NA body seeks mechanism to stop desecration on November 11, 2016ISLAMABAD: A legislative body of the Lower House on Thursday directed the Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage; Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony; and the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) to sit together and come up with a workable solution, which would ensure the stoppage of desecration of verses from the Holy […]
NA body discusses HIV/AIDS Bill 2013 on November 11, 2016 ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s (NA) Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination discussed HIV/AIDS (Safety and Control) Bill, 2013 on Thursday. The meeting was held in the committee room of the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination under the chairmanship of MNA Mr Khalid Hussain Magsi. The bill had been […]
Opp blasts Senate committee for delaying passage of Panama Bill on November 9, 2016ISLMABAD: Opposition parties in a legislative body of Upper House of Parliament on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration in front of Parliament House, seeking the passage of “The Panama papers inquiries bill 2016”. The joint opposition parties, except Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), protested against referring the bill by the chairman Senate Standing Committee on Law and […]
Govt asked to include dam, airport, park construction in GB on November 8, 2016ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body of the Upper House on Monday recommended to the government to include the Diamer-Bhash Dam, construction of an airport in Gilgit-Baltistan, and an industrial park in projects under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). A committee was constituted to resolve a boundary dispute between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan. Senator Sajid Mir […]
Senate bodies direct ministry to submit report on Family Laws Amendments Bill on November 5, 2016ISLAMABAD: A joint meeting of the Senate Standing Committees on Law and Justice and Religious Affairs on Friday asked Ministry of Law and Justice to review “Premarital Blood Screening (Family Laws Amendment) bill, 2016 and submit a report within two weeks. The main purpose of the bill was to check the spread of communicable diseases […]
Senate body miffed at no progress on CPEC western route on November 3, 2016ISLAMABAD: A Senate committee on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction over the progress made so far by the National Highway Authority (NHA) on the western route of ambitious China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. A meeting of the Standing Committee on Communications presided over by Senator Daud Khan Achakzai expressed reservations over non-allocation of funds and non-execution of […]
FATA-KP merger will bring tribal areas into mainstream on November 1, 2016ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a roundtable conference on Monday endorsed the proposed merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The event titled: Integrating FATA: Issues and Challenges had been organised by the Shaheed Bhutto Foundation. The speakers demanded the government de-notify the undeclared status of no-go areas and revisit Pakistan’s policy towards Afghanistan. “Such a merger […]
NA body seeks end to public rallies in Islamabad on October 28, 2016ISLAMABAD: The legislative body of the Lower House on Thursday passed a resolution in which it sought to stop any public rallies in the federal capital which might disturb people’s routine lives and smooth government functioning. The Secretary Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control Arif Ahmad Khan also informed the committee that the government had […]
NA committee suspicious of South Waziristan audit reports on October 25, 2016ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s committee on State and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) has shown its apprehensions over audit reports regarding the accounts of South Waziristan Agency (SWA), which shows large scale embezzlement in the funds. The committee meeting was held under the chairmanship of Maulana Jamal Din on Monday. The committee asked the federal government to […]
Absence of interior secretary delays NAP legislation on October 21, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Interior and Narcotics Control on Friday expressed serious reservations over the absence of the Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control secretary after it had to postpone discussion on the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2016. The committee met at the Parliament House with Senator A Rehman Malik in the chair. […]