Washington: Choosing between a pastor and a former football star, voters in Georgia will decide Tuesday on a seat in the US Senate in an election with high stakes for Joe Biden‘s presidency. Democratic senator Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger Herschel Walker, who is backed by former president Donald Trump, will clash in a […]
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Republicans close in on US House majority, Senate still up for grabs
Republicans were edging closer to securing a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives early on Thursday, while control of the Senate hung in the balance, two days after Democrats staved off a Republican “red wave” in midterm elections. Republicans had captured at least 210 House seats, Edison Research projected, eight short of the 218 […]
PPP’s Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar resigns from his Senate seat
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) central leader Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar Tuesday announced his resignation from the Senate seat. He made this announcement through a tweet after meeting with senior leadership. He wrote, the party leadership “wasn’t happy with my political positions and wanted my resignation from the Senate”. Met a senior leader from the party today. […]
Bill moved in Senate to improve living standard of transgender persons
ISLAMABAD: A private members’ bill was moved in Senate on Monday seeking amendments in the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2018 aimed to reduce suffering, improve standard of living and bring reform in the lives of the deprived segment of society. The Bill moved by Senator Fawzai Arshad, was seeking amendments in definitions […]
Absence of ministers caused uproar in Senate
ISLAMABAD: Absence of ministers on Friday caused uproar in Senate and due to this reason, Senator Raza Rabbani of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) announced not to speak on the budget in protest. He, seconding the stance of Opposition Leader in the Senate Dr. Shahzad Waseem on the absence of ministers, said he witnessed the same […]
Senate strongly condemns blasphemous remarks of BJP leaders
ISLAMABAD: The Senate of Pakistan on Monday unanimously passed a resolution strongly condemning blasphemous remarks of the leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him). The resolution, tabled by Senator Saleem Mandviwala in the Upper House, expressed strong condemnation of the highly derogatory and sacrilegious remarks made by two […]
Irfan Siddiqui for action on defamatory campaign against him
ISLAMABAD: Senator Irfan Siddiqui on Tuesday moved a privilege motion against the Radio Pakistan Director General (DG) for allegedly launching a defamatory campaign against him. Speaking in the Senate, he alleged that hundreds of trees grown on the land adjacent to the Radio Pakistan Rawalpindi had been sold at minimal rates. On inquiry, he said, […]
Senate passes unanimous resolution expressing solidarity with Yasin Malik
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday unanimously passed a resolution, expressing solidarity with the family of Hurriyat Leader Yasin Malik who is being persecuted in a dubious and motivated case against him by the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The resolution, presented by Senator Yousuf Raza Gillani, said the house condemn the abhorrent attempt […]
Body formed on cyber attack to present report in 14 days: Senate committee told
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication was informed on Thursday that a body had been formed to probe the causes of cyber attack’s attempt on the National Telecom Corporation (NTC) networking side. Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque informed the committee, chaired by Senator Kuda Babar, […]
President files reference in SC seeking opinion on Article 63-A
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday filed a reference in the Supreme Court seeking its opinion on Article 63-A of the Constitution. The reference submitted by Attorney General for Pakistan Khalid Jawed Khan seeks apex court’s guidance on two interpretations of Article 63-A and which one should be adopted and implemented to achieve the […]