By Siddique Sajid

ISLAMABAD: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Asif Ghafoor on Tuesday said Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed’s house arrest is a state decision in the best national interest. He was addressing his first press conference at ISPR after assuming the charge of the ISPR DG. Sending a clear message to India, he […]

ISLAMABAD: Differences have surfaced between Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani and National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq due to which several bills could not be passed. Sources told Daily Times that the Senate and National Assembly secretariats are not ready to accept each other’s powers. Due to this a parliamentary committee on national security could not be […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Secretariat has asked the Defence Ministry to present a performance report of the military courts and Operation Zarb-e-Azb. Sources told Daily Times Speaker Ayaz Sadiq has once again invited parliamentary leaders in the NA on January 17 to decide the fate of military courts. On one hand, he has also invited […]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to take another unexpected decision in the appointment of the Sindh governor, sources told Daily Times on Saturday. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar held a detailed meeting with President Mamnoon Husain in this regard. The government will appoint a new governor in a few days, sources said. They added […]

ISLAMABAD: Aviation Secretary Irfan Elahi on Thursday told the Senate’s Committee on Rules and Procedure that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had travelled to Gwadar in the ATR plane which crashed near Havelian. The committee meeting was chaired by Jahanzeb Jamaldini. The Civil Aviation Authority secretary presented the report of black by Ads” href=”#60605635″> box of […]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will take important decisions in the current week regarding the future of military courts, keeping in mind that the military establishment and the Interior Ministry still favoured these courts. Sources told Daily Times that the premier would chair an important meeting that will be attended by the military leadership as […]

ISLAMABAD: Civil and military leadership pledged on the New Year eve that all steps would be taken to make Pakistan terror-free. Sources told Daily Times that civil-military leadership sat together in Presidency on Saturday and discussed internal security. President Mamnoon Hussain, after awarding the Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) to Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Zubair […]

ISLAMABAD: Failure in recovery of over Rs 12 billion under plea bargain policy has exposed as many as 146 corrupt officials at the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), as people did not pay money to NAB they promised during the plea bargain. According to NAB’s own documents during the last eight years, NAB reached agreements under […]

ISLAMABAD: Five top diplomats are in race for the most important slot of foreign Secretary and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will soon appoint a new foreign secretary who will replace Aizaz Chaudhry, sources told. Foreign office sources said that the present foreign secretary aizaz chaudhry will resume his new duty of ambassador to USA in […]

ISLAMABAD: Russia looks set to provide four MI 35 state-of-the-art helicopters to Pakistan next year while over 100 agreements have been signed with various countries for super MUSHAQ aircrafts, according to the Federal Minister for Defence Production Rana Tanvir Hussain during a media talk on Monday. He said that the cost of these helicopters amounted […]