Former IBSA commissioner accused of embezzling Rs 5m on September 20, 2016 Islamabad: Former chairman of Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) and former provincial commissioner of Islamabad Boys Scouts Association (IBSA), Dr Shaheen Khan, embezzled the funds worth Rs 5 million by misusing her powers. Credible sources told Daily Times that former chairman FBISE and Acting Advisor Higher Education Commission (HEC), Dr Shaheen […]
BISP fails to conduct poverty survey despite lapse of six years on August 8, 2016ISLAMABAD: Despite the passing the period of six years no poverty survey has been conducted by the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). Credible sources told Daily Times that the poverty survey was conducted in the year 2010-11 by the BISP. As per survey report, as many as about 7.7 million people were declared deserving ones […]
Citizens lament absence of cinema houses on July 24, 2016ISLAMABAD: Owing to the substandard quality of feature films and negligence on part of the concerned departments, dwellers of Islamabad are deprived of entertainment through movie cinemas. The federal capital, home to millions, had three cinema houses, two of which, Melody and Kohsar, were demolished to make room for shopping plazas or marriage halls. The […]
PBS headquarters turns into an epicentre of corruption on July 21, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Boy Scouts (PBS) Headquarters has turned into an epicentre of corruption as unrestrained corrupt practices and widespread corruption has led this international organisation to the brink of devastation. Well placed sources told Daily Times that officers were eroding the PBS headquarter’s Islamabad treasury like termite, by spending millions of rupees on their […]
Brazil probes Olympics threats after group backs Islamic State on July 20, 2016Brazil’s intelligence agency said on Tuesday it was investigating all threats to next month’s Rio Olympics after a presumed Brazilian Islamist group pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS) less than three weeks before the Games. The SITE Intelligence Group that monitors the internet reported that a group calling itself “Ansar al-Khilafah Brazil” said on the […]
PSB doing its best for betterment of sports in the country on July 19, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Sports Board is making all its efforts, day in day out, for the promotion of sports in the country and providing the best opportunities to the players by imparting them training in order to maintain their fitness level. In addition to this, Pakistan’s participation in the international events abroad is being made […]