Shahzad Paracha

Shahzad Paracha

The writer is a member of Pakistan Today's Islamabad bureau. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Top bureaucrats likely to be transferred on special committee’s recommendationNATIONAL

Top bureaucrats likely to be transferred on special committee’s recommendation

–All chief secretaries, IGPs expected to be transferred as well ISLAMABAD: The government is considering to transfers/post bureaucrats of grades 21 and 22, including all chief secretaries and inspector generals of police (IGPs),<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/01/07/transfers-of-all-federal-level-bureaucrats-on-cards/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jan 7, 2019
Disparity in pay scale irks BISP employeesNATIONAL

Disparity in pay scale irks BISP employees

ISLAMABAD: Regular employees of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) have started a pen-down strike across the country due to the disparity in pay scale, Pakistan Today has learnt.Official

Dec 28, 2018
Discrepancies identified in FPSC selection of NIRC deputy registrarsNATIONAL

Discrepancies identified in FPSC selection of NIRC deputy registrars

–Sources say FPSC did not adopt due procedure, one of appointees ‘lack required experience’ ISLAMABAD: Discrepancies have been identified in the Federal Public Service Commission’s (FPSC) selection of four deputy registrars in the National<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/27/discrepancies-identified-in-fpsc-selection-of-nirc-deputy-registrars/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 27, 2018
Wajid Zia appointed Railways Police IGNATIONAL

Wajid Zia appointed Railways Police IG

ISLAMABAD: As the accountability court (AC) reserved its judgment in Flagship Investment and Al-Azizia references against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday, the government appointed Wajid Zia, the head of Joint Investigation<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/19/wajid-zia-appointed-railways-police-ig/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 19, 2018
Cabinet Division asks secretaries to ensure proper usage of official vehiclesNATIONAL

Cabinet Division asks secretaries to ensure proper usage of official vehicles

ISLAMABAD: Cabinet Division has asked the secretaries as well as department heads to ensure that vehicles are only used for official purposes. According to documents available with Pakistan Today, all secretaries and<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/19/cabinet-division-asks-secretaries-to-ensure-proper-usage-of-official-vehicles/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 19, 2018
Wajid Zia likely to be posted to United NationsNATIONAL

Wajid Zia likely to be posted to United Nations

ISLAMABAD: Wajid Zia, who headed the joint investigation team (JIT) that probed the Panama Papers case under the Supreme Court (SC), is likely to be posted to the United Nations (UN) on international<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/13/wajid-zia-likely-to-be-posted-to-united-nations/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 13, 2018
PML-N demands probe into recent rupee depreciationNATIONAL

PML-N demands probe into recent rupee depreciation

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Saturday demanded a proper investigation into the recent dollar hike and subsequent rupee devaluation. Addressing a press conference, PML-N leader Zubair Umar said that the incumbent government<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/01/pml-n-demands-probe-into-recent-rupee-depreciation/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 1, 2018
Suspended DIG, ex-wife summoned in harassment case on 28thNATIONAL

Suspended DIG, ex-wife summoned in harassment case on 28th

ISLAMABAD: The President Secretariat (public) – a body where civil servants file appeals after being declared guilty by the federal ombudsmen – has asked Junaid Arshad, a suspended official of the Police<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/27/suspended-dig-ex-wife-summoned-in-harassment-case-on-28th/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Nov 27, 2018
CSB to consider promotion of bureaucrats on November 26NATIONAL

CSB to consider promotion of bureaucrats on November 26

ISLAMABAD: The Central Selection Board (CSB) will consider the promotion of the country’s bureaucrats in the last week of the current month. Sources told Pakistan Today that CSB will start a four-day meeting<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/17/csb-to-consider-promotion-of-bureaucrats-on-november-26/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Nov 17, 2018
Cabinet likely to discuss security of tenure for civil servantsNATIONAL

Cabinet likely to discuss security of tenure for civil servants

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet is likely to take up the matter of security of tenure for civil servants in Thursday’s meeting. Sources told Pakistan Today that the federal cabinet will take up the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/14/cabinet-likely-to-discuss-security-of-tenure-for-civil-servants/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Nov 14, 2018
CAA identifies defects in boarding bridges at major airportsNATIONAL

CAA identifies defects in boarding bridges at major airports

ISLAMABAD: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has identified serious defects in the passenger boarding bridges (PBB) at various airports, including the newly opened Islamabad International Airport (IIAP). According to documents available with Pakistan<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/10/caa-identify-defects-in-boarding-bridges-of-iiap-other-airports/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Nov 10, 2018