The writer is a member of Pakistan Today's Islamabad bureau. He can be reached at [email protected].
ISLAMABAD-All educational institutes to remain closed today ISLAMABAD: The protests by Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) workers against the acquittal of wrongly accused Christian blasphemy convict Aasiya Bibi continued for the second consecutive day<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/01/protest-continues-capital-yet-to-find-its-way-to-normalcy/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education & Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood on Tuesday vowed that the recommendations of National Task Force on Education would be finalised soon and Prime Minister Imran Khan would be<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/30/task-force-recommendations-on-education-to-be-finalised-soon-shafqat/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALCoup-like scenario created as serving chairman is on foreign visit HEC staffers irked by Arshad visit, warn of protest ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission (HEC) former executive director Dr Arshad Ali was found to<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/29/hec-former-executive-director-spends-day-at-office-despite-resignation/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ISLAMABADISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi on Friday approved the three names for the posts of the vice chancellors and rector of three leading universities in the federal capital after taking advice from Prime Minister (PM)<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/26/president-alvi-appoints-qau-aiou-iiui-heads/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALISLAMABAD: In view of ‘precarious’ security situation, the government has imposed section 144 in district Bannu for 30 days ahead of Pakhtun Tahafuz Movement’s (PTM) public gathering scheduled to be held on<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/26/section-144-imposed-for-30-days-in-bannu-ahead-of-ptm-rally/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ISLAMABADISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood has given the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) one weeks time to devise a strategy to enroll the 30,000 children who<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/24/fde-given-a-week-to-devise-plan-to-enroll-30000-out-of-school-children/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan gave an approval of a committee to be tasked to review the draft of the proposed state-of-the-art university planned to be set up in the PM House.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/24/pm-approves-formation-of-committee-to-review-university-draft/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ISLAMABADISLAMABAD: The administration of International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) has threatened the employees and students of the university that disciplinary action would be taken against those who are found to be involved in<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/11/iiui-employees-students-warned-against-posting-defaming-content-on-social-media/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ISLAMABADPunjab Teacher Union President says no such directives were issued for male students Says students are poor, the contribution should not be made mandatory ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be a strange<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/10/rawalpindi-deo-directs-female-students-to-contribute-to-dam-fund/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALISLAMABAD: The government is deliberating various options to initiate research studies related to subjects such as the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), environment, water issues, central asian studies and security in the Centre<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/08/university-to-be-set-up-in-pm-house-to-provide-courses-on-cpec-security-central-asian-studies/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ISLAMABADISLAMABAD: After the abolition of the Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD), the government has decided that various posts in BS 17-20 sanctioned for erstwhile CADD shall be transferred to the recipient divisions,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/07/bs-17-20-posts-in-cadd-be-transferred-to-other-divisions/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALISLAMABAD: Irregularities worth billions of rupees have been found in the Punjab Education Department as the concerned officials were unable to produce the records for Rs3,164.03 million spent on ‘expenditures’. The Auditor General<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/07/punjab-higher-education-dept-fails-to-justify-rs3-16bn-expenditure/" title="Read more" >...</a>
