Real culprits behind electricity blackout in Pakistan still at large on January 20, 2021On the allegations of involvement in electricity blackout that plunged the entire country into darkness last week, the government has suspended seven employees of the Guddu power plant, but real culprits, who caused a loss of $72 million to this plant, including many other unlawful practices, have never been punished, Daily Times has learnt reliably. […]
Educational institutions set to reopen in phases from Jan 18 on January 5, 2021The government on Monday announced to open educational institutions in the county in three phases start from January 18. The announcement was made by Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood, accompanied by Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan at a presser. In the wake of an Inter-Provincial Education Ministers’ conference, both […]
PMC to issue provisional equivalence to O & A Level students to catch medical admission deadline on December 31, 2020To address the issue of O & A Level students who are aspirant to enter medical field, the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) has announced that provisional equivalence of students would be issued after verification of online results. In collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Inter Board Chairman Committee (IBCC) and Ministry of Health, according to […]
IHC directs ICT admin to recover minor children detained at brick kilns on December 31, 2020The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday directed Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Deputy Commissioner Hamza Shafqaat to nominate an executive magistrate in order to recover children allegedly detained at a local brick kilns and produce them before the court today (Thursday). According to the IHC judgement, Manzoora Bibi approached the IHC against alleged illegal detention […]
Violating charter and rules: ad hoc deans/HODs rule IIUI on December 30, 2020It seems that new administration of the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) never believes in rules, as six out of nine academic faculties are filled provisionally, while many departments have no permanent chairpersons, which is a sheer violation of varsity charter and rules, Daily Times has learnt. Dr Hathal Homoud Alotaibi resumed the charge of […]
Federal ombudsperson assures USC former female employee for due justice on December 9, 2020Federal Ombudsperson Kashmala Tariq on Tuesday directed Utility Store Corporation (USC) to share appointment and service record of corporation former employee Maimoona Qaiyum Shaikh and said that its top priority of this secretariat to ‘grant justice to all aggrieved working women who have been harassed in any case.’ Kashmala took up the complaint filed by […]
USC former female employee optimistic to get justice from Ombudsperson Kashmala Tariq on December 8, 2020Hailing from Karachi, Maimoona Qaiyum Shaikh come in Islamabad last year with the hope to social emancipation to make her identity on her own and started job at Utility Store Corporation (USC) but in patriarchal milieu of the corporation she has been kicked out within few months when she, according to her, refused to fulfill […]
Kainat’s death turns out to be ‘suicide triggered by a troubled personal life’ on December 4, 2020As the dust of social media storm begins to settle and police investigation inches towards its conclusion, the high-profile case of alleged murder of National University of Modern Languages (NUML) student and a part-time employee of Pakistan Red Crescent Society – Kainat Tariq – turns out to be a ‘suicide triggered by a history of […]
Auction of plot: ‘favouritism’ inflicts Rs 10bn loss to CDA on November 26, 2020The ‘favoritism’ and ‘nepotism’ is on the rise in the Capital Development Authority (CDA) as the top civic agency of the capital has sold out a precious plot at very less rates, inflicting a loss of approximately Rs 10 billion to the national exchequer, Daily Times has learnt reliably. According to the information available with […]
All educational institutions to stay closed over Covid-19 on November 24, 2020In the wake of surge in Covid-19 cases, the government on Monday announced that all public and private sector educational institutions in the country will remain closed from November 26 till January 10, 2021. The closure of educational institutions includes all seminaries as well. The announcement was made public at a joint presser by Education […]