Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project still in doldrums due to sanctions on November 30, 2016ISLAMABAD: Coalition partner of the ruling party in the National Assembly JUI-F on Tuesday criticised the government for its failure to end gas load shedding in its three and a half year tenure. Presenting a motion, JUI-F MNA Naeema Kishwar Khan said still the country was confronting gas loadshedding. She demanded the government take immediate […]
PML-N majority NA fails to approve Panama Bill on November 29, 2016ISLAMABAD: Despite having a majority in the National Assembly, the PML-N led government on Monday failed to pass the “The Pakistan Commission of Inquiry Bill, 2016,” which the opposition called the ‘PM Saving Bill’ due to a lack of quorum. However, the government was successful in passing the resolution that “the National Assembly resolves to […]
Legislators come down hard on govt over failed foreign policy on November 26, 2016ISLAMABAD: Members of Parliament on Friday claimed that Pakistan’s foreign policy had totally failed diplomatically to raise the atrocities carried out by Indian forces in Occupied Kashmir. However, Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz stated that the government had taken appropriate measures to raise the Kashmir cause at international forum, claiming that Pakistan had the […]
Indian leadership wants war with Pakistan, say MPs on November 25, 2016ISLAMABAD: Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Syed Khurshid Shah on Thursday said Pakistan did not want war but it looked like the Indian leadership did because they wanted to destroy the peace of the region. Over a point of order in the National Assembly, Khurshid Shah said India was continuing ceasefire violations and killing […]
PPP supported govt for the sake of democracy: Shah on November 24, 2016ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah on Wednesday said that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had always supported the government for the sake of democracy and smooth functioning of the system, but the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) never gave importance to parliament. “The prime minister and his cabinet members always […]
Government rejects resolution seeking financial aid for poor Hajj pilgrims on November 23, 2016ISLAMABAD: Legislators in the Lower House of Parliament on Tuesday rejected a resolution over granting financial aid to the poor for the purpose of performing pilgrimage. The resolution was tabled by Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Shahida Rehmani, in which she seek that the government should take appropriate steps to grant subsidy to low income persons […]
Legislators demand early merger of FATA with KP on November 22, 2016ISLAMABAD: Advisor to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Monday claimed that FATA Reform would be present to cabinet for approval once the parliamentarians completed a draft after consultation with the stakeholder for the second time. Winding up the discussion over the FATA Reforms, the Advisor said the government was committed for […]
Lower House blasts India over ceasefire violations at LoC on November 19, 2016ISLAMABAD: Legislators in the Lower House on Friday passed a resolution in which they strongly condemned Indian attacks from across the Line of control (LoC), resulting in the martyrdom of seven Pakistani soldiers. Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Chaudhry Barjees Tahir forward the resolution and expressed deep concern over the tragic incident of unprovoked […]
Gulen serious threat to Pakistans security on November 18, 2016ISLAMABAD: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday called Fethullah Gulen a serious threat to Pakistan’s security, and demanded a resolution of the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan in accordance with the will of the Kashmiri people. Erdogan addressed a joint session of the parliament today which was attended by the Chief of the […]
Senate body decries non-implementation of anti-smoking laws on November 17, 2016ISLAMABAD: A legislative body of the Upper House of the Parliament on Wednesday directed the local administration of Islamabad to check the sale and purchase of illegal, illicit cigarettes and submitted the report in the next meeting. The committee was of the view that the local administration had totally failed to ensure a ban of […]