Enemies trying to create ethnic rift in Pakistan, says minister on January 9, 2021Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan on Friday said enemies of the country were trying to create a rift between sects and ethnicities. Winding up discussion on a motion in the Senate the Minister of State said opposition’s remarks about crackdown on opposition’s workers are unfounded. He said public has rejected the […]
UN asked to fulfil its promise of plebiscite in Held Kashmir on January 6, 2021Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday reiterated Pakistan’s resolve to continue extending political, moral, and diplomatic support to Kashmiris just struggle for right to self-determination. The FM expressed these views during Senate session which resumed at Parliament House with Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani in the chair. Responding to senators questions, the FM said we have […]
Kashmiris won’t compromise on their birthright to self-determination on January 6, 2021The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has said that determination of the future through a free and fair plebiscite is the fate of the Kashmiri people and they are not ready to make any compromise on their birthright to self-determination. In a statement on the occasion of the right to self-determination […]
Opposition suggests amendments to NAB laws on January 5, 2021The opposition and government parliamentarians in Upper House on Monday opposed and supported respectively the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) while Deputy Chairman Senate Saleem Mandviwalla claimed that NAB has gone out of control and it will have to be reined in. Taking part in the commenced motion, Saleem Mandviwala said that it was his responsibility […]
Deputy speaker briefly expels ‘rabble-rouser’ from NA on October 29, 2020During a hard protest by the entire opposition in the National Assembly (NA) on Wednesday, Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri asked Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Agha Rafilullah to leave the session for disturbing the decorum of the House. The opposition members surrounded the dais of the deputy speaker and chanted slogans against the government. Responding […]
NA approves Anti-Terrorism (3rd Amend) Bill, 2020 on September 16, 2020The Anti-Terrorism (3rd Amendment) Bill, 2020, was passed by the National Assembly on Tuesday after it was brought forward before the Lower House of Parliament through a motion. The bill was not included in the assembly’s agenda and the opposition parties staged a protest after it was introduced as a supplementary agenda during the proceedings. […]
NA approves new bill against money laundering amid opposition’s protest on August 25, 2020The National Assembly on Monday approved Anti-Money Laundering (Second Amendment) Bill, 2020, amid strong protest by the opposition parties. The bill was tabled in the Lower House by Adviser to PM on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan and was opposed by Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Speaking on the […]
Legislators pay tribute to Hasil Bizengo on August 22, 2020Parliamentarians belonging to the opposition and treasury benches in both lower and upper houses on Friday paid tribute to National Party chairman Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo who passed away on Thursday night after a prolonged battle with cancer. Expressing grief and sorrow over his death, they said his death is a big loss to Pakistan […]
Lower House passes Anti-Terrorism (Amend) Bill, 2020 with majority on August 13, 2020The National Assembly on Wednesday passed the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2020 – moved by Federal Minister for Law and Justice Farogh Naseem – with majority, days after the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Finance approved it. The bill was one of the five moved by Law Minister Farogh Naseem along with Limited Liability Partnership (Amendment) […]
PML-N demands probe into Lahore incident, release of party workers on August 12, 2020Condemning the police torture against PML-N workers outside the offices of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in Lahore on the occasion of Maryam Nawaz’s appearance before the anti-graft watchdog, Khawaja Asif on Tuesday demanded a thorough probe into the incident, warning that if action against PML-N workers is not stopped, the ruling party will be responsible […]