CDA retrieves 100 kanals of grabbed land on December 1, 2016ISLAMABAD: The CDA, under the instructions ofits Chairman and Mayor Islamabad Shiekh Anzar Aziz, has retrieved 100 kanals of precious land costing to Rs 3 billion from illegal nurseries. The Capital Development Authority (CDA)’s Environment and Enforcement Department on Wednesday carried out five-hour long operation against unlawful nurseries which were made on 20 kanals each […]
Lok Virsa official elected in LB polls despite ban on November 28, 2016ISLAMABAD: It has been revealed that a civil servant of Lok Virsa has been elected in the local bodies elections despite the ban on government officials taking part in politics during service. But after winning the LG polls, she is getting her full pay and allowances and other perks against her service. The Executive Director […]
Senate body annoyed over wrong briefing by Lok Virsa on November 22, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Senate standing committee on information and broadcasting has expressed resentment over giving an incorrect briefing at a meeting by the Executive Director (ED) Lok Virsa in connection with new appointments and exploitation of serving employees. The interesting situation emerged on Monday when senator Kamil Ali Agha, chairman standing committee on information and broadcasting […]
Centralisation of power sends HBFC into chaos on November 15, 2016ISLAMABAD: The ruling class has played havoc with the House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC) by putting the department under their direct control as the authority from the regional office was taken back and all powers were shifted to the head office. The main purpose of making the HBFC was to grant loans to homeless people […]
Govt orders mass arrest of PTI leaders: sources on October 25, 2016 ISLAMABAD: The federal government has reportedly tasked the capital police to launch a massive crackdown on the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership in order to prevent the party’s planned siege of Islamabad on November 2. Sources told Daily Times that the station house officers (SHO) of all 22 police stations in the capital have been […]
Capital Police being trained to crush PTI sit-in on October 19, 2016ISLAMABAD: The government has finally decided to crush the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protest march in the federal capital with its full force. Special training is being imparted to the federal police at the police lines, in baton charging, shelling, rubber bullets firing and massive arrests. Platoons upon platoons of police are being provided training. On […]
PM House babu accused of harassing lady constable on October 14, 2016ISLAMABAD: Each passing minute of the life of constables and lady constables residing in official residences at the Prime Minister’s (PM’s) Colony, has been made miserable by a key functionary of the PM’s House, in order to force them to vacate their residences and to order the allotment of one to his own driver. Sources […]
Registrar suspends CECHS body over charges of corruption on October 7, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Circle Registrar Islamabad has suspended the body of the Civilian Employees Cooperative Housing Society (CECHS), on alleged corruption in society and non resolution of problems facing the residents and handed over the charge of the society to the Assistant Commissioner Rural, on a temporary basis. Well placed sources told Daily Times that members […]
Efforts on to make capital crime-free on October 6, 2016ISLAMABAD: IG Islamabad Police, Tariq Masood Yasin, has launched various people friendly and welfare oriented projects for police employees to turn dream of making Islamabad crime-free into a reality. He has started the Islamabad Capital Territory Police (ICT) POL COM project aimed at computerising all the records of the police stations in the federal capital […]
Seats for overseas Pakistanis be reserved in Senate, NA: OPF on October 4, 2016ISLAMABAD: Barrister Amjid Malik, Chairman Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF), has said seats for overseas Pakistanis should be reserved in both the houses of the parliament in the same way that the seats have been reserved for minorities and women in the Senate and the National Assembly (NA). He said this in an interview with Daily […]