By Muhammad Faisal Kaleem

ISLAMABAD: As the country marks the World Blood Donor’s Day today (Wednesday), the affairs of the Safe Blood Transfusion Programme (SBTP) has not been streamlined despite the passage of several years, Daily Times has learnt. Every year on June 14, the World Blood Donor’s Day is celebrated globally. The event, established in 2004, serves to […]

ISLAMABAD: For the first time, the National Curriculum Council (NCC) of Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training has decided to include topics on constitutional and democratic affairs in curriculum, Daily Times has learnt. According to details, the ministry has decided to include new books containing the study of the democratic and constitutional affairs in […]

  ISLAMABAD: The National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad has been included in the top 500 world universities’ list, according to the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2018 released on Thursday. According to the QS World University Rankings 2018 list, only six universities from Pakistan are among the top 1000 universities from […]

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) has so far failed to take action against many unrecognised medical and dental colleges functioning across the country, Daily Times has learnt. According to the available documents, there are around 11 medical as well as dental colleges functioning without recognition of the PM&DC. Under the PM&DC Ordinance […]

ISLAMABAD: The supreme body of the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) has upheld its decision of sending three top officials of the university on forced leave, Daily Times has learnt. According to details, a day-long meeting of the Syndicate was held in a local hotel, under the chairmanship of the Vice Chancellor Dr Javed Ashraf, to discuss […]

ISLAMABAD: The supreme decision-making body of the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) seemed helpless before autocratic and oppressive management, as it has thus far failed to comply with the directives regarding taking back the invested money amounting Rs 160 million in a low-ranked commercial bank. As per the documents available with Daily Times, the QAU senior administration […]

ISLAMABAD: The government has imposed 10 percent service charges in the financial budget 2017-18 for brokers in registration of pharmaceutical companies with Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP). This was stated by the representatives of the Pakistan Young Pharmacist Association (PYPA) and Drugs Lawyers Forum (DLF), in a press conference on Thursday. “It is the […]

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has so far failed to comply with the directives of the Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) to streamline the education system to improve the quality and standard in public sector educational institutions. According to documents available with Daily Times, in a meeting held in April under the […]

ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission’s (HEC) top brass is taking a lot of flak these days in the social media, especially on Facebook, over their lavish foreign tours. Critics claim the commission has failed to provide jobs to PhD holders, but is at the same time spending most of its resources on unnecessary official visits. […]

  ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (NHSR&C) on Monday expressed anger over an incorrect laboratory test report issued by the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad. The committee met under the chairmanship of Senator Sajjad Hussain Turi. Senator Mian Muhammad Ateeq said that the NIH authorities had ignored […]