By Qazi Ziyad

ISLAMABAD: Fast blowing wind-storm and lightening followed by heavy downpour with hailstorms slammed played havoc in Federal Capital Islamabad and its surroundings claiming nine lives and left over 50 others injured, besides huge material losses. The speed of storm was 120 kilometer per hour in Islamabad while it was recorded about 148 km per hour […]

ISLAMABAD: The corrupt mafia managing the affairs of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has destroyed the record of the Diplomat Bus Service scam in order to get rid of the evidence of its corruption. A well informed source told the Daily Times that documents relating to this scam worth millions of rupees were missing from […]

ISLAMABAD: The State Minister of Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry has sent three top-most bureaucrats including Chairman CDA and Principals of two colleges on forced leave while forth one is ready to go on leave. While on other hand, the credibility of Federal Government Services Hospital (Poly Clinic Hospital) and […]

ISLAMABAD: A three member committee has been constituted to probe into alleged sexual harassment of a lady patient by post graduate trainee doctor of Neurology Department of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Science (PIMS) Islamabad. The committee will conclude its inquiry within 3 days and present its report to Vice Chancellor (VC) PIMS while the […]

ISLAMABAD: The brother of Sirzameen Khan, Member National Assembly (MNA), on Monday allegedly injured a police officer in Sector F-7 of the federal capital. Kohsar Police got information that the accused was wanted in a case on the charge of giving two dud cheques amounting to five million rupees. The cheques were dishonored by the […]

ISLAMABAD: The body of a high-profile government functionary deteriorated owing to lack of cooling in mortuary at Polyclinic Hospital. The high profile Government functionary was on his way to WAPDA House Dhokri in Islamabad to attend a meeting where he suffered heart attack in which he breathed his last. WAPDA officials shifted the body of […]

ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister has utterly failed to fulfil his first pledge that he made with the people of Islamabad just after assuming his office to build a state of art cancer hospital in federal capital. Nawaz Sharif-led federal government approved a project to construct 600-beds cancer hospital in Islamabad with total cost of more […]

ISLAMABAD: The tall claims of the government to invest in health and education sectors are far from the practical as it has failed to achieve the targets of Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the current financial year. About Rs 9.77 billion earmarked for development projects of the Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) under […]

ISLAMABAD: Love cost a lot expensive for the assistant protocol officer to the Prime Minister as the brothers of the beloved woman thumped him as he entered her house . The power addicted assistant protocol officer, Nasim Khan, equipped with arms, entered the house of a lady, Kalsooma Akbar, forcibly in spite of the fact […]

ISLAMABAD: About 422 school and college grounds under the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) have worn a deserted look of jungle and parents of students through written complaints have demanded of Ministry of CADD and Director General (DG) FDE to ensure arrangements for grass mowing and cleanliness of grounds. Due to callous attitude of the […]