Divided NA adopts military courts bills on March 11, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party and the government-ally Jamiat UIema-e-Islam-Fazl on Friday rejected two separate bills about the reinstatement of military courts. The government had tabled the 28th Constitutional Amendment Bill and the Army Act Amendment Bill 2017 for input from all political parties. The bill generated further controversy as the JUI-F also opposed the […]
Scuffle as PML-N legislator calls Imran Khan a ‘traitor’ on March 10, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Lower House of parliament on Thursday observed heated arguments between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmakers, which resulted in a physical scuffle in the premises of parliament. During the proceedings, PML-N leader Mian Javed Latif called PTI Chairman Imran Khan a traitor, who gave a “rough” statement against foreign cricket […]
Indias massive build-up of arms major concern for Pakistan: FO on March 10, 2017ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday said India’s massive arms build-up and testing of inter-continental ballistic missiles was a source of concern for the region, however, Pakistan would not indulge in the arms race. During the weekly press briefing, Foreign Office Spokesman Nafees Zakaria said Pakistan would maintain minimum deterrence capability to safeguard its national security. He […]
Deal with Switzerland on exchange of bank accounts information this month: Dar on March 9, 2017ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Wednesday said Pakistan will be signing an agreement with Switzerland for exchange of information on tax evaded money during current month. “The Swiss government has offered Pakistan to sign such an agreement in the third quarter of current month that will enable us to exchange information on tax evaded money,” […]
Foreign policy has failed, opposition on March 8, 2017ISLAMABAD: Opposition lawmakers on Tuesday flayed the government’s foreign policy, claiming that the government has totally failed to improve its relations with the world, especially neighbouring countries. They termed Pakistan’s foreign policy a total failure, which, according to them, isolated the country at international forum. Speaking on motion which was moved by PPP MNA Shahida […]
Defence minister says India is using Afghan soil against Pakistan on March 7, 2017ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Monday told the National Assembly that India was using the Afghan soil against Pakistan. He added that the government would reopen the Pak-Afghan border at Torkham and Chaman after proper management. He said Pakistan wanted proper management of Pak-Afghan border to stop infiltration of terrorists from Afghanistan into Pakistan. […]
Wont hand over Kulbhushan Yadav to India, Senate assured on March 4, 2017ISLAMABAD: Ruling out the possibility of handing over Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) agent Kulbhushan Yadav to India, Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Friday told the Senate that process had been initiated to prosecute the Indian spy in Pakistani courts. The adviser said a list of questioners had also been […]
Govt sets KP-FATA merger ball rolling on March 2, 2017ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Thursday approved in principle recommendations of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Reforms Committee, which included the merger of the tribal areas with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and repeal of the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR). The federal cabinet met under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Secretary SAFRON Arbab Shahzad briefed the […]
Like other departments, there is corruption in USC: minister on February 23, 2017ISLAMABAD: Like other government departments, there may well be corruption in the Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan (USC) and the only solution was to computerise the entire system, stated Federal Minister for Industries and Production Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi during a chat with journalists at Parliament House. “I have already taken up the issue with […]
Senate body tells franchises and Jazz to resolve issues amicably on February 23, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Information Technology Committee on Wednesday directed Warid/Mobilink to resolve their issues amicably. The committee was informed that after the merger of Warid and Mobilink, as many as 263 franchises were shut down by top management. The management gave the reason that they were situated at a short distance. Jazz representative Ali Nasir […]