Ramadan: An institute to nurture self-discipline and sacrifice

The holy month of Ramadan has commenced for the believers who can regulate their life in accordance with the tenets of the holy Quran...

Selling ‘Brand Asia’

In collaboration with the Advertising Association of Pakistan (AAP), the Ad Asia has come to Pakistan for a two city road show where Madhukar...

Plan afoot for foolproof security in Ramadan

To ensure foolproof security arrangements during the holy month of Ramadan, the Islamabad police have come up with an innovative idea of checking the...

FO yet to pay Rs 160m to CDA

Despite several requests on part of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), the Foreign Office (FO) is yet to clear Rs 160 million of outstanding...

City’s lone bus terminal lacks basic facilities

The only bus terminal operating in the federal capital, called the Karachi Company bus terminal, has been in a dilapidated condition for a long...

Sector G/7 begging for CDA’s attention

Massive encroachment by auto mechanics, damaged streets, shortage of water, poor sanitation, prolonged load shedding and a lack of recreational facilities are the hallmarks...

Lawyers rally against govt for ‘defying’ SC orders

The lawyers of the capital, who played a significant role in the movement for the restoration of Chief Justice Ifthikar Muhammad Chaudhry and the...

IGP transfers threepolice officials

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Bani Amin Khan transferred three police officials in the capital city on Monday. Police officials told Pakistan Today that...

Express Highway to Kari Road needs repairing

Residents have demanded immediate repairing of the road from Express Highway to the Kari road. The management dug this road last year for installing...

Capital’s nullahs, streams become dumping stations

Nullahs and streams flowing through Islamabad have become dumping stations owing to negligence on the part of CDA. The city is begging to stink...

Firecrackers cause minor blast

A person received minor injuries when firecrackers buried at the edge of the Murree Road near Bara Kahu detonated on Monday. A police official...

Murder accused bailed

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday accepted the bail plea of a man involved in a murder case. A single bench comprising Chief...

Ruling elite – a threat bigger than Taliban

As many as 85 percent of Pakistanis polled by the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) believed that the biggest threat to Pakistan...

Polish delegation visits Lok Virsa

The members of the official delegation from the Republic of Poland assisting the Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, currently in Pakistan, visited Lok Virsa...

Hunger sharpens sense of smell

When fruit flies are hungry, they become better in scenting out their next good meal. “As humans, we sometimes forget that feeding behaviour has...

BSF to build 300 franchises to support entrepreneurs

The Small and Medium Enterprises(SME) Business Support Fund (BSF), in collaboration with Khushhali Bank Limited, plans to build about three hundred franchises with public-private...

Workshop on recycled art begins

With the sole objective to create awareness of the environment nuisance, its negative impacts on individual behaviours and adopt precautionary measures, Minerva, an NGO,...