NA speaker saves junior officer from becoming scapegoat on August 14, 2016ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq has foiled an attempt made by two senior officers of the National Assembly Secretariat to make a junior officer ‘scapegoat’ over issuing the session’s agenda without consultation, it was reliably learnt. Credible sources told this scribe that the assembly secretariat had put Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill on session’s […]
Army warns govt on NAP progress on August 13, 2016ISLAMABAD: The military leadership has rejected political leaders’ criticism of the security and intelligence agencies and said that any distracting and inciting comments are unhelpful and they will undermine the overall national efforts against terrorism. According to the sources, the Pakistan Army is unhappy with the progress on the National Action Plan (NAP), as the […]
PMs pick-and-choose policy irks some on August 11, 2016ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s pick-and-choose policy while appointing officials in various departments continues. Even the Foreign Office was not spared, and a large number of non-career diplomats were appointed on a political basis during the last three years. The National Assembly was informed on Thursday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif used his discretionary powers […]
87 IESCO officers shown the door on August 11, 2016ISLAMABAD: The favorite bureaucrat of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the Federal Secretary of Water and Power, Younis Dhagha, has at last won the battle of power against Minister Khawaja Asif and on his recommendations, 87 officers appointed at the Islamabad Electric Supply Company(IESCO) without observing the rules of merit have been fired from service, sources […]
Land mafia deprives NA, Senate Secretariat employees of Rs 300m on August 9, 2016ISLAMABAD: The powerful land mafia operating in the federal capital has deprived the employees of the Senate and National Assembly Secretariats of Rs 300 million, which they invested in a housing society. Now a parliamentary committee has directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to investigate the matter and submit a report to the committee at […]
Pakistan to have its very own homeland security dept on August 8, 2016ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to set up a special homeland security cell/directorate that will clear the visa applications of foreigners on the pattern of the US Department of Homeland Security, it has been learnt. Sources told Daily Times that after the episode of Matthew Craig Barrett, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan was […]
Govt decides to play the final shot on Panama controversy on August 8, 2016ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to give a final shot to the Panama leaks issue at a meeting of the parliamentary committee on Tuesday. National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq is still working for mediation between the government and the opposition and he has convened a meeting of the House Business Advisory Committee on Monday […]
Fed govt releasing special funds to favourite MPs on August 5, 2016ISLAMABAD: The federal government, in a secret move, has decided to release special funds to some favorite parliamentarians who are defending the government as well as the Sharif family in the media and in the parliament, sources disclosed. Sources said that a special form had been distributed among some members of the National Assembly of […]
Fazl advises Nawaz to become president on August 2, 2016ISLAMABAD: The cat is out of the bag. Maulana Fazlur Rehman has recently advised Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to become the president of the country following the footsteps of Asif Ali Zardari. Sources said the amir of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) suggested the prime minister to consider this option in order to avoid criminal proceedings against […]
PM still undecided on army chief, PTI movement on July 31, 2016ISLAMABAD: Appointment of a new army chief or extension in the service of the incumbent army chief and the protest movement of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are the two most important items on the agenda of the meetings Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been holding in Murree for the last few days, sources told Daily […]