Radio Pakistan goes online
Radio Pakistan has archived a treasure trove of 3.5 million minutes of its broadcast, including historic speeches and interviews of national leaders, that will...
AIOU standards going downhill
Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) is the country’s first correspondence learning institution with a network of 32 regional campuses and over 1.4 million enrolled...
HEC announces Moroccan scholarships
The Higher Education Commission, under its Foreign-Funded Scholarship Programme (FFSP), is encouraging Pakistani students to avail 10 scholarships offered by the Moroccan Agency of...
National Book Foundation in doldrums
Over 200,000 members of the Reader’s Club Scheme (RCS), under the National Book Foundation (NBF), suffer as they are denied the opportunity to buy...
Capital city without a landfill site
Even after the lapse of more than 60 years, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) is still struggling to find a permanent landfill site in...
Tax drivers make hay while the sun shines Increase fares by 50 percent
Commuters in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad find themselves at the receiving end of CNG filling stations’ closure for three days a...
Doctors close OPDs yet again
The doctors closed almost all the outpatient departments (OPDs) of the city hospitals on Wednesday, demanding revision of pay scales, service structure, and regularization...
Court puts off Haj corruption case hearing until Aug 2
The special judge central on Tuesday put off the hearing of the Haj corruption case unitl August 1 and ordered the Adyala jail...
JI stages sit-in for missing persons
The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) staged a sit-in in front of the National Press Club (NPC) on Tuesday against the drone attacks, the deteriorating law and...
Billboards on high-rise buildings endanger human lives
As the Capital Development Authority (CDA) eschews its responsibility, sky-scraping billboards on the high-rise buildings of Blue Area continue to pose a serious threat...
12 postmen from Rawalpindi GPO get motorcycles
Federal Secretary for Postal Services (PS) Raja Muhammad Ikramul Haq has said that the Pakistan Post was evolving itself into a modernised agency in...
Police arrest two bike lifters, seize motorbikes
The Capital Police on Tuesday arrested two men suspected to be the members of a motorcycle lifting gang and seized two motorcycles from their...
HEC to set up self access centre at University of Malakand
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) and the University of Malakand (UoM) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Tuesday for establishing the first Self...
ICT to buy tons of Sugar & Flour for Ramazan
The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has finalised arrangements to purchase 3,000 tons of sugar and more than five hundred thousand bags of flour...
Shah – a cabbie on a peace mission
The foundation stone of a prosperous nation is embedded in peace and social justice. Unfortunately, both the virtues are no where to be seen...
Court extends Ajum Aqeel’s interim bail
A local court on Tuesday extended PML-N MNA Anjum Aqeel Khan and his co-accused National Police Foundation (NPF) deputy director general and former DIG...
American embassy pays longstanding Rs 1.7b to CDA
The American embassy has paid Rs 1.7 billion to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) after the civic body paid the Islamabad Capital Terrritory (ICT)...
