PML-N decides to allow Raiwind rally on September 22, 2016ISLAMABAD: Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif and Federal Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan have agreed to not stop the Raiwind march of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf. The chief minister has issued instructions to proactive party leaders and workers to remain calm. Reliable sources confirmed that Chaudhary Nisar met Shahbaz Sharif and told him that agencies […]
Sectarianism a serious threat to Muslim world on September 12, 2016ISLAMABAD: Sectarianism is a serious threat to the very existence of Pakistan and to the Muslim world, said Fazlur Rehman Khalil, the leader of Ansarul Umma. “It (sectarianism) is a form of racism which should be condemned by all Muslim and human-loving people,” the founder of Harkatul Mujahideen said in a statement issued to the […]
PM tables two options before chief of army staff on September 2, 2016ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has offered Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif to either become Field Marshal or extend his run as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, sources told Daily Times on Friday. The prime minister wants to make final decision on this critical issue before his departure to […]
Govt hires legal wizards to save PM and family from disqualification on August 29, 2016ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to hire the services of renowned lawyers to save the ruling family from disqualification in the wake of references filed against it following revelations made by the Panama Papers. A team of senior lawyers comprising former federal minister Khalid Anwar, former attorney generals Makhdoom Ali Khan and Salman Butt […]
Explanation sought from Senate Cooperative Housing Society on August 22, 2016ISLAMABAD: The circle registrar Islamabad, has called for an explanation from the Senate Cooperative Housing Society and has frozen its accounts, on floating an advertisement in the media regarding sale of plots despite the case being under investigation in the NAB . Daily Times came to know that a business group from Karachi is busy […]
Case registered against illegal bootlegger; offices sealed on August 5, 2016ISLAMABAD: On the instructions of the Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, the Collector Customs Islamabad, has registered a case against a bootlegger firm, dealing in imported liquor. The Customs Collector also issued a show cause notice for cancelling the licence and sealing the company named “Sun Diplomatic Bonded Warehouse”, which has been in the dirty […]
NAB fails to investigate case while detained official not getting justice on August 3, 2016ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has completely failed to move forward the enquiry against the apprehended Circle Registrar Islamabad Malik Deen. The investigation officers of NAB have left the main accused open on the name of targeted investigation. Malik Deen former registrar Foundation Cooperative Housing Society Islamabad was arrested by NAB some four months ago […]
NAB backing corrupt elements in MCECHS on July 30, 2016ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is said to have forged nexus with corrupt elements indulged in widespread corrupt practices in Ministry of Commerce Employees Cooperative Housing Society (MCECHS) in order to salvage them from mega corruption scandal. This prime anti-corruption body has not only started harassing the complainants instead of providing justice to them but […]
Religious Ministry hires servies of two cops on July 18, 2016 ISLAMABAD: It has been revealed that the Ministry of Religious Affairs has hired the services of two high police officials for the Hajj operation even though they allegedly had some links with the Taliban in the past. The two SPs, hailing from Sindh, Ali Sher Jhakrani and Kamran Adil, have been appointed to monitor […]
Petroleum minister speaks in defence of Nawaz Sharif on July 12, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that it would not be appropriate to target only Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family in the shield of Panama leaks. He was talking exclusively to Daily Times on Monday. He said “If accountability is to be accomplished and corruption […]