Tag: islamabad

Bahria University directs male, female students to use separate cafeterias

Only a month after directing male and female students to maintain a 'six-inch distance' between them, the administration of Bahria University in Islamabad has...

CDA bans all private and commercial construction in ZONE-III Islamabad

Area includes Bani Gala, Lakhwal, Shah Allah Ditta and Kot Hathial where massive construction projects have already been completed ISLAMABAD: After being indifferent for...

HRCP slams ransacking of Marvi Sirmed’s home

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed its serious concern over the ransacking of human rights activist Marvi Sirmed’s home in Islamabad. “Our...

Three names emerge for the slot of Islamabad DC

ISLAMABAD: Three contenders – considered ‘close’ to the outgoing government’ – have emerged the hot favourite for the slot of the deputy commissioner (DC) in...

Pakistan issues visas to 300 Sikh pilgrims

ISLAMABAD: The High Commission of Pakistan in New Delhi has issued visas to over 300 Sikh pilgrims in India to observe the death anniversary of...

Media houses get one week to shift offices

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted one-week time to media houses operating in residential areas of the city to shift their offices to any...

Doctor sexually assaulted, tortured at PIMS

YDA holds a protest demonstration, stops work An official points out involvement of some staffers ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) has become a...

SC forms committee to probe faulty construction of new Islamabad airport

LAHORE: The Supreme Court on Wednesday formed a committee to probe the faulty construction of new Islamabad international airport and sought a report within...

KSA embassy in Islamabad denies barring Qatar nationals from performing Umrah

Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Pakistan released a statement on Thursday correcting false reports circulated in local Pakistani media about Qatari nationals being barred from...

‘China cutting’ of amenity plots in sectors, housing societies continue unabated...

The practice of resizing big amenity plots into smaller commercial and residential ones  rampant in newly developed sectors, societies of Islamabad ISLAMABAD: The phenomenon of...

Case filed against additional deputy commissioner over ‘torturing’ teenage housemaid

Islamabad police filed a case against Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Sahiwal Kanwal Bhutto over alleged torture of her housemaid. According to the media reports on...

Police decides to beef up security in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Police has decided to add 56 additional pickets in various parts of Islamabad until Eidul Fitr. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Najeebur Rehman Bugvi chaired...

Crimes on rise in capital as over 700 safe city cameras...

Police say 5,348 criminal cases have been registered in 2018 so far ISLAMABAD: The tall claims of the government about the utility of Safe...

Three decisions put private education sector in quandary

Dr Afzal Babur questions whether court orders would also be applicable on army institutions ISLAMABAD: Three different decisions given by three high courts pertaining to...

Maulana Abdul Aziz addresses Friday congregation in Lal Masjid after three...

Despite being on the fourth schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act, Maulana Abdul Aziz addressed the Friday congregation at Lal Masjid after more than three...

Government to audit mosques, give topics for Friday sermons, says DC...

ISLAMABAD: The National Internal Security Policy (NISP) was released and revealed that emphasis was placed on reforms pertaining to mosques. The policy included the audit of...

CDA during PML-N’s tenure: a baggage of successes and failures

--Five-year performance of capital’s foremost civic agency testament to government’s apathy, lack of vision   ISLAMABAD: The end of a government’s tenure is the time to sit,...