Ministry seeks cabinet approval for regularization of 227 daily-wage teachers on November 9, 2023The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training on Wednesday sent a summary to the federal cabinet for regularization of 227 daily-wage teachers who have been notified from the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) in its written tests and interviews held couple for months back. As per information available with Daily Times, the summary cabinet […]
Non-bailable arrest warrants issued for ex-PM Shaukat Aziz on March 23, 2019An accountability court, here on Friday, issued non-bailable arrest warrants for former prime minister, Shaukat Aziz, and co-accused Arif Allauddin; declaring them absconders in a case of misuse of authority. Accountability judge Muhammad Arshad Malik expressed displeasure over the incessant absence of the accused before the court and directed to initiate the confiscation for properties […]
Women’s Democratic Front launched to build a vibrant, socialist and a feminist movement on March 9, 2018ISLAMABAD: The Women’s Democratic Front (WDF) inaugurated on Thursday not for any political purpose but to unite women across the country to build a vibrant socialist feminist movement to transform the tenacity of International Women’s Day celebration into real means. Hundreds of women traveled from various parts of THE country including Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa […]
Swine flu on the rise in Islamabad on February 13, 2018ISLAMABAD: As many as 17 cases of swine influenza infection were reported at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), which resulted in the death of two other patients admitted in the hospital in the last two days, Daily Times has learnt. The sources in the hospital disclosed that initially a total of 23 patients […]
DRAP continues to register spurious medicines on December 26, 2017ISLAMABAD: Instead of preventing flawed medicines’ sales in the market, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) itself continues to register such medicines, Daily Times has learnt reliably. According to the available information, the DRAP registered a vaccine Dengvaxia that is used for dengue fever. While it has been found that vaccine increases the said […]
Country needs free thinkers instead of followers: experts on December 23, 2017ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar have maintained that the country needed free thinkers instead of mere followers without whom the development in real means was not possible and revolutions of all kinds were useless. “Instead of following old strategies, we should adopt new and creative ideas. The pre-fixed approach of minds may result in legging […]
Nine months on, CIIT still without rector on December 13, 2017ISLAMABAD: It has been over nine months that the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) is running without a permanent rector while several key posts are also vacant for the last many years, Daily Times has learnt. Initially, there was only one campus of the university in Islamabad after its establishment in 1998. But now […]
SZABMU fills several posts in ‘violation’ of rules on December 6, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU) has appointed around 47 officials against different posts without taking into consideration the fundamental criteria in many cases. According to the documents available with Daily Times, the SZABMU administration had filled 47 positions of different cadres, while many of the appointed officials neither fulfil the qualification […]
Flaws in education system promoting cramming culture on December 5, 2017ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training Monday deferred the Sir Syed (Centre for Advance Studies in Engineering) Institute of Technology Bill, 2016 over incomplete prerequisite requirements. Under the chairmanship of Col (r) Amirullah Marwat, the committee meeting was attended by other parliamentarians with some senior officials from the Education […]
‘Let us leave no child behind’ on November 21, 2017ISLAMABAD: Like other parts of the globe, Universal Children’s Day was observed in Pakistan on Monday to promote international togetherness and awareness among children worldwide. However, a large number of children are still underprivileged and many child rights laws are yet to be implemented, said experts Monday in connection with the day. Child rights activist […]