PMDC former registrar sent on judicial remand on December 9, 2016ISLAMABAD: A Special Court, Central Islamabad, has sent the former Registrar Pakistan Medical and Dental Counsel (PM&DC), on a judicial remand, in a corruption and forgery case. The accused Ahmed, Nadeem Akbar, was produced by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) before the court of Special Judge Central Malik Nazir. He sent the accused to jail […]
Lawyers campaign against IHC chief justice challenged on December 2, 2016ISLAMABAD: The lawyers’ movement demanding the resignation of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Muhammad Anwar Khan Kasi for his alleged involvement in illegal appointments has been challenged in the IHC. The movement aimed at getting benefits in the upcoming elections of the bar associations, petitioner Sher Afzal Khan Marwat, a member of the Islamabad […]
Rallies in capital to observe Youm-e-Shuhada Jammu on November 7, 2016 ISLAMABAD: Rallies and protests were organized in federal capital on Sunday to commemorate ‘Youm e Shuhada Jammu’ to highlight the Indian aggression in Occupied Kashmir before international community. The speakers demanded the United Nations (UN) agencies to take notice of human rights violations in Indian held Kashmir (IHK) and ensure right of self-determination in […]
France Colony a hub of drugs and narcotics on October 28, 2016ISLAMABAD: The France Colony in Sector F 7/4 of the federal capital has become a midpoint of narcotics and drugs. Islamabad has at least 24 “katchi abadis” in the urban and the rural areas of the city, with almost 13,521 families consisting of virtually 84,591 individuals living in them and France Colony is one of […]
ITP issues 118,967 less challans in 2016 than last year on September 25, 2016ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) has issued 454136 challan tickets in the first eight months of the year 2016 which were 118967 less than the corresponding period of last year as during the 2015, 573103 challan tickets were issued to different vehicles on violations of the traffic rules. Officers of the ITP said that the […]
50 Indian nationals among PMs sugar mill workers on September 20, 2016ISLAMABAD: It has been revealed that some 50 Indian nationals are working in various sugar mills owned by the Sharif family in Pakistan. Reliable sources informed Daily Times that a total of 300 Indian nationals were working in the Sharif family’s sugar mills in Pakistan. Daily Times has a list of 50 Indian nationals along […]
Underpass at China Chowk poses threat to pedestrians on September 12, 2016ISLAMABAD: The China Chowk underpass is posing a serious threat to the lives of innocent and poor pedestrians who want to cross the main road through it. The underpass does not have a foot path for the pedestrians who want to cross the road through this underpass. Hundreds of people from the three union counsels […]
Capital hit by medicines shortage on September 6, 2016ISLAMABAD: The federal government and relevant authorities are yet to respond to alarm raised by the persistent acute shortage of medicines, some of which are lifesaving, prevailing across the country and in the federal capital as well for the past many months. The medicines which are unavailable for last many weeks are Zantic a major […]
Islamabad to get four new hospitals on September 4, 2016ISLAMABAD: Sheikh Ansar Aziz, the first elected Mayor of Islamabad, has said that there is a plan to build four new hospitals in the areas of Tarnol, Bara Kahu and Tarlai. Presently, people from these areas visit the PIMS or the Poly Clinic, which not only took a lot of their time but had also […]
Sale of sacrificial animals gains momentum in capital on September 3, 2016ISLAMABAD: As the Eid ul Azha is approaching fast, the livestock owners from various parts of the country have thronged in federal capital’s cattle markets to sale sacrificial animals against the prices of their will. Purchasing animal against appropriate price was an art. If one was a good bargainer he could easily buy a sacrificial […]