ISLAMABAD: Senate Assembly Standing Committee on Interior on Wednesday received a briefing on legal and illegal private and public housing societies functioning in the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT). The meeting of the committee chaired by Senator Mohsin Aziz received a briefing from the officials of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on facts and figures of […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: An Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday adjourned hearing till September 22, in Mumbai attack case due to not submission of report regarding Indian witnesses. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)’s Prosecutor Akram Qureshi informed the court that report of foreign office was still awaited and requested the judge to adjourn the case. The court adjourned […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Maritimes Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi on Wednesday said that he has submitted the reply to the show cause notice given by Election Commission of Pakistan. In a tweet, the minister said, he had full faith that Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will discharge its duties to ensure free and fair Cantonment […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has introduced five diploma programmes to empower unemployed youth of Pakistan enabling them to earn respectable livelihood for themselves and their families. According to AIOU, these programmes are expected to meet market needs besides providing excellent employment opportunities to Pakistani youth. These programmes include Entrepreneurship, Human Resource Management, Environmental […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Wednesday informed that some five seats of MBBS and two BDS each have been reserved for frontier regions (FR). The committee that met here with Sajid Khan in the chair briefed over the distribution policy of Medical Seats in public sector Medical Colleges in […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) Wednesday asked electricity consumers to report overbilling, if any, to its Consumer Affairs Division. “If they have any evidence in this regard, ” NEPRA would take strict action as per applicable rules and regulations, said a clarification issued here. NEPRA referred to some media reports regarding overbilling […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The latest survey conducted by Gallup Pakistan showed that some 76 percent Pakistanis were satisfied with the government’s strategy of controlling Covid-19 pandemic. A nationwide Gallup survey revealed that some 57 percent of the citizens had completely agreed that the government has tackled the Covid pandemic in an excellent way, whereas 19 percent agreed […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Qazi Jamil ur Rehman has directed DIG and SSP (Operations) to shift impounded vehicles out of police stations creating parking and other issues to citizens. He further instructed that the vehicles and motorcycles wanted in the cases should also be shifted to other places immediately and recovered vehicles should […]
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