ISLAMABADRuined education system failure of past govts: moot told
ISLAMABAD: Providing free and quality education to children is the state's constitutional responsibility of the state; however, all past governments in Pakistan have ignored the sector which is why t
Mar 10, 2019
NATIONALMobile phone services launched in South Waziristan
ISLAMABAD: In an unprecedented development, the people of the long-deprived and war-weary district of South Waziristan would now enjoy mobile phone services.According to details, a long-standing d
Feb 28, 2019
ISLAMABADPoor villagers request PM to not demolish their houses
ISLAMABAD: The residents of village Rak Mara Nilhad, district Attock, requested Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan that their houses should not be demolished as they have been residing there since 1914.
Feb 24, 2019
ISLAMABADPIMS management denies allegation of mismanaging burn patient
-Attendants constantly intervened and came into ICU by violating visiting protocolsISLAMABAD: The 22-bed Burn Care Centre (BCC) at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Wednesday denie
Feb 20, 2019
ISLAMABADViolence is product of coercive imposition of one’s ideologies on others: Zartaj Gul
ISLAMABAD: The Minister of State for Climate Change, Zartaj Gul has stated that violence is the product of coercive imposition of one’s ideologies on others; hence, we need higher goals in order to
Feb 20, 2019
NATIONALSAFRON ministry asked to release Khasadars’ salaries to end polio campaign boycott
ISLAMABAD: The Khasadar force’s threat of boycotting polio campaign in the tribal district of South Waziristan in protest against non-release of their seven month-salaries proved somewhat successful
Feb 19, 2019
ISLAMABADPIMS ED, MCH head reconcile after serious tussle
- Dr Raja Amjad wrote to health ministry and other relevant quarters for ending all cases related to the incidentISLAMABAD: After a tussle between two top guns of the Pakistan Institute for Medic
Feb 7, 2019
ISLAMABADBill declaring enforced disappearances criminal offence sent to Law Ministry: Mazari
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari has informed that the Ministry of Human Rights has drafted a bill through amendments in the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) to declare enforced di
Jan 28, 2019
ISLAMABADDr Nadeem Abbasi appointed as Arid University’s VC
ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government has appointed Professor Dr Nadeem Akhtar Abbasi, the senior most faculty member, as Rawalpindi Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University's Vice-Chancellor (VC
Jan 26, 2019
ISLAMABADUS, Afghan Taliban to reach agreement for harnessing peace through talks
ISLAMABAD: The United States (US) and Afghan Taliban are heading towards a negotiated settlement of the Afghan decades-long conflict and will reach an agreement soon whereas, the Afghan Taliban will h
Jan 24, 2019
ISLAMABADKaavan was lonely and lonely he shall be
ISLAMABAD: A lonely elephant in Islamabad Zoo known as Kaavan, a gift to former dictator General Zia-ul-Haq from the Sri Lankan government, is living in miserable conditions due to which he has develo
Jan 22, 2019
ISLAMABADQAU JAC vows to take back each inch of encroached land
-Construction of new academic blocks, hostels, labs, playgrounds, student centres halted only due to encroachmentsISLAMABAD: The Quaid-e-Azam University Alumni Association (QAUAA) and Joint Actio
Jan 19, 2019