FDE employees vow to oppose handing school land to private firm on August 4, 2023Representatives of government decided on Thursday to go to any extent against the government to resist its move of transferring state land to a commercial firm for the construction of a private institution. The CDA had allotted 21 kanal piece of land in sector F-11/2 for the setting up of a government school. The worth […]
ITP to deploy extra staffers on five key road to avoid traffic mess on August 2, 2023Dozens of police officials are deployed by Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) at 5 mega road construction projects to keep the traffic normal, said a senior official at the ITP. These mega sites are included as IJP Road, Haji camp, Islamabad Expressway, Murree Road Islamabad, Rawal dam chowk. He said it was quite difficult to manage […]
Favoritism, nepotism mar purchasing of equipment in water management dept on July 22, 2023The Directorate of On-Farm Water Management (OFWM) followed many illegal practices in purchase of surveying equipment worth millions of rupees, Daily Times has learnt reliably. As per available documents, the directorate has announced the open tender for the purchase of 25 ‘Total Stations’ (surveying instruments) that to be used in the OFWM project in Khyber […]
HEC new graduation policy to be enforced from semester fall-2023 on July 20, 2023The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has revised Graduate Education Policy 2023 (GEP-2023) with an aim to improve quality of education at graduation level being provided by universities and degree awarding institutions across the country. According to the available information, the new policy will be effective and applicable from semester Fall-2023 onwards. The commission had also […]
TTS teachers protest outside HEC for raise in salaries on July 19, 2023The Tenured Track System (TTS) faculty members working at the public sector universities across the country on Tuesday staged a protest outside Higher Education Commission (HEC) Secretariat, Islamabad against non-increase of their salaries from the government since many years. A significant number of teachers gathered at the spot to press the authorities for acceptance of […]
NHA issues high-alert amid heavy rains prediction on July 5, 2023As soon as Pakistan Meteorological Department issued a countrywide advisory of heavy rain which might damage and roads infrastructure and communications system, the National Highway Authority (NHA) directed its staffers all over the country to “be on high-alert” and banned any kind of leaves of all relevant staffers, Daily Times has learnt. As per available […]
PM&DC administration takes action over financial embezzlements on June 28, 2023Some employees of former Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) have been held responsible for heavy financial embezzlement and irregularities, Daily Times has learnt. As per information available, after receiving some complaints the incumbent management of Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PM&DC) formed an Executive Committee to investigate the matter. After a long probe, the committee declared […]
PIMS admin fails to make functional MRI machine despite passage of many months on June 17, 2023In a worst example of mismanagement, the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine at Pakistan Institute of Medical Science (PIMS) couldn’t be made functional despite passage of many months since the machine has been imported by hospital administration, Daily Times has learnt reliably. Furthermore, although the hospital has three functional X-ray machines, patients are unable to […]
GOVT PRESENTS RS 14.46 TRILLION BUDGET FOR FY 2023-24: No New Taxes on June 10, 2023Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Friday presented a Rs 14.46 trillion federal budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 (FY24), claiming that no new tax has been imposed. Dar presented the budget in the National Assembly (NA) session which started with a two hours delay and continued for almost two hours. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also attended […]
Favoritism, irregularities mar UHE functioning on May 31, 2023The favoritism and nepotism is at its peak at University of Home Economics (UHE), Lahore as the university administration has been following many illegal and irregular practices. As per documents available with Daily Times, the UHE authorities has appointed around dozens of employees of various cadres as the credentials of said appointed officials were highly […]