CAA to scrutinise Shaheen Airlines on October 10, 2016ISLAMABAD: Civil Aviation Authority has decided to take action against Shaheen Airlines for terminating two of its crewmembers on charges of theft, and sought an explanation from the airlines in this regard. Other departments, including Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Customs and Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), have also stated investigation against Shaheen Airlines in various […]
Two Shaheen employees caught stealing in UK, employment status unclear on October 5, 2016ISLAMABAD: Two female members of the cabin crew of Shaheen Air Lines were caught red-handed stealing from a shopping mall in the UK. Sources told Daily Times that cabin crew members Nazia Azkar and Rida Saeed of Shaheen Air Lines flight No NL-901, which was bound from Islamabad to Manchester stole undergarments from Primark Shopping […]
Rehman Malik blasts US senators for anti-Pakistan bill on September 24, 2016ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party’s leader Senator Rehman Malik has strongly condemned US congressmen Ted Poe and Dana Rohrabacher for moving an anti- Pakistan bill in US Congress. While talking to the media, he said that Pakistan feels that the US Congress should not impose its own US local law on other sovereign countries on the […]
PR to run eight special trains on Eid on September 5, 2016 ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Railways would run eight ‘special trains’ across the country in a bid to extend maximum facilities to passengers on the occasion of Eidul Azha. “The first special train would leave from Karachi to Peshawar on September 10,” Pakistan Railways Director Operations Muhammad Ashraf Lanjar said on Monday. He said that the […]
Altaf Hussain ‘patronises’ radical groups: Taj Haider on September 4, 2016ISLAMABAD: Senator Taj Haider of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has accused Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain of patronising radical groups. Talking to Daily Times on Sunday, Taj said, “This was not the first time that Altaf Hussain had chanted anti-Pakistan slogans, he had also burnt the Pakistani flag in 1987. He [Altaf] […]
US-India agreement aimed to sabotage CPEC: Rehman Malik on September 4, 2016ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister Rehman Malik has said that the pact between US and India was aimed at sabotaging China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). While addressing a press conference on Saturday, he underscored that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif should review the foreign policy, as all our neighbouring countries except China have turned against Pakistan on the […]
Balochistan CM’s compensation promise to Quetta blast families still unfulfilled on September 2, 2016ISLAMABAD: A letter addressed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Anwar Zaheer Jamali by the former CJP Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry with reference to the Quetta blast has been filed with registrar Supreme Court (SC) office. It has been said in a letter filed through Sheikh Ahsan ud Din that August 8, 2016 will go […]
1,040 killed in Balochistan in last two years, Senate body told on August 31, 2016ISLAMABAD: Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights was told on Wednesday that 1,040 people were killed in Balochistan in the last two years. Balochistan Police Crime Branch DIG Shakeel Durani told the committee that 859 cases of killing were registered in the province and some 766 killers were arrested. “Approximately 77 people including 58 lawyers […]
Deliberate overbilling pushing consumers towards power theft on August 29, 2016 ISLAMABAD: The power companies had committed deliberate overbilling in interior Sindh, especially in Sukkur and Hyderabad, where out of total 700,000 consumers, almost 375,000 were reported as defaulters of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO), while about 590,000 people were stealing electricity. This was told to the Senate Standing Committee on Water and Power, […]
Asad Umar, Taj Haider disapprove of PMs policy on Kashmir on August 29, 2016ISLAMABAD: Prime Minster Nawaz Sharif’s move to nominate 22 parliamentarians as special envoys to highlight Kashmir issue met criticism on Sunday when Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaser Asad Umar and Senator Taj Haider of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) said the government should have included members of opposition parties. The Kashmir issue can be raised globally […]