Islamabad will have its own food authority
Interior Ministry is all set to send final draft to Cabinet Division ISLAMABAD: The federal capital will have its own Islamabad Food Authority (IFA) soon as the Ministry of Interior Affairs is all…
RHC spends Rs1m in a day for Ramzan moon sighting
–Pakistan Meteorological Department had already predicted that Ramzan moon will be sighted on May 16 ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) had already predicted that the Ramzan moon will be sighted on May…
Survey points out 82% children out of school
Dr Asma Khalid says students facing multiple challenges including sexual harassment Out of school children mostly wandering in streets, picking garbage, labour and domestic work ISLAMABAD: Around 82 percent children in the federal…
CDA’s hospital faces shortage of doctors, tech staff
Dr Fayaz Lodhi says summary forwarded to PM for new recruitment ISLAMABAD: More than 50 percent posts of doctors and technical staffs remained vacant in a hospital, run by the Capital Development Authority…
Couple from Ghokti on the run from honour killing, seek justice
ISLAMABAD: Ghulam Rasool Bhutto and his wife Zarina Bhutto, a newly-married couple hailing from District Ghotki of Sindh are facing life threats because they married from their own choice and refused to obey…
Suspects in harassment complaints get clean chit
Investigation committee rejects anonymous letter against police officers An investigation committee, constituted to probe anonymous harassment complaint against police officers at the Police Lines Headquarters has given a clean chit to all…
Halal expenditure? Religious Affairs Ministry breaks rules to please Imam-e-Kaaba
Millions of rupees spent on VVIP protocol, five-star lodging and expensive gifts for Al-Sheikh Saleh bin Muhammad al-Talib ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA) has reportedly spent millions of rupees on the…
Govt to approve new security policy before end of its term
ISLAMABAD: The federal government is all set to approve National International Security Policy (NISP) before the end of its term, it emerged on Wednesday. In a meeting of National Assembly’s Standing Committee…
ICTA issues notices; seeks details from inactive NGOs
ISLAMABAD: Around two hundred non-government organisations (NGOs) were found non-functional in the capital which have been served notices by the Islamabad Capital Territory Administration (ICTA), Pakistan Today has learnt. According to the official…
National Commission on Children Rights Protection yet to be notified by government
ISLAMABAD: Despite the rapid increase in child abuse cases, a few of which are being reported on a daily basis now, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is yet to…
Islamabad’s model prison may be delayed further
CDA demands clearance of Rs 490 million pending dues ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited project of the Islamabad Model Prison may be delayed further as the Capital Development Authority (CDA) asked the Islamabad Capital Territory…
NCSW without a chairperson despite court orders
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) is yet to appoint the chairperson of National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) as it has remained non-functional since February this year after…
Blatant misuse of loudspeakers, hate material mock NAP
Interior Ministry points out 85 cases of misuse of loudspeakers, 14 cases for delivering hate speeches, distribution of hate material ISLAMABAD: Over hundreds of cases of misuse of loudspeakers and hate material came…
Capital police seem least interested to arrest Rizvi, others
ISLAMABAD: Despite the court orders, the capital police seem least interested to arrest Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) Chairman Khadim Hussain Rizvi who was declared proclaimed offender (PO) in cases of November 2017 Fiazabad sit-in,…
NAB begins verifying complaint against JUI-F chief, ex-CM of KP
–Fazlur Rehman, Akram Khan Durrani could be summoned if evidence found against them: NAB sources ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has formally started verifying a complaint against JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and…
National Ulema and Mashaikh Council Act close to being a reality soon
ISLAMABAD: In order to curtail sectarianism in the country, the federal government has geared up efforts to make a ‘National Ulema and Mashaikh Council Act, 2018′, Pakistan Today has learnt. “The draft…
Azaan, prayers’ timing: Clerics reject Religious Affairs Ministry’s proposed draft act
ISLAMABAD: The top clerics of the capital city have rejected the proposed draft of the Unified Timing of Azaan and Prayers Act, 2018, prepared by the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Pakistan Today has…
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