Model courts start functioning in Capital
RAWALPINDI: Model Criminal Trial Courts (MCTCs) has started functioning for the speedy dispensation of justice. Initially, 15 murder and 20 narcotics cases have been...
8,360 human traffickers netted in five years
ISLAMABAD: The results of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) countrywide special crackdown on human smugglers and traffickers have proved quite encouraging as 8360 such...
Activists demand free medical care for acid attack victims
ISLAMABAD: Representatives of various women rights organisations on Sunday stressed the need to introduce new legislation to stop acid burn incidents thus ensuring free...
Use of force against unarmed civilians shameful: AJK president
ISLAMABAD: President Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Sardar Masood Khan has said right to self-determination is the key objective of Kashmiri youth and they should remain...
Every MCI member to be allocated Rs50m for respective union counsels: mayor
ISLAMABAD: Mayor of Islamabad Sheikh Anser Aziz has said in the current financial year, each member of the Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) would be...
Two killed in Bannu road mishap
PESHAWAR: A speedy truck collided with a rickshaw coming from opposite side which resulted in the killing of two passengers on the spot in...
CDA conducts anti-encroachment operation in E-12
ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Islamabad Capital Administration continued anti-encroachment operations to get possession of land in sector E-12. Capital Development Authority (CDA)...
PTI govt to promulgate new rent law in capital: minister
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Revenue, Muhammad Hammad Azhar has said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will promulgate a consensus-based new rent law in Islamabad.
He was addressing...
PHC concerned over mob attack on vehicle of judicial officer
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday expressed shock and displeasure over the incident of stones pelting at vehicle of Senior Civil Judge (Judicial)...
Teenage maid raped, killed in Islamabad
--The maid was 12 weeks pregnant at the time of murder
An 18-year-old domestic maid was raped and killed by her employer in the federal...
Industrial zone to be established in Bajaur: KP CM’s aide
BAJAUR: Special Assistant to the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Commerce and Industries Abdul Kareem Khan has said the provincial government has expedited work...
Damaged schools in tribal districts being rebuilt: Ziaullah
PESHAWAR: KP CM’s Adviser on Education Ziaullah Bangash Wednesday said the government was reconstructing damaged schools in tribal districts while 2,400 teachers were being...
Govt urged to focus on financial inclusion of women
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Wednesday urged the government for focusing on financial inclusion of women to promote female...
Govt working for career-oriented education: minister
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Federal Education Shafqat Mahmood has said that reforms are underway to bring the education system in sync with market requirements.
Addressing a...
CDA to revamp its planning wing
-Proposed plan suggests a reduction in redundant directorates, expansion at levels of town planners and technical experts
ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) to revamp, and...
100 graduating doctors to be issued provisional licenses by March 29
-The PMDC has not had an external auditor or internal auditor and has only relied on three audits undertaken by the AGPR in the...
Ecstasy pills worth Rs70m seized
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police and customs officials during a joint search operation in the federal capital have recovered tablets of drug ecstasy worth Rs 70...
