By Muhammad Faisal Kaleem

ISLAMABAD: National and global human rights watch dogs have various concerns over the recently passed Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill-2016 (PECB 16) by Parliament of Pakistan, Daily Times learnt. The PECB16 was pending before National Assembly (NA) over the months after the formal approval of Senate. It has finally got NA nod last week. The […]

ISLAMABAD: To enhance educational standards, and in compliance with the law, the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has finally repatriated the teaching staff to their respective educational institutions. According to the FDE notification obtained by Daily Times, in the body it has been notified that eight teaching/non teaching officials were being sent back to their […]

  ISLAMABAD: In a good development the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has recently announced MS/MPhil and Undergraduate Programme scholarships for Balochistan and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) but the sanctioned amount for the purpose is unknown, Daily Times learnt. According to the details the HEC announced that students enrolled in the MS/MPhil would get 200 […]

ISLAMABAD: Instead decreasing internal rifts and concentrating on fundamental purpose of its establishment, the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE), it has replaced a director’s slot and opened a new controversy. According to the notification available with Daily Times, the FDE appointed Ghulam Yasin Awan to the post of Director Admin and Coordination, FDE, with immediate […]

ISLAMABAD: Quality education in the federal capital may has become just a distant dream, because facts reveal that nothing more than tall claims by the higher authorities are made about improving the quality and standard of educaton. The educational monitoring body which is known as the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) is busy in internal […]

ISLAMABAD: The number one ranked varsity of the country, namely the Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU), is scattered over 1,709 acres area of land in official documents, but on the ground the university owns around only 1500 acres piece of land. The rest of the 210 acres is encroached upon by the locals and some influential politicians. […]

ISLAMABAD: The planned renovations of the federal educational institutions not seeming to be completed till the fixed time frame of August 8, despite Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) has forwarded the PC-I to Ministry of Planning and Reforms, Daily Times learnt from reliable sources. Initially Rs 3179 million has been requested in the proposed […]

ISLAMABAD: The good news for the students of Balochistan and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is that the students enrolled in MS/MPhil and Undergraduate Programs would get 200 and 500 scholarships respectively, Daily Times learnt reliably. Higher Education Commission (HEC) has recently planned to provide 200 scholarships for the students of Masters and MPhil in […]

ISLAMABAD: A 52 years old Muhammad Nasir Hasan suffering from brain tumor had got retired in 2009 from Directorate of Workers Education (DWE) on medical grounds but payment of pension and other dues are yet to be paid to employee and he is still waiting. According to the documents available with Daily Times, Hasan had […]

ISLAMABAD: It seems that the authorities concerned may have ignored the electric and telephone cables lying on roads and footpaths in newly developed sector G16, making it difficult for commuters to travel and pedestrians to walk on, respectively, Daily Times has learnt. There are usually two methods of provision of electricity to households and commercial […]