Tag: Public
Josh Brolin arrested for public intoxication
Josh Brolin rang the New Year a bit too hard by getting arrested for public intoxication just before midnight on January 1 in Santa...
‘Outspoken’ PAC members threaten chairman of walkout from meetings
Rift between the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) members has become visible as few members of the body have threatened PAC Chairman Nadeem Afzal Gondal...
Indian patients take shelter in public toilets
On the coldest day in Delhi, many patients were forced to sleep in a public toilet outside the All India Institute of Medical Sciences...
ECP bans election ads at public expenditure
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday imposed a complete ban on advertisements in print or electronic media bearing any political party logo,...
No gas no public transport
Most public transporters in the city did not ply their vehicles on Monday on the pretext of gas load shedding at CNG filling stations....
ICCI President for making public sector enterprises more profitable
A delegation of Pakistan Post Office led by its Chairman and Director General, Syed Ghulam Panjtan Rizvi visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry...
Public transport vehicles violating designated routes
Public transport vehicles are violating their designated routes in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
The commuters of the twin cities complained of problems...
Taxi fare explodes out of proportion in capital
Burgeoning taxi fares have become a big problem for the masses in the federal capital due to the shortage of proper public transport facilities...
Japanese anti-nuclear vote melts away
Eight million people signed an Internet petition demanding an end to nuclear power and hundreds of thousands joined public protests. Yet Japan handed an...
PAC facing increasing non-compliance of orders
Public Accounts Committee (PAC) seems to be losing its grip and is facing serious issues in implementation of orders owing to rifts among members...
Women demand more reserve seats in public transport
Pakistan celebrated the National Working Women Day on December 22 with the aim to honour working women and convey a message to the society...
Planning Commission released Rs 101 billion in 2012
The Planning Commission of Pakistan has so far released Rs 101.1 billion under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP), despite having been allocated Rs...
Malik Asif Hayat to be made new FPSC chairman
Decision has been taken to appoint Secretary to President Major (r) Asif Hayat as new chairman of the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC). Former...
The science of what bugs us
Daily life can be full of annoying distractions, from loud phone conversations, noisy soup eaters to waiting... and waiting... for a delayed flight or...
AIDS awareness seminar held
Institute of Public Health (IPH) on Wednesday organised a public awareness seminar, poster exhibition competition and a slogan writing competition. The conference was arranged...
Facebook to improve privacy controls over public visibility
Facebook is to make sweeping changes to its privacy controls, making them easier to find and offering people the means to review every publicly...
Crackdown against more than two CNG cylinders in public transport
The Rawalpindi Transport Authority (RTA) began a crackdown against public transport vehicles with more than two CNG cylinders, following the new government policy.
On the...
