Parents demand early closure of schools due to hot weather on May 22, 2016ISLAMABAD: The demand for early closure of schools by parents is increasing as a result of extreme hot weather in the twin cities. This demand is on the rise even though the education department announced a change in Rawalpindi school timings from next Monday. In the last week, the temperature level touched 43 degree celsius, […]
Delay in completion of Bari Imam shrine irks devotees on May 21, 2016ISLAMABAD: People’s devotion for Sufism can easily be seen across the sub-continent, but in case of long delayed Bari Imam Complex, the same devotion and love for the shrine has become major hurdle in the completion of said project as the committee members fails to provide marble stone for the shrine area as per their […]
CDA fails to timely complete attestation process of degrees of employees on May 20, 2016ISLAMABAD: Another blunder is ready to add further embarrassment to administration of CDA as it has been failed to complete attestation process of the degrees of its employees, which was initiated by the authority in April 2015. The whole practice of last one year is also useless because the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has refused […]
HEC postpones meeting of VCs’ Committee due to incomplete arrangements on May 16, 2016ISLAMABAD: The hasty and unplanned way of dealing with the things at the Higher Education Commission (HEC) once again caused delay in the long-awaited meeting of the Vice-Chancellors’ Committee. The HEC announced that it would hold the meeting in Lahore on May 17-19, but later postponed the meeting due to incomplete arrangements. An email sent […]
Senates PPT entertains 473 out of 1,248 public petitions on May 14, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Public Petition Table (PPT) in Senate has successfully completed its first year by receiving 1248 petitions, out of which 473 petitions were admitted for necessary action while 805 were found inadmissible under the rules. The Senate Secretariat while positively responding to a request by this ssribe under the Right to Information Ordinance 2002 […]
CDA to launch drive against commercial use of buildings in suburbs on May 13, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA’s) Building Control Section (BCS) is going to launch an operation in the suburbs of federal capital against non-conforming use of residential buildings. The section has prepared a list of those residential buildings, which are currently being used for commercial purposes in Model Town, Humak. The Model Town, Humak is […]
No staff to run Liver Transplant Unit at PIMS on May 13, 2016ISLAMABAD: The sole public sector Liver Transplant Unit (LTU) at PIMS in the federal capital is non-functional since December 2013, but the Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development Division (CA&DD) are hopeful to make it functional again by appointing new staff. While replying to a question asked by MNA Dr Fauzia Hameed, the […]
NA committee drops IIUIs request for weapons licences on May 11, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Senate standing committee on Federal Education and Professional Training in its meeting dropped down the request made by the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) for the issuance of licenses for prohibited bore weapons, whereas the committee recommended that CDA should immediately give NOC to IIUI to build a boundary wall to dispel the […]
Senate body finds irregularities in Hazara University on May 10, 2016ISLAMABAD: The legislative body on Federal Education and Professional Training in upper house of the parliament has expressed its grave concerns over irregularities in Hazara University on Tuesday, whereas Senators ask to fix the responsibility by further probing the matter. While briefing the sub-committee of standing committee on Federal Education and Professional Training in the […]
Half of the posts for CDA board members vacant on May 9, 2016ISLAMABAD: The day-to-day affairs of Capital Development Authority (CDA) and decisions on highest level are a big hindrance due to long vacant position of authority’s three permanent board members out of total six. The members to head environment, estate and finance wings are unavailable in the authority from last several months. The supreme decision making […]