Action against land mafia
No NOC for housing societies having less than 160 kanals of land
* No registration of housing schemes, which fail to transfer plots allocated for parks, mosques and schools to registration authority
By Aamir Yasin
RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Commissioner Zahid Saeed has...

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ATC releases accused in POF suicide attack case
Staff Report
RAWALPINDI: Anti-Terrorism Court No-II (ATC-II) on Friday released Bilal Shah, accused in Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF), Wah Cantonment suicide bomb attack case due to insufficient evidence against him and adjourned the hearing into the case till November 18. The court,...

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Search operation against terrorists
92 suspects arrested, 95 unregistered mobile SIM cards seized
Staff Report
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi region police during the search operation on Friday arrested 92 suspected people and seized 95 unregistered mobile SIM cards from their possession.
The spokesman for...

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Three inspectors promoted to DSP
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Additional Inspector General Traffic Police Muhammad Zahid Mehmood on Friday promoted three senior inspectors to the post of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP).
Mussarat Abbas, Zeghum Abbas and Khan Zaman promoted to DSP. Musarat Abbas was appointed DSP Rawalpindi Cantonment,...

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Task force formed to make Islamabad education city
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) was apprised on Friday that the government had constituted special task force and committees to make the federal capital education city.
Replying to a question, Minister of State for Education Ghulam Farid Kathia informed the House that the project of Education...

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HEC to provide grants for IIUI, QAU boundary walls
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has decided to provide grants for boundary walls of the International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) and Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU), Islamabad, sources told Daily Times on Friday. They said the decision had been taken...

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Adiala prisoners’ plea: CJP seeks fortnightly reports on HR cases
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Friday directed Punjab police to send progress reports on human rights cases to the Supreme Court’s (SC) registrar office on a fortnightly basis.
He also issued directions for decision on these...

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Exhibition ‘Void Luminous’ opens at Rohtas
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: An exhibition of contemporary paintings titled ‘Void Luminous’ by Noorjehan Bilgrami started at Rohtas Art Gallery (RAG) on Friday.
Bilgrami has enlisted the luminous style of architectural rendering with subtle modulations of finely ruled washes of indigo...

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Tributes paid to Syed Kamal, Yousaf Khan and Lal Muhammad Iqbal
Yesteryears’ stars used film as tool to build constructive society
By Mahtab Bashir
ISLAMABAD: The late film stars Syed Kamal, Yousaf Khan and musician Lal Muhammad Iqbal dedicated their whole life for the promotion of Pakistani art and culture and used film industry as a...

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Precarious journey RAWALPINDI: Students sit on the rooftop of a passenger bus to reach their destinations risking their life in the absence of educational institutions’ transport service. app

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