Govt all set to get Illegal Dispossession Amendment Bill approved on July 17, 2016ISLAMABAD: The federal government is all set to get the approval of the Illegal Dispossession Amendment Bill 2016, from the parliament, to safeguard the interst of those people whose property was taken from them forcibly and the land mafia would be senteced to three years if they commited a crime under this purposed act, the […]
Kashmir Committee: three meetings, 21 statements cost exchequer Rs 175m on July 15, 2016ISLAMABAD: In the last three years, the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir used up Rs 175 million, while conducting only three meetings, 21 press statements and several foreign trips. Official documents, obtained by Daily Times, revealed the committee has badly failed to contribute a single line in the country’s Kashmir policy – the most important issue […]
IB team secretly visits UK to investigate Panama leaks on July 14, 2016ISLAMABAD: A team of an intelligence agency secretly visited the United Kingdom to collect evidence amid the Panama leaks controversy. According to the sources, the evidence collected by the intelligence team contains startling facts. The sources said that Intelligence Bureau (IB) Director General Aftab Sultan sent a 12-member team to London to secretly investigate the […]
Govt to seek passage of bills on honour killings and rape on July 12, 2016ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to convene a joint session of the parliament on August 2, well placed sources told Daily Times. Sources said the government would seek the passage of two important bills from the joint session of the parliament. Bill one is regarding anti-honour killings and the other is anti-rape. These were deferred […]
Govt, opp meet today on ECP appointments on July 11, 2016ISLAMABAD: The government and the opposition are likely to make formal contact today (Tuesday) over the appointment of the Election Commission members, as both the sides have so far been unable to shortlist suitable persons for the constitutional posts. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar is expected to meet opposition leader Khursheed Shah to share the names […]
Opp leader Khursheed Shah appears to be in trouble on July 11, 2016 ISLAMABAD: The leader of the opposition in National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmad Shah appears to be in trouble on the issue of the appointment of new members in the Election Commission as other opposition parties wanted their names to also be included in the final list, sources told Daily Times. According to the constitution […]
Govt asked to extend Protection of Pakistan Act 2014 on July 8, 2016ISLAMABAD: Both the establishment as well as the Sindh Rangers have asked the federal government to extend the Protection of Pakistan Act 2014 to take the Karachi operation and the war on terror to their logical end, sources told Daily Times. According to the sources, the Interior Ministry and law enforcement agencies support the demand […]
Country avoids another constitutional crisis on July 3, 2016ISLAMABAD: The government has changed the schedule of National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq’s visit to Germany to avert another constitutional crisis in the country. Now Sadiq would leave for Germany after Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani returns home from a foreign visit and takes charge as acting president of the country, sources told Daily Times. […]
Another constitutional crisis in the pipeline on July 2, 2016ISLAMABAD: The country may face another constitutional crisis as acting president Sardar Ayaz Sadiq is leaving for Germany on Sunday and there would be no one after him who could act as president, constitutional experts believe. President Mamnoon Hussain and Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani are already out of country. Ayaz Sadiq is leaving for […]
Pakistan to take up issue of gas purchase with Iran on July 2, 2016ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to take up the issue of the cost of gas purchase with Iran as Pakistan thinks that the price of the Pak Iran gas pipe line is much higher, the ministry of petroleum sources said. Official sources said that on the directions of the minister for petroleum Shahid Khaqan Abbasi ,the […]