CDA fails to clear Faizabad of encroachments
Pedestrians and motorists are facing acute problems on account of encroachments, massive traffic and rush of the vendors carrying out small business activities near...
Fakhar’s contract as PAL chairman terminated
The government has terminated the contract of PPP leader Fakhar Zaman as chairman, Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL), with effect from November 2010.
The Cabinet...
IHC seeks intelligence chiefs’ reply on missing persons
The Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) director general, Military Intelligence director general and the superintendent of police (SP), Saddar Circle Islamabad, will submit their replies...
Airblue crash victims’ heirs still await compensation
The relatives of the Airblue crash victims on Thursday demanded the government make the investigation report of the incident public and award an exemplary...
Napping again?
Oxfam’s report that Pakistan -- a disaster-prone country which has experienced floods 67 times in the 64 years since its creation -- is ‘still...
Environment laws being violated under CDA’s nose
Owing to negligence on the part of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) Environment Directorate, citizens openly violate Environmental Protection Regulation (EPR) 2008, which is...
60 blind murders blow the lid off police’s performance
Over 60 people were murdered in the limits of the capital city’s different police stations during the current year, but the police failed to...
Commuters disappointed with public transport
Hundreds of commuters travel daily between Rawalpindi and Islamabad on public transport and a majority of them are extremely disappointed on account of the...
CIIT holding solo art exhibition
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) is holding an exhibition displaying the works of Professor Nargis Khalid. The exhibition, titled ‘Safar’, consists of works...
Pakistan lagging behind in Asia: ADB
The Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Asia 2050 report identified seven regions of Asia with rapidly growing economies, but Pakistan is not even on the...
AIOU will set up driving training institute in collaboration with ITP
Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), in collaboration with Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP), will set up a model training institute to impart training in driving...
NLA halts two projects aimed at promoting Urdu language
Owing to a paucity of funds, the administration of the National Language Authority (NLA) also called Muqtadra Qaumi Zaban has been forced to shelve...
CCI yet to send Acid and Burn Act draft to Cabinet Division
The Council of Common Interests (CCI) is dragging its feet on the draft of Acid and Burn Crime Act 2011, to be sent the...
Charged-up PML-N workers swarm Convention Center
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) geared up its political activities in the federal capital when thousands of party workers reached the Convention Centre to...
Where to Keep the Dead
Contrary to the tall claims of the federal government to have provided satisfactory health cover to the masses, the capital city has only one...
Prices of dates increased ahead of Ramazan
The prices of dates have reportedly been in the markets of twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad ahead of Ramazan.
The quality dates are being...
German delegation visits PNCA
An eight-member German media delegation, which is on a weeklong visit to Pakistan, visited the National Art Gallery of Pakistan National Council of the...
