ISLAMABAD: National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Thursday said that 147 new cases of Coronavirus were reported from the federal capital during the last 24 hours. According to an official of NCOC, as many as 124 cases were reported on Wednesday while 106 cases were reported on Tuesday. He said so far 104, 619 […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) on Thursday notified a power suspension programme for Friday for various areas of its region due to necessary maintenance and routine development work. According to IESCO Spokesman, the power supply of different feeders and grid stations would remain suspended for the period from 08: 00 am to 01: 00 […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi Thursday said it was responsibility of health care workers, pharmacists and other relevant organizations to promote medical ethics and discourage the excessive prescription of antibiotics to patients. In a meeting with ambassador of Denmark to Pakistan Lis Rosenholm here, he said the medical professionals needed to discourage the practice of […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Farrukh Habib on Thursday invited the Opposition parties to support modern technology to get error free voting and results. Creating ‘hue and cry’ over use of electronic voting machine (EVM), was wastage of time, he said while talking to a private television channel. The use of modern […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Minister for Science and Technology Syed Shibli Faraz on Thursday said that use of technology was imperative to ensure accuracy, transparency in the elections and the use of EVM in election would help prevent rigging and eliminating mistrust over the polling as well as results compilation process. Addressing a press conference, he said, political […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) on Thursday gave environmental approvals after decisions made on environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports of five different development projects including housing, healthcare and other projects. The final decisions have been made on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Reports of Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme, Sangjani, Islamabad; Construction of Shifa Medical Center […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill on Thursday said that the vaccinators involved in Nawaz Sharif’s vaccination scandal were not only suspended but also being sent to prison. In a tweet, he said Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz officials would also be exposed in attempt to earn bad name […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday stayed the allotments of plots to the officers of Capital Development Authority (CDA) and summoned attorney general of Pakistan for assistance in case regarding plots balloting of 2006. Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard a case filed by a CDA officer Syed Mehmood Ahmed against non inclusion of […]
Read More