Metro turns into perpetual source of nuisance due to lack of facilities on October 30, 2016ISLAMABAD: Lack of facilities, deployment of inexperienced staff and teasing female commuters by the immoral youths has turned metro bus service a perpetual source of nuisance for citizens. Sources told Daily Times that the stations built for metro bus service are wearing deserted out looks due to wear and tear. The cracks have been appeared […]
Highlighting countrys culture internationally top priority: PNCA on October 23, 2016ISLAMABAD: Newly appointed Director General (DG) of Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) Jamal Shah on Saturday said that highlighting the Pakistani culture at international level would be his top priority. While briefing media persons after resuming the charge of new DG, Jamal Shah said that attempts would be made for the resolution of […]
CDA, NARC made false claims to grab PARC land, Senate told on October 5, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research was told Tuesday that the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and the National Agriculture Research Council (NARC) had given false statements before the Supreme Court and the Prime Minister’s Secretariat just to grab the precious 1,400 hectares of land, originally belonged to a third party. […]
Deteriorating standards of sports in Pakistan needs an overhaul on October 4, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Chairman of Senate’s Committee on Inter Provincial Harmony Mushahid Ullah Khan has expressed his regret over the deteriorating plight of the country’s national game hockey, and said that Pakistan should do something for the revival of the sport on an international level. He was attending a briefing here at Parliament House on Monday […]
Pakistan artists working in India should return home: Asima Butt on September 30, 2016ISLAMABAD: Renowned film director and producer Asima Butt has urged all Pakistani artists working in Bollywood to demonstrate patriotism and quit India. In a statement issued here Thursday she said India is our enemy and it does not want Pakistan to flourish. In the prevailing situation our all Pakistan artists should showcase the spirit of […]
Govt determined to turn tourism into a profitable industry: PTDC on September 28, 2016ISLAMABAD: Ch. Abdul Ghafoor, the Managing Director, Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC), has said that the government is taking multifarious practical steps for the revival and promotion of tourism in the country. “Tourism has turned into a profitable industry in the world. But with us it is reeling on the brink of annihilation. The present […]
Modi govts appalling tactics to conceal its failures shameful: Kaira on September 26, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Modi government has resorted to ‘appalling tactics’ just to conceal India’s failure on diplomatic front and to divert the world’s attention from the atrocities in Held Kashmir, said senior leader of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and former information minister Qamar Zaman Kaira while talking to Daily Times on Monday. “War is not […]
IBSA on verge of collapse due to internal wrangling on September 20, 2016ISLAMABAD: A tug of war between two groups for grabbing control of the Islamabad Boy Scouts Association (IBSA) has put the association on the verge of annihilation. The IBSA has failed to hold any event during the last four years despite acquiring grants running into millions of rupees owing to internal strife and widening dissension […]
PU to launch tourism as part of its curriculum on September 18, 2016ISLAMABAD: In the first time of the history of Pakistan, Punjab University (PU) has decided to include tourism as subject in its curriculum and an agreement between PU and Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) has been reached on this count. According to the agreement it will be binding on PTDC to provide jobs to the […]
PTDC to be made a profitable entity on September 10, 2016ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) new Managing Director (MD) Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor has vowed to make PTDC a profitable institution by bringing about revolutionary changes. In an exclusive talk with Daily Times he said that economy of certain countries fully relies on tourism while the corrupt mafia captured the PTDC and political interference has […]