Opp throws debate challenge at PM over PTI-led government’s policies on 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 defends on 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 govt on 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: FM on 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 […]
Opp in NA wants Hafeez, Reza Baqir names on ECL over ‘poor performance’ on June 16, 2020Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Asif on Monday called for putting the names of Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and State Bank Governor Reza Baqir on the exit control list (ECL) over what he called poor economic performance. Initiating the debate on budget 2020-21 in National Assembly, the PML-N […]
‘Maximum relief’ given to people in budget: govt on June 14, 2020Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Saturday said the government has provided ‘maximum relief’ to the masses in budget for fiscal year 2020-2021, adding that coronavirus pandemic has brought difficult times for the country by virtually inflicting a loss of around Rs 3,000 billion to the national economy. Exact loss to […]
No new tax in budget on June 13, 2020The federal government on Friday presented largely tax-free budget for fiscal year 2020-21 with a total outlay of Rs 7.137 trillion amid protest by opposition members in the National Assembly. Despite unprecedented financial constraints and economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government unveiled a growth- and relief-oriented budget for the fiscal year […]
Govt faces ‘hard time’ in NA over locusts, petrol crisis, coronavirus on June 11, 2020The opposition and even ruling party member criticised the government during a session of the National Assembly on Wednesday for not taking adequate measures against locust attack, petrol crisis, surging wheat prices and the coronavirus spread across country. The opposition members also raised the question of privatization of Pakistan Steel Mills and reminded Federal Minister […]
Opp again slams Centre for ‘lack of strategy’ to deal with Covid-19 on May 14, 2020The opposition parties on Wednesday continued to criticise federal government for what they said inappropriate measures against coronavirus outbreak in the country, also claiming that the Centre had totally failed to provide a strategic plan to contain the pandemic. “When coronavirus cases were limited, the government enforced complete lockdowns, and now when the cases are […]
Centre under fire yet again over coronavirus handling on May 13, 2020A day after National Assembly session, opposition parties in the Upper House of Parliament on Tuesday again grilled the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government over what they said insufficient and unclear response to the Covid-19 outbreak in the country. “Today, the country is confronting severe challenges while the PM unable to even attend National Assembly or […]