By Ijaz Kakakhel

ISLAMABAD: Opposition lawmakers in the National Assembly on Wednesday accused government of cracking down only on the educated section of the society in its countrywide operation against ‘misuse’ of social media, regretting that not even a single person from banned organisations misusing the platform was arrested. On a point of order, Muttahida Qaumi Moment (MQM) […]

ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on National Security has stressed that Pakistan should present the Kulbhushan Jadhav case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with full preparation at the next hearing. National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said this while talking to reporters after attending a meeting of the committee. The speaker said that all […]

ISLAMABAD: A legislative body of the Upper House of Parliament on Monday criticised the government for mishandling the Kulbhushan Jadhav case in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The Senate’s Standing Committee on Interior and Narcotics Control met at the Parliament Lodges. Senator A Rehman Malik chaired the meeting. The lawmakers criticised the government, claiming […]

  ISLAMABAD: Oppositions legislators in Lower House of parliament on Thursday strongly reacted and staged a walkout after Federal Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif accused PTI leader Ayesha Gulalai of pilfering electricity. Targeting the PTI woman lawmaker, who had led a protest against the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) a day earlier, the […]

ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader in National Assembly Khurshid Shah on Wednesday demanded a judicial inquiry into Army Public School massacre that took many innocent lives on December 16, 2014. On a point of order, Khurshid Shah said he met parents of the deceased schoolchildren along with Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairperson Asif Zardari. The mothers of […]

ISLAMABAD: The PML-N-led majority legislators in the National Assembly on Tuesday rejected a PPP-sponsored bill demanding an inquiry into every Pakistani named in the Panama Papers, saying there was no need for such proceedings as the matter had already been taken up by the Supreme Court. Federal Minister for Law Zahid Hamid strongly opposed the […]

ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday presented Tribal Areas Rewaj Bill 2017 in the National Assembly while JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman and some tribal representatives opposed it. Some lawmakers from FATA and the JUI-F chief targeted each other directly over the Bill and Fazlur Rehman warned that no one can pass the bill in current situation. […]

  ISLAMABAD: Legislators in the Upper House of parliament on Thursday were informed that it was totally wrong for a subordinate organisation to reject the order of an elected prime minister. Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani during the proceedings of the House asked Senator Farhatullah Babar if it was right for a subordinate organisation to […]

ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Law and Justice on Wednesday passed “The constitutional (Amendment) Bill, 2016” seeking to give national status to Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto and Balochi, as national languages along with Urdu. Senator Javed Abbasi chaired the body meeting. The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2016 moved by Senators Sassui Palijo and Mukhtiar Dhamrah with […]

ISLAMABAD: Condemning the unprovoked firing by Afghan forces on a census team near border in Balochistan, a legislative body of the Upper House of Parliament on Monday asked the government to seek ‘written apology’ from Afghanistan over the incident. The Standing Committee of Senate on Interior and Narcotics Control also asked Afghanistan government to stop […]