NA approves Anti-Terrorism (3rd Amend) Bill, 2020on 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 proteston 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 Bizengoon 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 majorityon 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 workerson 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 […]
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 […]