PM mulls change in federal cabinet on July 29, 2016ISLAMABAD: After the completion of three years of his government, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is considering changing some of his cabinet members. For this, he is reviewing the performance of federal ministers and ministers of state, and evaluating whether five year projects set in 2013 will be completed by 2018. Sources told Daily Times that […]
Infighting lands PTI in trouble once again on July 28, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is reportedly in trouble due to infighting and a senior party leader is going to quit the party soon, said the sources. There are reports that a party leader has bought a helicopter to oblige party chief Imran Khan and compete with the rival party member Jahangir Khan Tareen, sources […]
Govt agrees to review Cyber Crimes Bill 2016 on July 27, 2016ISLAMABAD: The government agreed to reconsider the Cyber Crimes Bill 2016 after journalists staged a walk out from the Senate on Wednesday. Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani asked the government to take all stakeholders into confidence on this important legislation. Journalists staged a walk out from the Senate against some provisions of the Cyber Crimes Bill […]
Eleven public sector entities oppose privatisation on July 26, 2016ISLAMABAD: The federal government has to bear a major setback as administration and ministries of 11 public sector entities had opposed the privatisation of their units, while the government has resumed the privatisation process of Pakistan Steel Mills after Sindh government refused to take control, sources told Daily Times. There were 13 industrial units in […]
Finally, ECP gets complete on July 25, 2016 ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain ,on the advice of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, appointed four new members to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday. The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has issued a notification in this regard. A parliamentary committee and the ECP had earlier recommended the names of three retired judges of high […]
NAB starts investigation against two PML-N big guns on July 24, 2016ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started investigation against two big guns of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government on corruption and land grabbing charges, sources informed Daily Times. “Yes, we have received complaints against National Assembly Deputy Speaker Murtaza Javed Abbasi and National Food Security and Research Federal Minister Sikander Hayat Bosan,” a […]
PAC gives clean chit to ministries of Interior, Science in just 10 minutes on July 22, 2016ISLAMABAD: After just ten minutes of proceedings, a clean chit was given to interior, science and technology ministries. The audit objection of Rs 5 billion on appropriation accounts by the public accounts committee of the National assembly was quashed. The PAC sub committee was chaired by the Naveed Qamar of PPP on Thursday at parliament […]
Good relations with military the real worry for PML-N on July 20, 2016 ISLAMABAD: Although Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has announced a fresh protest movement against government, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N senior leaders are more worried about civil military relations at the moment, sources told Daily Times. Sources were of the view that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had spent three days at Islamabad, Murree and Rawalpindi and […]
No need to set up separate authority for CPEC: Ahsan on July 18, 2016ISLAMABAD: The federal government has dismissed the call for establishment of a separate authority to look after the affairs of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and said that civil institutions are fully capable of running the multi-billion dollar project. “I do not know who is behind this demand, as we did not receive anything in […]
Parliament’s top bureaucracy in hot waters on July 18, 2016ISLAMABAD: The top bureaucracy of the parliament including Secretary Senate, Amjad Pervez Malik and the acting Secretary National Assembly Secretariat Qamar Sohail Lodhi are in hot waters after the Supreme Court’s order of the repatriation of all those officers who came here on deportation and made themselves permanent in these two secretariats,sources told Daily Times. […]