Meet new Islamabad city superintendent of police By: Web Desk on June 14, 2021Rana Abdul Wahab, SP Rural, has been made SP City. Rural is the widest and unruly range for any police officer to look after. During his stay in office, Rana succeeded in bringing order in this range, beset with illegal housing societies and land grabbers. He succeeded in catching big criminals and putting them behind […]
Gen Bajwa lauds FPCCI’s role in development of commercial, industrial hubs By: Web Desk on June 9, 2021Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday assured the business community of the Pakistan Army’s complete support for the economic uplift of the country. He made assurances when he met a delegation of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI), according to a statement issued by the Inter Services […]
Govt changes school timings in Islamabad due to heatwave By: Web Desk on June 9, 2021The federal government on Wednesday changed timings of schools in Islamabad due to ongoing heatwave that has gripped the federal capital, according to a notification, issued by the Federal Directorate of Education on Wednesday. According to the notification, institutes operating in a single shift can remain open from 7am till 11am from Monday to Thursday. […]
IRR points out 30% rise in poverty, 15 to 20 people ending lives daily By: Tariq Ullah Wardak on June 9, 2021ISLAMABAD: Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) Chairman Senator Rehman Malik urged the government to present a people-friendly and pro-poor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. In Pakistan, “with a 14 percent inflation rate, there is a 30 percent rise in the poverty rate, 80.5 million people are standing on the edge of the poverty […]
Fawad says modern technology inevitable for transparency in elections By: APP on June 9, 2021ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Wednesday said that the use of modern technology is a need of the hour to ensure transparency in the elections. Talking to a delegation of the Insaf Lawyers Forum, he said that Rawalpindi, Multan and Punjab bar councils have already expressed their desire to […]
Opposition leader asks Imran Khan to step down, calls PTI ‘incapable’ By: Web Desk on June 9, 2021ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif has expressed grave concern over the worst loadshedding of electricity, making lives of the people miserable amid scorching heat. In a statement, he said the amount of loadshedding was alarming despite ‘excess’ power generation capacity in the system. He said that the people were starving, the school […]
PANAH asks govt to introduce 20% tax on sugar sweetened beverages By: APP on June 6, 2021RAWALPINDI: Pakistan National Heart Association (PANAH) on Sunday requested the government to impose 20 percent tax on sugar sweetened beverages as its high consumption was one of the major causes of obesity and non-communicable diseases. The PANAH made recommendations in a jointly organized workshop with the Ministry of Nutrition, Ministry of Health and Consultant of […]
SC forms three larger, special, six regular benches for next week By: APP on June 6, 2021ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed has constituted three larger benches, three special benches and six regular benches at the principal seat in Islamabad to hear a number of important cases during the next week, starting from Monday. On Monday, a five-member larger bench headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Sardar Tariq […]
Trilateral FMs dialogue becomes important platform to deepen mutual trust, cooperation on June 6, 2021BEIJING: Pakistan, China and Afghan foreign ministers dialogue has become an important platform for the three sides to enhance understanding, deepen mutual trust and cooperation, Cheng Xizhong, visiting professor at the Southwest University of Political Science and Law and former defence attache in South Asian countries said on Saturday. The fourth China-Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral foreign ministers […]
Rehman urges UN to introduce universal laws to protect, restore ecosystem By: Tariq Ullah Wardak on June 6, 2021ISLAMABAD: Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) Chairman Senator A Rehman Malik, also a former interior minister, has urged the United Nations to introduce international laws for the restoration of ecosystem and asked the government of Pakistan to declare illegal cutting down of trees as a criminal offence. Delivering keynote address at a webinar on […]