ISLAMABAD: Senator Sherry Rehman on Wednesday expressed reservations on decisions of National Economic Council (NEC) and demanded more funds for health and education in upcoming budget. In various tweets, she announced of the decisions and critiqued the government for neglecting the province of Sindh that contributes 30 percent to the GDP of Pakistan and produces […]
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How can 2017 census be approved without addressing Sindh’s concerns, asks Sherry Rehman
ISLAMABAD: Rejecting the cabinet’s decision to approve the 2017 census, PPP Parliamentary Leader in the Senate, Senator Sherry Rehman said, “According to a UNICEF survey, the average members of a household are at 7.2 for Sindh, whereas the census results put the number of the average household at 5.64. Similarly, Sindh’s population should be over […]
Opposition terms proposed media ordinance ‘draconian’
Opposition parties PPP and PML-N have explicitly stated their disagreement with the government’s newly proposed media ordinance. PPP senator Sherry Rehman and PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb tweeted their criticisms against the said ordinance. The Pakistan Media Development Authority (PDMA) Ordinance 2021 is a plan for “Institutionalizing censorship”, Rehman said. The new ordinance will force media […]
Sherry condemns Data Darbar blast, wants NAP implemented
Parliamentary Leader in the Upper House Senator Sherry Rehman on Wednesday regretted that despite escalation of terrorism in the month of Ramazan, the opposition parties had not been taken into confidence regarding the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP). The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader condemned the blast targeting police outside Data Darbar in […]
Senator Sherry slams govt over failure in Washington
“The way the finance minister ran off to Washington without taking the parliament on board raises important questions and it is our right to ask them,” lambasted Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Parliamentary Leader, Senator Sherry Rehman, on Monday. While talking to media at her chamber, she wondered, “Firstly, what conditions had he agreed to sign […]
Govt’s economic plan going haywire, Sherry Rehman
PPP Parliamentary Leader, Senator Sherry Rehman burst out at Asad Umar saying “The Finance Minister has left for IMF meetings without taking the parliament or its Finance Committees into confidence. Despite our regular demands to brief public representatives who are facing a terrible barrage of questions from the people, he has refused to do so, […]
Sherry Rehman strongly condemns police violence in Kasur
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Sherry Rehman on Thursday strongly condemned the killings of two citizens at the hands of the police officers who shot straight at the protesters during the demonstration in Kasur against the murder after rape of an 8-year-old girl Zainab. Sherry urged the provincial government of Punjab to bring the culprits […]