Tag: Islamabad

List of Taliban prisoners received: Samiul Haq

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-S) Ameer Maulana Samiul Haq, who also heads the Taliban negotiating committee, said on Monday that the list of prisoners whom the...

Missing Baloch Persons long march arrives in Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI- The long march by Voice of Missing Baloch Persons (VMBP) arrived in Rawalpindi on Thursday, a private news channel reported. VMBP launched the long march...

New Islamabad airport to be completed by 2016

New Benazir Bhutto International Airport (NBBIA) – a modern, well-designed and state-of-the-art airport would be completed by 2016. An airport official said Tuesday that there...

Cops at their best – arresting outlaws, seizing contraband

Islamabad Police have arrested 12 outlaws from various areas of the city including fake CNIC and driving license holders and seized 2.490 kilogrammes of...

Two killed as car crashes down a flyover in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD- Two people were killed when a car crashed in the ground after veering off a flyover near Rawal Dam spillway in Islamabad, a private...

Islamabad is at high risk: Interior Ministry report

ISLAMABAD- The Federal Capital of Islamabad has been declared 'very dangerous'and at high risk due to the presence of activists of banned militant outfits in...

Anti-drone campaigner goes missing from Rawalpindi

ISLAMABAD- An anti-drone campaigner has gone missing after he was picked up from his residence in the outskirts of Islamabad, his family and lawyer said...

Islamabad polio-free since Sep 2008: WHO

Islamabad has been polio-free city since September 2008 as per World Health Organization reports. According to Radio Pakistan, six officers of ICT administration are deputed...

ICCI vows to set up industrial zone in capital

Islamabad Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) President Shaban Khalid has said that setting up a new industrial zone in the Federal Capital was...

Long march in support of missing persons: Destination Geneva

• Chairman warns to approach international court of justice if no justice found in apex court Voice of Baloch Missing Persons Chairman Naseer Ullah Baloch...

Vigorous efforts afoot for Industrial Estate in Islamabad – Senator

  “Industrialisation is the way forward to strengthen the country’s economy and we are working vigorously for an industrial estate in this region to encourage...

CDA achieved 99% coverage of children during polio campaign

ISLAMABAD Capital Development Authority (CDA) has achieved 99% coverage of children under age of 5 years during the polio eradication campaign held from 20th to...

Airstrikes sabotaged Taliban talks: Sami

• JUI-S chief says militants were ready to hold meaningful talks Chief of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Sami (JUI-S) and Difa-e-Pakistan Council President Maulana Samiul Haq disclosed...

PEMRA chairman served show-cause over his appointment

Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Chairman Chaudhry Rashid Ahmad has been served with a Show Cause Notice for initiating self-serving summary for the...

PM House denied JUI-S chief was assigned a role for peace...

The claims of Jamiat Ulma-e-Islam-Samiulhaq (JUI-S) Chief Maulana Sami-ul-Haq regarding his role as a mediator for peace talks with Taliban were deferred on Thursday...

State busy violating citizens’ rights: SC

Justice Jawwad S Khawja in Supreme Court (SC) during the hearing of missing persons case has remarked that the State, instead of giving protection...

Musharraf to leave Pakistan in any case: Sheikh Rashid

Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has said that former President Pervez Musharraf will leave the country even if he was convicted...