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ISLAMABAD - With 24 vehicles stolen or snatched last week, carjacking topped the list of crime in the capital. According to the data gathered by Pakistan Today, 24 vehicles were stolen and nine houses were robbed in Islamabad last week in comparison with the previous week's figures of 16 stolen vehicles, six burgled houses and two stolen mobiles.
Last week carjackers stole four vehicles while robbers broke in two houses in the Shalimar Police Station precincts, whereas the week

ISLAMABAD: Interior Ministry has failed to produce the reconciled accounts worth Rs 515 million, it collected as fee for arms licences during April 2008 to June 2009 despite repeated directions from the Auditor General of Pakistan, Pakistan Today learnt.
The Interior Division issued 88,838 arms licences during the said period. Fee for these licences was estimated Rs 515 million and it was to be deposited into the government treasury. However, the receipts were not reconciled

ISLAMABAD: As many as three murders and 41 cases of car lifting and robbery were reported in Islamabad, exposing the 'high security arrangements' by the capital police.
According to data gathered by Pakistan Today, last week, 21 incidents of car lifting and 20 cases of robbery and three murder cases were reported in the different police stations.
Industrial Area Police Station was on the top with four vehicles stolen two houses robbed. Similarly, carjackers took away four

ISLAMABAD: Several medical stores in Islamabad and its suburbs are being operated by non-pharmacists, which is a violation of Islamabad Capital Territory Drug Rules-1989, Pakistan Today learnt on Sunday. "People without the basic knowledge of pharmacy are running most of the drug stores in Islamabad and its suburbs.
This is the violation of ICT Drug Rules-1989, which stipulate that only a Bachelor in Pharmacy degree holder is eligible to run a medical store'," said a source in

ISLAMABAD: Following Sunday's car race in Islamabad that killed five people, police on Monday said cases had been registered against the driver of the car, the Bahria Town management, and the chief organiser of the race, Sheikh Atif, who had managed to flee.
Rawalpindi Commissioner Zahid Saeed said stern action would be taken against everyone involved in organising and executing the race. The race was allegedly sponsored by a leading telecom company but no one was available for

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has planned to launch a new bus service by March next to meet the growing needs of commuters, traveling between the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. A CDA official informed Pakistan Today on Monday that two local firms had pre-qualified to run 35 buses on four proposed routes likely to be approved in the next meeting of civic body's Board of Directors.
He said the successful bidder would get interest free government loan

ISLAMABAD: A comprehensive security plan with an appeal to all the religious leaders to create harmony and avoid any remarks which may hurt the sentiments of others was unveiled here on Monday that would help maintain peace in the month of Muharram.
A meeting was held at the Ministry of Interior under the chairmanship of Interior Minister Rehman Malik to review the arrangements for the month of Muharram. The meeting was attended by the secretary interior, all the provincial home

ISLAMABAD: Embezzlement worth Rs 2.58 million was committed in the name of computer literacy and promotion of use of Internet for educational purposes in Islamabad.
The audit report 2009-10 of Pakistan Computer Bureau (PCB) said it initiated a project titled "Introduction of Computer Education in 81 Federal Government (FG) Model Colleges and Schools in ICT" with the objective of equipping 81 selected schools and colleges with computer labs and Internet.
"Rs 5.10 million were

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday announced a reward of Rs 10 million to anyone providing information about activities of a probable suicide bomber.
"The government will provide security and employment to people who will provide information about a probable suicide bomber," Malik told reporters during a visit to the Federal Investigation Agency Headquarters.
The Interior minister said that the government would make arrangements to settle the informers and

ISLAMABAD: The law enforcement agencies on Friday foiled a major terrorist plot in the capital city by arresting two terrorists who were allegedly planning to attack important buildings, including the Parliament House.
The two suspected terrorists, Naeemullah Khan and Adnan Khan, were arrested in the Margalla police precincts. "They were planning to carry out a suicide attack on a mosque, Syedna Ali Masjid in Sector F-8/1, where foreigners and diplomats reside," Islamabad Deputy

ISLAMABAD: Doctor's negligence and departmental politics took the life of Nadia Ahmed, a 23-year-old expecting mother at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Monday.
Married two years ago in Koral Town, Nadia was admitted to the delivery ward of the hospital a day before Eidul Azha. She died soon after giving birth to her first baby, a beautiful son. A medical student was asked to handle this normal delivery case since no senior doctor was available, sources

ISLAMABAD: National University of Modern Languages (NUML) Lahore campus Director Saeed Ahmad allegedly got appointment on the basis of an invalid degree.
This was stated in a confidential letter (copy available with Pakistan Today) addressed to rector NUML in which the director general of the university expressed serious reservations about Regional Director Lt Col (Retd) Saeed Ahmed's appointment.
The letter pointed out that the regional director produced an MBA degree

ISLAMABAD: Shoppers were seen thronging markets throughout the capital, proving all gloomy prophecies predicting that the buyers would stay away from the markets because of an increased inflation rate and the floods wrong.
A day before the festival of Eidul Azha, a large number of women flocked to the markets to buy bangles, clothes and shoes for their kids and themselves.
Jinnah Super, Super Market, Karachi Company, G-10 Markaz and Aabpara Market were amongst those which

ISLAMABAD: Ill-planning by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and an increased number of vehicles is leading to the congestion of road space in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, along with posing a threat to the environment, a report by Pakistan Today revealed.
"The authorities are not making the public transport system efficient and are busy making tall and empty claims," an official at the environment ministry asking not to be named told Pakistan Today.
He criticized the

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Dr Babar Awan on Monday said the Islamabad High Court (IHC) would start functioning on December 13.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Islamabad High Court, he said all the provinces and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) would have their representation in the IHC.
He said a notification for the establishment of the IHC had already been issued and it had been decided that the four

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday asked the provincial governments to take stern action against sugar hoarders, warning of the federal government's intervention in case they failed.
Talking to reporters, Gilani said, "Interior Minister Rehman Malik has been asked to wait and let the provinces manage the issue."
He said, "There was no shortage of sugar in the country as one-month surplus stocks were available. The total requirement of the country was

ISLAMABAD: A three-member Supreme Court bench on Thursday issued notices to the federation and other respondents in a petition seeking court's direction to the federal government not to lease out gold and copper mines in Balochistan to foreign companies in an unlawful manner.
The bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Tariq Parvez and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was hearing a petition filed by Tariq Asad against the lease of gold and copper mines, including the