Uzbek national gets bail under Women’s Protection Act
District Courts Duty Judge Shabana Hameed Mughal on Tuesday granted bail to an Uzbek woman, under Women Protection Act, ignoring the request of Federal...
Auto workshops in residential areas making citizens’ lives miserable
Owing to the negligence of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) several workshops set up in the residential areas of the city in violation of...
Sector G/6 a picture of CDA’s indifference
With the capital’s managers apparently in a deep slumber, one of the most populous and oldest sectors of the federal capital, Sector G-6, continues...
Arid University produces off season vegetables
The Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi has completed a Higher Education Commission (HEC) sponsored research project on commercial viability of hydroponic vegetable production and its...
Iftar at restaurants becoming popular
The trend of breaking fast outside homes is gaining popularity among the residents of the federal capital, as almost every restaurant is offering Iftar...
Anjum Aqeel’s remand extended
The court of Islamabad judicial magistrate on Monday extended the judicial remand of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz MNA Anjum Aqeel for another 14 days. The...
IHC rejects bail plea of suspected terrorist
Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rehman on Monday rejected the bail plea of a man facing charges of keeping a suicide vest....
FIA to investigate matter of NOC for high-rise buildings
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) will probe into the matter of issuing NOC for high-rise buildings constructed in ignorance of the legal criteria of...
PPP’s big U-turn
The trashing of the commisionerate system and the restoration of the district government system in Sindh by the PPP leadership – which amounts to...
Protest held against abolition of Karachi magistracy
The Awami Party Pakistan on Monday staged a protest demonstration against the government’s decision revive the commissioner system in Karachi and Hyderabad, calling it...
‘Beautiful Pakistan’ exhibition opens at Rawalpindi Arts Council
In connection with the Independence Day celebrations, the Rawalpindi Arts Council has arranged an exhibition of oil paintings titled ‘Beautiful Pakistan’, displaying the works...
PNCA, Lok Virsa to celebrate Independence Day
Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) and Lok Virsa will hold a number of cultural programmes from August 10 to 14 as part...
Only 17% iodised salt used domestically
Health experts have said that though 56.4 percent people are aware of the importance of iodised salt, its use at household level is only...
Post-arrest bail plea of cyber crime accused rejected
Additional District and Sessions Judge Yaar Muhammad Gondal on Monday granted bail to an accused in a case of cyber crime and rejected the...
Experts take up new national healthcare system
Health experts at a seminar on Monday discussed the details of a proposed new healthcare system for the country. Participants of the seminar demanded...
Will any government solve gypsies’ housing problem?
Islamabad, the federal capital, seems a combination of the rich and the poor as on one hand there are high-rise buildings and palaces with...
Heavens pour down
Heavy rains coupled with strong winds on Monday resulted in water flooding the Parliament House, Presidency, basement of the Supreme Court (SC) and several...
