Punjab government criticized for load shedding, low quality Police uniform on April 14, 2017 LAHORE: Opposition parties in the Punjab Assembly Friday criticised the Punjab government for unscheduled electricity load shedding and provision of “low quality uniform” to Punjab Police. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) filed a resolution in the Notice Branch of the assembly on Friday against the unannounced power outages. The resolution was filed by PTI’s […]
Bilawal to inaugurate Benazir Literary Festival on April 14, 2017 LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will inaugurate the three-day Benazir Literary Festival on Monday at Alhamra. The festival is being organised by the Benazir Literary Society, a newly registered civil society organization, which has raked in Rs 1.5 million funds for the event. Among the organisers are main office-bearers of […]
PPP Shaheed Bhutto to challenge Bilawal, Zardari in by-polls on January 6, 2017 LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party Shaheed Bhutto Chairperson Ghinwa Bhutto has announced to field candidates in by-elections against Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, who are scheduled to contest elections from two different constituencies of Larkana and Nawab Shah districts, respectively. She was talking to media after […]
Opposition opposes increase in prices of petrol, diesel on December 1, 2016 LAHORE: The Opposition in Punjab Assembly opposing the recent increase in prices of petrol and diesel announced by the federal government has filed a resolution in assembly secretariat on Thursday. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced a day ago an increase of two rupees in the prices of petrol and high speed diesel on the […]
PTI files condemnation resolution against Kh Asif in PA on June 11, 2016LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the main opposition party in the Punjab Assembly, has filed a condemnation resolution against Federal Minister Khawaja Asif over his derogatory statement about female parliamentarian Dr Shireern Mazari. The condemnation resolution was filed by PTI legislator Sadia Sohail Rana in the notice branch of the Punjab Assembly Secretariat and was forwarded […]
Opposition files resolution seeking PMs resignation in Punjab Assembly on May 17, 2016 LAHORE: The opposition parties have filed resolution seeking Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s resignation in Punjab Assembly for his alleged involvement on the Panama Leaks issue. The resolution was submitted by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Mehmoodur Rasheed, Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Sardar Shahabud Din Khan and Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) leader Sardar Waqas Hassan in the […]
PM will go to jail if proven guilty: Imran on May 1, 2016LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan once again maintained on Sunday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had lost the moral authority to rule the country and that he will have to go to jail if proved guilty in the Panama scandal. “If proven guilty, the prime minister won’t go home but he will go […]
PM must quit; drive against corruption to start from May 1 on April 24, 2016LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday demanded resignation from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on moral grounds over Panama scandal, as it announced to launch a countrywide campaign against corruption from May 1. Addressing a gathering in front of Punjab Assembly, JI amir Sirajul Haq said that 200 million people in Pakistan were suffering from ‘economic terrorism’ of […]