Senators on Friday voiced alarm over rising violent crimes against women and demanded stronger measures to improve the conviction rate, which the presiding officer, PPP Vice President Sherry Rehman, said stood at “only five per cent”. The debate began after Balochistan Senator Naseema Ehsan raised the killing of Rubina Chandio for alleged ‘honour’ in Sindh’s […]
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Senate body on Defence members visit Chinese Embassy to condole Karachi incident
ISLAMABAD: Senator Mushahid Hussain on Friday led a delegation of Senate Defence Committee to the Chinese Embassy for expression of sorrow, solidarity, and support following the terror strike against Chinese teachers in Karachi. The delegation was received by the Acting Ambassador, Chinese Chargé d’affaires Pang Chunxue, and her senior colleagues, said a news release. Senator […]
Senators call for effective measures to resolve Palestine issue
ISLAMABAD: Senators on Tuesday called for taking effective and concrete measures at the international level to resolve the issue of Palestine as soon as possible as per aspirations of the Palestinians. They said that Muslim Ummah should wake up and utilize their all-out resources to address the issue of Palestine and urged the United Nations […]
Senators flay over govt depts’ scepticism towards automation
A legislative body of Senate, on Tuesday, expressed serious reservation against widespread reluctance in government departments to adopt e-office (automation), suggested by the IT ministry. They regretted that the officials seemed stuck on the decades-old method of filing and did not want to update themselves like most other countries. In this regard, the ministry of […]