Rs 5bn reimbursed to 108,036 students from remote areas on August 27, 2016ISLAMABAD: Under the Prime Minister Fee Reimbursement Scheme for Less Developed Areas, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has reimbursed fee to the tune of Rs 5 billion to 108,036 students from less developed areas during the last four years. Among them 78,349 post-graduate, 25,333 MPhil and 4,354 are Phd students. According to documents available with […]
India moves to expand its footprints in Afghanistan on August 26, 2016ISLAMABAD: By virtue of repatriation of Afghan refugees and tight security on Pak Afghan border, India not only terminated the condition of visa for Afghan nationals for medical treatment but also reduced airfare from Rs 40,000 to only Rs 4,000 and doubled the flights from Kabul to Delhi. This was said at the standing committee […]
CAA pockets over Rs 4 billion in airline charges on August 24, 2016ISLAMABAD: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has earned 4.4790 billion rupees from five foreign and one local airline that launched their operation from Pakistan during the last five years. The Daily Times obtained documents which revealed that Civil Aviation Authority has taken Rs 430.50 million from Cargo Lux Airlines Luxemburg, whereas Cathay Pacific gave the runway […]
Senate Body recommends increasing admission to Balochistan law students on August 23, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Senate Committee for underprivileged areas has recommended that Higher Education Commission (HEC) to provide maximum scholarships and admissions in Law to youths of Balochistan after the martyrdom of senior lawyers including three barristers in Quetta terror incident.The meeting of the committee was held in the Parliament house on Monday with the Senator Muhammad […]
Mafia grabs Workers Welfare Board land worth billions of rupees on August 21, 2016ISLAMABAD: The land mafia has occupied land worth billions of rupees owned by the Workers Welfare Board (WWB) and labour colonies. Documents available with Daily Times show that the Pakistan Navy has developed a housing society for its employees on the WWB land and occupied plots at labour colonies owned by the working class. The […]
Ministry gets house forcibly vacated from widow on August 16, 2016ISLAMABAD: The ministry of housing has forcibly and illegally got a house vacated from Raheela Kausar Baloch, widow of director accounts, ministry of petroleum and natural resources when the housing ministry had allotted this house to her on a permanent basis. The promise for allotment of an alternative home to her has also not been […]
CAA land worth Rs 5bn encroached upon on August 14, 2016 ISLAMABAD: The precious land of the Civil Aviation Authority worth more than five billion rupees has been encroached upon by private people and they have now constructed a marriage hall on it. This has been revealed in a public document submitted to the parliamentary committee for scrutiny of CAA record and its financial health. […]
Pakistan Railways not in a position to cater to CPEC projects on August 13, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Railways (PR) has a fleet of 440 locomotives, but only 275 among them are functional. According to documents available with Daily Times, the Pakistan Railways needs 600 locomotives in ‘sound condition’ to cater to the needs of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects and transport coal for coal-fired power plants. The PR […]
Revenue from border trade increased threefold, NA told on August 11, 2016ISLAMABAD: Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir has told the National Assembly (NA) that revenue collection from border trade has experienced a threefold increase during FY 2015-16. During the question hour on Thursday, the minister said that the country generated duty amounting to Rs 3,017 million from the Pak-Afghan border trade, Rs 12,325 million from Pak-Iran border […]
PR, UBL join hands to launch e-ticketing on August 11, 2016ISLAMABAD: An agreement was inked between the Pakistan Railways and the United Bank Limited (UBL) to launch an e-ticketing system, under which passengers will get confirmation of their booking through an email or an SMS. The new system allows intending passengers to make payments through credit cards, debit cards, mobile banking and UBL Omni for […]