Taseer faimily has expressed heartfelt condolences to Senator Sherry Rehman, senior leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party and mother of Marvi Khurshid Malik, on the sad demise of her daughter. They conveyed deep sorrow over this tragic loss and prayed that Allah grants eternal peace to the departed soul, and strength, patience, and courage to […]
Senator Sherry Rehman
Senator Sherry calls out India’s selective sportsmanship
Senator Sherry Rehman has issued a strong response to India’s statements surrounding cricket, calling it a pattern of “selective peace, selective sportsmanship, and selective responsibility” that South Asia can no longer afford. Senator Sherry Rehman said Pakistan never wanted political toxicity to be introduced in sports and those demanding calm and sanity in cricket today […]
Pakistan tops climate risk list: Sherry Rehman calls for urgent action
Pakistan is now the most affected country by climate change, according to the latest Climate Risk Index (CRI). Senator Sherry Rehman, Vice President of the PPP, expressed serious concern over this alarming development. She said it is time to prepare the public for dangerous weather. Rehman shared the CRI report on her social media, calling […]
NDMA warns of above-average monsoon rains across Pakistan this year
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued a warning that this year’s monsoon season could bring above-average rainfall across Pakistan. According to a briefing presented to the Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change, there is a possibility of up to 300 millimeters of rainfall during the monsoon season, with Punjab expected to receive between […]
Federal cabinet amends papyrus laws to revoke transparency, says Sherry Rehman
Vice President Pakistan People’s Party and Senator Sherry Rehman, in a series of tweets from her account, criticised the government’s decision to amend the papyrus laws to exempt government agencies from key transparency rules. She expressed her disdain through her Twitter account stating, “The federal cabinet has amended the papyrus laws to exempt government agencies […]
Sherry Rehman meets YDA delegation to discuss privatization of hospitals
ISLAMABAD: Vice President Pakistan People’s Party Senator Sherry Rehman called on the delegation of the Young Doctors Association on Saturday to discuss matters pertaining to the privatization of federal government hospitals and the Federal Medical Teaching Institutes Bill 2021. Senator Raza Rabbani and Malaika Raza were also present in the meeting. “Doctors have reservations about […]
Progressive bills silently omitted from parliamentary agendas, says Sherry Rehman
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Peoples Party (PPP) Parliamentary Leader in the Senate, Senator Sherry Rehman grilled the federal government for silently disappearing key bills in the Parliament. “Instead of using the Parliamentary committees for scrutinizing and reviewing bills, countless progressive bills have now just disappeared from Parliamentary agendas under the PTI government. After much deliberation and work […]
Why parliament being kept in the dark on IMF deal, says Sherry Rehman
Speaking at the Senate Finance Revenue & Economic Affairs Committee meeting, while addressing the Finance Minister, PPP Parliamentary Leader in the Senate, Senator Sherry Rehman said, “People are still reeling from the shock of the budget but just now Tabahi Sarkar has dropped another petrol bomb on them. Budget 2021-22 has not even passed yet […]
‘Is this a Finance Bill or a mini Financial Martial Law?’ asks Sherry Rehman
ISLAMABAD: Condemning the provision 203A, which gives the FBR powers to arrest and prosecute without warrant in the Finance Bill, at the Senate Finance Revenue & Economic Affairs Committee meeting, PPP Parliamentary Leader in the Senate, Senator Sherry Rehman said, “On one hand we are being told that FBR powers are being curtailed and on […]
Sherry criticises Election Bill, says govt wants to snatch the right to vote from people
ISLAMABAD: Senator Sherry Rehman took to twitter to criticize the government’s decision to pass the Election Act Amendment Bill 2020 which contained dozens of amended clauses to introduce electoral reforms. As many as 21 bills were unanimously passed, including those relating to Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, electoral reforms, and the State Bank of Pakistan banking […]