ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said on Saturday about 5.5 million jobs had been created, due to prudent policies of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, during the last three years. Speaking in the National Assembly on a point of order, he said, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz during five years government […]
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Pakistan to progress through free and fair elections: Bilawal Bhutto
ISLAMABAD: Chairman PPPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday said that electoral reforms are on the agenda of its party and allies because Pakistan can only progress through free and fair elections. Speaking in the National Assembly, he said that PTI government did not fulfill its promises made with the nation while Imran Khan had lost […]
No confidence motion: NA session resumes, voting expected after 8pm tonight
ISLAMABAD: The crucial National Assembly session to vote on the no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan has resumed after a long break. The delayed session resumed at 2:30 pm and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi continued his speech. The break had been prolonged, according to the source the voting is now expected to take […]
Opposition asks govt to incorporate Senate’s recommendations in budget
Lawmakers from the opposition benches in the National Assembly on Friday asked the government to incorporate the recommendations presented by the Senate, the Upper House of the Parliament, in the federal budget 2021-22 aimed at achieving real growth and providing relief to the common man. Participating in the budget debate, Members National Assembly (MNAs) Rana […]
MNAs demand for controlling food inflation, more agriculture-sector incentives
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentarians from both sides of the opposition and treasury benches in the National Assembly on Wednesday continued a debate on the federal budget 2021-22, stressing the need for controlling the food inflation and giving more incentives in the agriculture sector. They suggested giving more incentives in import of agri-machinery and equipment, seeds, fertilizers and […]
United opposition to launch no-confidence motion against NA speaker
On Wednesday after a joint meeting of the opposition parties in which prominent leaders such as Shehbaz Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto were present, it was decided that the United Opposition will launch a no-confidence motion against National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser. اپوزیشن کے مشترکہ اجلاس میں حکومتی ارکان کے غیرمہذب روئیے اور حزب اختلاف کی […]
NA opposition parties hand over Palestine resolution to UN office in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties in the National Assembly led by Leader of Opposition Shehbaz Sharif on Friday hold a rally and handed over a resolution to the United Nations office in Islamabad. Addressing the participants of the rally, Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the naked Israeli aggression in Palestine. He said that Israel martyred innocent Palestinian […]
President orders prototype of electronic voting machine for cabinet, NA
Islamabad: President Dr Arif Alvi has asked the concerned stakeholders to prepare a prototype of Electronic Voting Machine for presentation to the federal cabinet and members of the National Assembly after Eid-ul-Fitr. He underlined the need for expediting the I-Voting process for overseas Pakistanis enabling them to register and cast their votes through the internet in […]
Akhtar Mengal gets to speak in the NA
Sardar Akhtar Mengal, the former Balochistan chief minister and Balochistan National Party chief, made a lot of sense in his speech on the floor of the National Assembly. Regrettably, its reporting in the mainstream media has been underwhelming. Commenting on Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s statment that the terrorists involved in the Ormara attack were […]
NAB withdraws summons issued to Shehbaz’s wife and daughters
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal on Monday cancelled the summons issued by the watchdog for Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif’s wife and daughters, and decided to directly overlook all cases against the Sharif family himself, a statement issued by the organisation said. “The NAB chairman visited the bureau’s Lahore […]