By Ijaz Khan

ISLAMABAD: The Senate has been told that the PSO circular debt stands at Rs 146.60 billion and government is endeavouring to scale down the circular debt, according to the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, addressing the Senate during question hour on Wednesday. Out of this debt, the government has to pay […]

ISLAMABAD: The Upper House has been told that tea worth $1 billion was imported from 45 countries, including India, during the last three years. This was disclosed following a question from Senator Dawood Khan Achakzai on Tuesday. The Senate was informed that a major chunk of the tea was imported from Kenya. Minister of State […]

Islamabad: It has been revealed that various large scale irregularities have been carried out in the employment of services of different testing agencies for the induction in government functionaries. The poor performance of test services have further put the future of thousands talented and educated youth at stake. Instead of following the merit, these testing […]

ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties as well as government allies have started ignoring the Panama leaks issue and paying more attention to the “move on movement”. Opposition leader Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah described the banners inviting Army Chief Raheel Sharif to take over as a bigger threat than the Panama leaks. He criticised the Kashmir Committee for […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Committee for Parliamentary Affairs while criticising the performance of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday recommended making it independent, impartial and financially stable. A meeting of the committee was held with its chairman Mian Abdul Manan in the chair at the Parliament House. The committee members expressed reservations over the […]

ISLAMABAD: The Standing Committee of the National Assembly for State and Frontier Regions (SAFRON)has showed resentment over the abolishing of development projects and the induction of new projects by the FATA Secretariat. The committee meeting was held at the Parliament House under the chairmanship of Maulana Muhammad Jamal Deen. The other members of the committee, […]

ISLAMABAD: By levelling the allegation of Benazir’s murder on Jamia-e-Haqqania, Federal Minister Pervez Rashid has expressed his negative thinking. The court as well as the international and local investigation agencies had cleared the seminary in the case of BB’s killing during the regime of the PPP. This was said by renowned Islamic scholar Hamid-ul-Haq , […]

ISLAMABAD: The rift between Federal Minister Industries and Production and Managing Director Utility Stores Corporation has put the resurgent credibility of USC at stake. The corrupt mafia in the ministry continuously complained to minster Ghulam Murtaza Jatoi against MD USC Syed Gulzar Shah. On the other hand, the MD regularly disobeys the orders of minister […]

ISLAMABAD: The members of the National Assembly hailing from the opposition have termed the survey conducted by the Gallup regarding the popularity graph of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Panama leaks as bogus and false. On Tuesday the MNAs from the opposition parties told Daily Times that the government was making tall claims about its […]

ISLAMABAD: After the announcement of the budget, the prices of fruits, vegetables and other edibles has shot up as the hoarders have created an artificial shortage of edible items just before the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan. White gram and spices are not available in the Utility Stores of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, whereas […]