NA rejects NADRA amendment bill against blocked CNICs on March 28, 2019A legislative body, on Wednesday, rejected an amendment proposed by a member of National Assembly (MNA) from Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali bill, to a bill under which National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) had blocked the computerized national identity cards (CNICs). He put forward a bill to unblock about 155000 CNICs previously […]
Govt to present National SMEs Policy 2019 on April 11 on March 27, 2019The government seems conscious of the importance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as it makes progress on the National SME Policy likely to be presented on April 11. The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Industries and Production was briefed on the underway SME policy in a meeting held on Tuesday in parliament house, […]
Senators praise NZ PM for rewriting int’l history in wake of Christchurch massacre on March 23, 2019Referring to Christchurch massacre, the lawmakers, on Friday, urged the national and international community to shun the use of the term, ‘Islamophobia’, because terrorism against any state or religion or peoples should not be associated with a religion. The Senate Standing Committee on Interior said that terrorists did not have any religion, race or language […]
Sham degree case: PIA asked to act against officials hiring irresponsibly on March 20, 2019ISLAMABAD: Senators, on Wednesday, failed to wind up the issue of employees with fake degrees working in the national carrier. Senator Mushahidullah Khan favoured the Pakistan International Airline (PIA) workers while other members urged for their dismissal in a meeting of the senate standing committee on Aviation. The meeting was presided over by Pakistan Muslim […]
Senators demand UN to act against hr violation in IoK on March 20, 2019Condemning the cracked down against Kashmiris after Pulwama attack in India occupied Kashmir (IoK), senators, on Tuesday, asked the UN to play its role in putting an end to violations of human rights there. In this regard, a unanimous resolution was also passed during a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Kashmir Affairs and […]
Senators lament dismal health, educational standards in Balochistan on March 18, 2019Keeping in view the miserable situation in sectors of health and education, Senators, on onday, demanded the government to release 50 per cent of the funds allocated for Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) 2018-19. While presiding over the Senate Standing Committee on Planning Development and Reform, Senator Usman Kakar, asserted that the social sector was […]
Overbilled gas consumers to be compensated next month on March 16, 2019Overbilled gas consumers can finally heave a sigh of relief as the government admitted that higher slab rates were responsible for the issuance of inflated bills while announcing that such users would be compensated. Prime Minister Imran Khan has also stepped forward in this regard by taking notice of the higher gas bills. A spokesperson […]
Parliament appoints committee to resolve grievances of SLIC agents on March 15, 2019A legislative body of the Lower House, on Thursday, approved a sub-committee to oversee discussions between the ministry of commerce and their aggrieved, State Life Insurance Corporation (SLIC) agents. Commerce Secretary, Younas Dagha, briefed the National Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and Textile regarding the strike by some SLIC bargaining agents because the government had […]
Changes in FPSC rules deprived some CSS candidates to qualify on March 14, 2019Certain changes in rules of Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) in 2012 were responsible for depriving some candidates of CSS examination to qualify and also in subsequent years the whole passing percentage declines considerably. Before changes in the rules of CSS examination, the procedure was that every candidate have to pass the compulsory subjects with […]
Lawmakers question FATF’s ‘inaction’ against India over terror financing on March 13, 2019A legislative body of the Upper House of parliament on Tuesday expressed annoyance over the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for what it described as its “discrimination attitude towards Pakistan and giving India exemption despite clear evidence of terror financing and money laundering against it”. The chairman of the committee, Senator Rehman Malik, said that […]