By Farid Sabri

ISLAMABAD: The local bodies elections were held in November last year and finally the Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad has hammered out its by-laws and rules of procedure for the conduct of its business. Both the treasury and opposition benches at the Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad have unanimously passed the by-laws, the rules of procedure and the conduct […]

ISLAMABAD:As much as half a dozen sheesha cafes are still open in Islamabad. Daily Times has learnt through that the business of illegal sheesha cafes is continuing under the very gaze of the authorities. These cafes are open to the influential persons of city, the youngsters, school and college going under-age students. These hidden, secretive […]

ISLAMABAD: Six office bearers close to General Secretary Chaudhry Yasin of CDA Labour Union were transferred after the court directed to put a bar on the transfers/postings from 25th July 2016 onwards These officials were transferred and posted on 27th of July, 2016 in blatant disregard to all norms and practices from directorates. These persons […]

ISLAMABAD: The Directorate of Emergency and Disaster Management of the Capital Development Authority before devolving into Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) had allegedly proposed the upgradation of their 600 employees against the orders of Supreme Court. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) also conducting an enquiry against the officers who were illegally up graded during 2010 to […]

ISLAMABAD: The Administration of the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), the Enforcement Directorate of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), the Police Station of Karachi Company and the administration of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) have turned a blind eye toward the tout mafia that is running the show outside the NBP’s G-9 Branch. There are […]

ISLAMABAD: The Chairman of the Capital Development Authority and Mayor Islamabad, Sheikh Ansar Aziz has said that that new sectors will be developed in the federal capital so that the revenue might be collected to carry out development work. He was talking to Meet The Press at the National Press Club here on Sunday. He […]

ISLAMABAD: As the polio eradication drive is all set to start in the capital fromSeptember 26 but concerns are being expressed by the relevant officials about its success. The key reasons for the possible failure of the drive is non-availability of human resources in concerned departments, reach and access to populace in transition and willingness […]

ISLAMABAD: The Building Control Section (BCS) of the Capital Development Authority and the Emergency and Disaster Management (E&DM) of the Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) have come to logger-heads, as they are placing the responsibility of enforcing life and safety regulations on each other. According to the documents obtained under the freedom of information, it is […]

ISLAMABAD: The Emergency and Disaster Management Directorate of the CDA has marked 257 commercial and 148 industrial buildings as dangerous and not emergency ready. The E&DM recently wrote to the Building Control Section warning about the “alarming state of affairs” and “poor arrangements” in many plazas and centres of Islamabad in case of man-made or […]

ISLAMABAD: In a letter written by the Emergency and Disaster Management (E&DM) unit of the CDA to the Chairman, Pakistan Telecom Authority, it has been urged to take stern action against radiation spreading thorough the towers of various telecoms and put them away from densely populated areas as they pose grave dangers to the health […]