Jadhav neither pardoned nor being facilitated, NA toldon July 25, 2020Federal Minister for Law Farogh Naseem on Friday said that Indian spy and agent of intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) Kulbhushan Jadhav has not been pardoned for his involvement in terrorist activities in Pakistan via ordinance. Law Minister Farogh Naseem, after taking oath a few minutes earlier, told the House that the ordinance […]
Govt, opp trade blame in NA over Jadhav’s review appealon July 24, 2020Major opposition parties in National Assembly on Thursday strongly protested and opposed the government’s move to table an ordinance pertaining to granting foreign citizens, who have been convicted in Pakistan, an opportunity to file a review appeal. First the issue was raised by PML-N leader Khawaja Asif and later by PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, […]
PTI’s govt has been taking Rs 15bn loan a day for the past 23 months: Dastagiron July 15, 2020PML-N leader Khurram Dastgir on Tuesday informed the National Assembly that the PTI govt took Rs 34,489 billion in last 23 months, while the PML-N took Rs 24,212 billion loan during its five-year tenure. He claimed that PML-N took the loan for developmental purposes including generation of 12000 MW power, land for Diamer-Bhasha dam and […]
Pakistan asks UN to play active role in stopping IHK bloodshedon July 14, 2020The National Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution condemning ongoing Indian oppression against the people of Occupied Kashmir. The resolution called upon the UN and the international community to play their role to stop bloodshed and oppression in the Indian-held Kashmir by the Indian forces. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan […]
Ruckus in NA over load shedding in Karachi, Uzair Baloch JIT reporton July 10, 2020Ruckus was observed in National Assembly on Thursday after government and opposition members scuffled over power outages in Karachi, K-Electric’s ‘incompetence’ and the ‘controversial’ Uzair Baloch JIT report which also led to a walkout by the opposition. As on the second day of the proceeding on Thursday, the Lower House began debate on persistent load […]
Ruckus in NA as PPP, PTI lawmakers level accusations against each otheron July 1, 2020The National Assembly on Tuesday witnessed the opposition’s walkout after ruckus during session as Pakistan Peoples Party’s Naveed Qamar took off his coat to fight Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi. Earlier, Ali Haider Zaidi said Pakistan People’s Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari gave directions to Uzair Baloch – an alleged Lyari gangster. […]
Opp throws debate challenge at PM over PTI-led government’s policieson June 26, 2020Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday challenged Prime Minister Imran Khan to have a debate on his policies either in the parliament or any television channel. Both the parties complained that it is not right that the prime minister comes to the House, address and then leaves without listening to […]
Budget 2020-21: opposition nitpicks, treasury defendson June 19, 2020The opposition and ruling parliamentarians in National Assembly continue opposing and supporting the proposed federal budget for 2020-21 with their own style. As a tradition both sides try their level best to show the negative and positive aspects of the budget but practically majority of the parliamentarians were neither study it nor understand it. The […]
BNP-M decides to part ways with PTI-led coalition govton June 18, 2020Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP) chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal on Wednesday announced to part ways with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led (PTI) coalition government over its failure to implement accords with the party. The federal government was dealt a blow with this announcement, which the BNP-M leader announced during the National Assembly session. “I am officially announcing that […]
Pakistan will not recognise Israel, wants Al-Quds Al-Sharif to be its capital: FMon June 17, 2020Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday reaffirmed Pakistan’s stance on Israel and clarified that the county will never recognize Israel and rejected the statement attributed to him and the PM about the recognition of Israel. “I want to make it clear that the rumours of recognizing Israel are baseless and not true,” the federal […]