ITP data shows rules violation declining in Isloo on January 3, 2018ISLAMABAD: The violation of important traffic rules are being overlooked or our society has become more civilised than the developed countries because the Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) did not impose even a single penalty last year on at least half of its rules mentioned in Motor Vehicle Ordinance 1965. In 2017, a total of 156494 […]
IHC removes Islamabad mayor as CDA chairman on December 30, 2017ISLAMABAD: The legal anomalies exclusively pointed out by Daily Times right after the appointment of the Islamabad mayor as the chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) were Friday endorsed by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday while declaring the said appointment illegal and unlawful. Mayor Shaikh Ansar Aziz was appointed the CDA chairman […]
More than 70,000 Pakistanis sought ‘political asylum’ abroad in five years on December 21, 2017ISLAMABAD: Over seventy thousand Pakistani citizens applied for asylum in various countries in last five year including 8974 in Greece, 277 in United States, 800 in Indonesia, 3000 in Malaysia, 1489 in Honk Kong, 50 in Brazil while approximately 55000 applications of asylum are also pending in South Africa and Germany. In a written reply […]
Speaker constitutes committee to resolve sugarcane price issue on December 20, 2017ISLAMABAD: In response to a concern expressed by both treasury and opposition benches on Tuesday, National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq constituted a committee to resolve the sugarcane price issue. A deadlock persists between the sugarcane growers and mill owners on the prices as the sugar mill owners are avoiding starting crushing because they had […]
NSA calls upon world to recognise Pakistan’s sacrifices on December 19, 2017ISLAMABAD: The National Security Advisor Lt General (r) Nasser Khan Janjua on Monday urged the international community to recognise Pakistan’s sacrifices in the war against terrorism, and he also criticised a tilt of the United States towards India. He was addressing to a seminar titled “National Security Policy – Vision for Pakistan” organised by Center […]
Disqualified Tareen can retain PTI slot on December 16, 2017ISLAMABAD: Following disqualification by the Supreme Court, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday de-notified Jahangir Khan Tareen as member of the National Assembly but he can still retain his office of the secretary general of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) under a specific legislation enacted a few month back to help ousted prime minister […]
Opp furious over last-minute exclusion of FATA reforms bill from NA agenda on December 12, 2017ISLAMABAD: The opposition got furious over ‘last-minute’ exclusion of a bill to extend the jurisdiction of Supreme Court and the Peshawar High Court to the FATA from agenda of the National Assembly on Monday and staged a walkout in protest which led to adjournment of the proceedings. The Supreme Court and High Court (Extension of […]
NA condemns US for recognising Jerusalem as new capital of Israel on December 8, 2017ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the United States for recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and moving its embassy there from Tel Aviv. Tabled by Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, the resolution was adopted unanimously by the Lower House of parliament. The resolution declared United States decision […]
Online vehicle verification system closed since August on November 30, 2017ISLAMABAD: In a bid to hide the use of non-custom paid luxury vehicles by the elite class, the Excise and Taxation Department Islamabad has downed the link to access its online vehicle verification system, causing problems to the general public. The online vehicle verification system was introduced by the department in 2015 and everybody could […]
Professor ‘converts’ peaceful protest into violent campaign on November 26, 2017ISLAMABAD: Though the government misgauged the sensitivity of an ongoing sit-in at Faizabad Interchange from day first, a miscalculation regarding silent support for protesters by Interior Minister ‘Professor’ Ahsan Iqbal while launching an operation clean-up has converted the said peaceful protest into a violent movement across the country. Religious groups, led by Tehreek-e-Labaik Ya Rasool […]