Female senators voice concern over women not given their due rights on March 9, 2019Appreciating women’s participation, the Senate on Friday passed a unanimous resolution commending the role of Pakistani women in nation building and demanded of the government for appropriate measures for empowerment of women. The resolution was moved by Nuzhat Sadiq on the occasion of International Women’s Day (IWD). When the House started discussion on IWD, Senate […]
Senate resolution condemns JI ban in IoK as ‘sheer injustice’ on March 8, 2019Senator, on Thursday, unanimously condemned a ban imposed on Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) by the Indian government in the Indian-occupied Kashmir. JI chief Sirajul Haq presented the resolution passed unanimously by the upper house. It read, “the House strongly condemns the ban on JI in the occupied valley”. The legislators claimed that the party was engaged in […]
NA passes ‘mini-budget’ amid walkout by opp on March 7, 2019Amid rumpus and walkout by the opposition members, the National Assembly on Wednesday passed ‘The Finance Supplementary (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019’ with a majority vote. The finance bill envisages revolutionary incentives and measures to encourage investment, exports, ease of doing business and strengthen important sectors of the national economy. Winding up debate on ‘The Finance […]
Senate body condemns killing of Pakistani scholar in US on March 6, 2019ISLAMABAD: A legislative body of Upper House of Parliament on Tuesday condemned the brutal murder of Professor Javed Bhuttoo, a renowned Pakistani intellectual and scholar in US, and directed Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take up the matter with its American counterpart for detailed inquiry. These views were expressed during a meeting of the Senate’s […]
Pakistan snubs OIC: low ranking officials sent instead of FM on March 1, 2019ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi Friday announced that he will not be attending a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) due to an invitation extended to Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Sawaraj to be guest of honour at the inaugural session. “I will not go to […]
PAKISTAN’S MAGNANIMOUS GESTURE: Indian pilot will be released today on February 28, 2019ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday announced to release captured Indian Air Force pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan today (Friday) as a ‘gesture of peace’. However, in the same breath he warned India that any ‘miscalculation’ may prove disastrous for the whole region. “Do not misconstrue Pakistan’s desire for de-escalation as weakness,” the prime minister asserted […]
Indian intrusion: legislators throw weight behind army on February 27, 2019In a strongly-worded condemnation of the Indian Air Force attack in Pakistani areas, all lawmakers of the two houses, have unanimously assured their full support to armed forces to defend the motherland. To deal with Indian violations of the Line of Control on Tuesday, the government called a joint parliamentary session today (Wednesday) to give […]
Anarchy continues in National Assembly on February 26, 2019The National Assembly once again witnessed anarchy over the issue the arrest of Agha Siraj Durrani, Sindh Assembly Speaker. Exchange of harsh words were witnessed between Dr Fehmida Mirza and PPP leaders particularly with Mir Munwar Ali Talpur. The PML-N representatives reiterated the matter of non-issuance of production order of former railway minister Saad Rafique […]
Lower House witnesses uproar for second day on February 23, 2019The Lower House of parliament on Friday again witnessed uproar and walkout by the opposition parties over inflated gas bills, arrest of Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani and failure to issue production orders for PML-N legislator Khawaja Saad Rafique. During the National Assembly session, the opposition members raised protest by tearing up the gas […]
Ruckus in NA over arrest of Sindh Assembly speaker on February 22, 2019The Pakistan People’s Party-led opposition in the National Assembly on Thursday strongly protested the arrest of Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) a day earlier, forcing the chair to abruptly adjourn the sitting. The opposition members participated in the session while wearing black ribbons on arms. They also chanted […]