IT teachers protest outside Imran Khan’s Banigala residence on September 29, 2018Around 248 teachers of Information Technology education, staged a protest demonstration in the premises of Banigala for an indefinite period of time against the unfulfilled promises made by Prime Minister Imran Khan, former chief minister Pervez Khattak and former education minister Atif Khan. According to the official documents, 170 laboratories were established for the government […]
Afghan refugees in Pakistan PM’s announcement will lead to a concrete policy, hope Pak-Afghan dialogue participants on September 27, 2018Prime Minister Imran Khan’s announcement in Karachi on September 16 regarding his government’s intention to offer Pakistani citizenship to Afghan refugees born and raised in Pakistan has given hope to thousands stuck in an identity crisis in the country. Khan noted in his speech, which was broadcast live on national television, that a lack of […]
Teenage boy escapes rape attempt from F9 Park on September 26, 2018A student named Naveed escaped a rape attempt in F-9 Park on Monday while out for a walk. Naveed, 17, recently moved from Saudi Arabia to Islamabad for his studies. Talking exclusively to Daily Times, Naveed said, “I went for my routine walk in F-9 Park at 7pm when I felt someone following me. I […]
Not too long ago, Sunnis joined Shias in mourning Imam Hussain’s martyrdom on September 19, 2018Every year, an elderly man from a Sunni family sets up a sabeel (stall offering cold drinks and water) along the route of the first Muharram procession in predominantly Shia neighbourhood of Kocha Sardar in Peshawar’s walled city. Bahadur Khan, 55, offers glasses full of water to mourners at the sabeel in a corner of […]
PTI govt orders Rs 113.5m for renovation of parliament lodges on September 13, 2018The Capital Development Authority (CDA) Islamabad will invest Rs 113.5 million on rehabilitation and refurnishing of the Parliament lodges as tender notice for bids has been issued by the administration on percentage basis. The CDA has invited contractors for different schemes of the rehabilitation and refurnishing of the residential area parliament lodges for the candidates […]
CDA continues operation against illegal constructions on its second day on September 10, 2018Capital Development Authority (CDA)’s massive operation against encroachments and illegal construction on Kashmir Highway continued on the second day. During Day 2 of the operation, several encroachments, buildings and constructions in violation of CDA building regulations were demolished. Several acres of land were also retrieved. CDA Member Estate Khushal Khan, Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Muhammad Hamza […]
HR Ministry asked to draft law enabling proactive action on enforced disappearances on August 29, 2018ISLAMABAD: In accordance with a longstanding demand of rights activists, the Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights has given the Ministry of Human Rights a month to submit draft of a legislation to make enforced disappearances a cognisable offence under the Pakistan Penal Code. The directive was issued in the committee’s meeting on Tuesday. Earlier […]
Zardari, Talpur record statements in Rs 35bn money laundering case on August 28, 2018Former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari along with his sister Faryal Talpur appeared before a joint investigation team (JIT) at the Federal Investigation Agency’s office in Islamabad in a case related to alleged laundering of Rs 35 billion through fake accounts in 2015. The brother-sister duo was accompanied by Senator […]
Beyond borders: the extraordinary life of an ordinary Mansehra villager on August 22, 2018Meet Siraj Khan, now 35-years old. By birth, he is a citizen of Pakistan. However, at age 10, a childhood adventure took him to India, where he spent the better part of his youth, built a life and also started a family. “I ran away from my home in Sharkol village in Mansehra. In my […]
Documenting Babrra massacre of 1948 on August 22, 2018Babrra massacre remains etched on the collective memory of the country’s Pashtun community, and part of the reason has to do with state institutions’ inability to recognise the tragedy and apologise for it, says Hayat Roghani, a Peshawar-based journalist who edits weekly The Pashtoon. Over the years, he has gathered oral accounts of those who […]