving forward a peace process with Turkey aimed at ending his group's 28-year-old insurgency, media reports said on Monday.

Kurdish militant leader to call ceasefire in 1 month - media

February 25, 2013 06:32
* Ocalan signalled Turkish captives could be released by PKK * Peace plan envisages withdrawal of militants from Turkey * More than 40,000 people killed in conflict ISTANBUL, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan will call a ceasefire at the Kurdish New Year next month, moving forward a peace process with Turkey aimed at ending his group's 28-year-old insurgency, media reports said on Monday.

Kurdish militant leader signals Turkish prisoners may be freed

February 23, 2013 14:45
* Statement falls short of a new ceasefire declaration * Turkish PM reiterates that PKK must leave Turkey * Conflict has hit the Turkish economy, killed thousands By Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The jailed leader of Turkey's Kurdish rebellion on Saturday signalled that his followers could release captives and further a fledgling peace process that may be the best hope in years of ending the decades-long conflict.

UPDATE 2-Kurdish militants set for Turkey ceasefire in Feb-paper

January 29, 2013 09:02
* Some 100 PKK fighters to leave Turkey to boost confidence * Talks with rebel group being held in northern Iraq * PM Erdogan under pressure to act swiftly as elections loom * More than 40,000 people killed in conflict since 1984 (Adds PKK comments) By Daren Butler

Kurdish militant chief denies links to suspect in Paris murders

January 23, 2013 08:45
* Murder suspect described himself as PKK member * PKK commander says government conducting "psychological war" * Parliament to debate law on using Kurdish in court By Daren Butler ISTANBUL, Jan 23 (Reuters) - A Kurdish militant commander denied the suspect held over the killing of three activists in Paris was a member of his group, accusing the Turkish state of involvement in the murders in an interview with a rebel-linked news agency.

FACTBOX-Paris murders show complexity of PKK peace drive

January 10, 2013 10:46
Jan 10 (Reuters) - Here is a look at the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), as three Kurdish women, one of them a founding member of the militant group, were killed in Paris. * PKK ORIGINS - Abdullah Ocalan founded the Marxist-Leninist group in 1978. It took up arms against Turkey in 1984 with the aim of creating an independent Kurdistan in the mainly Kurdish areas of Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran. It is now seeking greater Kurdish rights and limited autonomy in southeast Turkey.

UPDATE 1-Turkey, Ocalan map out steps to end Kurdish conflict

January 8, 2013 12:00
* Jailed militant agrees four-stage process to disarmament * Kurdish politicians, PKK give cautious welcome * Pro-Kurdish party seeks role in negotiations * 40,000 killed since conflict began in 1984 By Daren Butler
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