Imran says Government guilty of criminal neglect for failing to reform power sector on April 19, 2017ISLAMABAD: Chairman PTI Imran Khan has expressed concern over the growing power outages alongside the increasingly hot weather in the country. “ In a statement issued here on Wednesday by PTI spokesperson, Imran said this government has not only failed to deliver on its promises of ending loadshedding, during the 2013 election campaign, it is […]
Rs 290 million issued for CADD staff salaries on April 19, 2017ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar on Tuesday approved the immediate release of Rs 290.706 million worth of supplementary grant to the Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) for payment of salaries to daily-wage employees and both teaching and non-teaching staff members in educational institutions under Federal Directorate of Education. According to […]
Student commits suicide on April 19, 2017RAWALPINDI: A ninth grade student committed suicide by consuming poisonous pills on Tuesday. The incident occurred in Naseerabad police precincts. Shehryar, a resident of Attock, had come to meet his relatives who lived in Rawalpindi. He allegedly committed suicide by consuming poisonous pills there. Police took the body to nearby hospital for medico-legal formalities and […]
Traders express concern over anti-encroachment drive on April 19, 2017ISLAMABAD: A delegation comprising representatives of local markets, led by Traders’ Action Committee Islamabad president Ajmal Baloch, called on Mayor Sheikh Anser Aziz and informed him of their concerns over the ongoing anti-encroachment drive. Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman’s coordinator Mehtab Khan was also present at the meeting. Speaking on the occasion, Sheikh Anser Aziz […]
AIOU to set up Urdu learning centre in China on April 19, 2017ISLAMABAD: A five-member academic delegation of Yunnan Open University of China (YOUC) on Tuesday visited Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), and set a future road-map to develop bilateral cooperation in order to give educational response to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Both sides agreed to develop cooperative partnership to promote the concept of CPEC by undertaking […]
MCI councilors protest against meager salaries on April 19, 2017ISLAMABAD: Metropolitan Corporation of Islamabad (MCI) councilors on Tuesday staged a protest outside the Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman’s office against their monthly salaries. The CDA chairman had earlier set up a committee for giving recommendations about the salaries of elected metropolitan candidates. The committee recommended fixing councilors’ salaries at Rs 20,000 each. However, the […]
Public-police committees to be set up on April 19, 2017RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Central Police Officer (CPO) Israr Abassi on Tuesday directed the area SHOs to set-up ‘Public-Police Committees’ to control street crimes and speed-up the process of investigation. The decision was taken to curb rising crimes. According to a notification issued by CPO, the committees would be led by SHOs of relevant police stations, who […]
Quake jolts various areas of country on April 19, 2017ISLAMABAD: An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale jolted various areas of the country, including Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Lahore, early on Tuesday. However, no causality was reported. The earthquake was felt at 04:05 am. According to the US Geological Survey, the epicenter of the earthquake was located in the Hindu Kush Region in Afghanistan […]
Ministries have utilised Rs 117bn subsidy in eight months on April 18, 2017ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) government has badly failed to consolidate its financial position as the different ministries had utilised Rs 117 billion subsidy in eight months. According to details, Rs 84.22 billion subsidy had been issued to power distribution companies in first eight months of the current fiscal year, July to February. […]
PM issues warning letters to ministries, federal ministers on April 18, 2017ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif has issued a warning letter to the secretaries of all ministries and the federal ministers. According to sources, the PM issued warnings to all the ministers for not giving time to the upper house of the parliament and for not answering the questions asked by the chairman senate. All […]