By Zafar Malik

ISLAMABAD: Secretary Ministry of Petroleum has apprised the Standing Committee on Petroleum that monthly salary of Managing Director Pakistan State Oil (PSO) is more than Rs 3.7 million with two club memberships and unlimited use of petrol and mobile phone. Secretary Petroleum did not explained whether these perks and privileges’ being paid to top boss […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Post, a subsidiary department of the Ministry of Communication, has been hit by another corruption scandal as the Director General Pakistan Post has been accused of 40 million rupees misappropriation in the purchase of medicines for the poor employees of the department . This has been revealed in an audit report 2012 that […]

ISLAMABAD: Police, which is custodian of law is making mockery of law in the federal capital with the reports that over 150 federal police officers against whom cases of heinous crimes including murder, dacoity, kidnapping for ransom and facilitating drug traffickers and car lifters have been instituted are not only present on their seats in […]

ISLAMABAD: The joint opposition on Friday, after settlement of all issues with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), made party Senator Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif a member of the parliamentary committee, which would finalise the terms of reference for the judicial commission on the Panama leaks. Qaumi Watan Party President Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao announced withdrawal […]

ISLAMABAD: The federal government and the opposition on Wednesday agreed to constitute a 12-member parliamentary committee to draft a consensus terms of reference (ToRs) for an investigation commission that is supposed to probe the revelations made by the Panama Papers. A meeting of parliamentary leaders of all the political parties held in the chamber of […]

ISLAMABAD: Dozens of armed persons grabbed an official house by keeping the court bailiff outside the home. They also retained the lady officer who had been allotted the house under illegal custody for many hours just a kilometre away from the parliament house. The Daily Times came to know that a government house No 30-G, […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has finalised inquiry against former minister Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat and former Managing Director (MD) Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) Ghulam Rasul Palphoto on illegal appointment of 130 persons in PHA and has given a final shape to the reference against them . As many as 130 persons were appointed […]

ISLAMABAD: The file regarding giving of authority to mayor and deputy mayors, Federal Capital Territory, Islamabad, has been tangled in the Ministry of Interior . The dwellers of the capital city, who voted in the first ever local bodies election in Islamabad have decided to come out on the streets soon. For the purpose the […]

ISLAMABAD: In the wake of arrest of Ex Secretary Finance Balochistan Mushtaq Raeesani and recovery of huge quantity of Pakistani and foreign currency and golden ornaments from his possession, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Balochistan has expanded the scope of investigation. Preliminary investigation reveals that Mushtaq Raeesani was posted as Secretary Finance on special recommendation of […]

ISLAMABAD: The security agencies have finalized their preliminary report following the leaking of video confession of Khalid Shamim, prime accused in the Dr Imran Farooq assassination case and declared the poor arrangements in Adiala jail as security risk. The report said that the hardened criminals, terrorists and those behind kidnapping for ransom incidents who are […]