Senate resolution condemns illegal annexation of IHK on August 31, 2019The Senate on Friday unanimously passed a resolution strongly condemning the illegal annexation of the occupied valley by Narendra Modi-led Indian government. The resolution, moved by Leader of House Shibli Faraz, read that the annexation is an attempt by India to change the demography of Jammu and Kashmir as part of its racist and fascist […]
Pakistan won’t backtrack from its position on Kashmir: FM on August 30, 2019Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday categorically stated that Pakistan will never backtrack from its principled position on Kashmir dispute under any pressure. Winding up a debate in Senate on the situation in Indian-held Kashmir, the foreign minister said that Pakistan will never surrender before India. He said the people of Kashmir were not […]
PML-N MNAs protest non-issuance of funds for development schemes on August 29, 2019The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) parliamentarians in National Assembly Standing Committee on Energy on Wednesday staged a walkout over what the claimed government’s failure to release funds for various development schemes approved by the previous government. PML-N legislators Murtaza Javed Abbasi, Barjees Tahir, Riaz Hussain Pirzada and Khurram Dastagir claimed that the schemes had already […]
Maternity, paternity leave bill fails to get Senate’s nod on August 27, 2019A legislative body of the Upper House on Monday was unable to clear a bill which seeks paid maternity leave for first three children’s birth but not for the fourth one. Some senators called it discriminatory with fourth children birth and should be paid to the government female employee. Senator Qurat ul Ann Marri presented […]
$40m worth of PCSIR land being illegally used by mafia in Lahore on August 24, 2019A legislative body on Friday was informed that precious properties of PCSIR in Lahore, worth 40 million US dollars were used by some mafia and the Ministry of Science and Technology had approached the national accountability Bureau (NAB) to get back its land. The Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology was further informed that […]
Pakistan will respond to any Indian misadventure with full force: Senate body on August 23, 2019A legislative body of the Upper House of parliament on Thursday condemned Indian constitutional coup and the attempt to change status of the Indian Occupied Kashmir illegally and the blatant ceasefire violations by the Indian troops on the Line of Control. Members of the committee were of the view that Pakistan has the potential to […]
PTI, PML-N trade barbs over Maryam’s arrest on August 10, 2019The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Friday traded barbs as the Lower House witnessed uproar over arrest of Maryam Nawaz. The ruckus in National Assembly began when PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif raised the issue of Maryam Nawaz’s arrest and warned the government against political victimisation of its opponents. […]
Country witnessing ‘a new era of dictatorship’: Bilawal on August 9, 2019Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday lashed out at the government for arresting Maryam Nawaz, who was taken into custody earlier in the day by the National Accountability Bureau in connection with the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case. The PPP leader staged protest in the National Assembly over Maryam Nawaz’s arrest. The opposition […]
Parliament rejects India’s coercive move on Kashmir on August 8, 2019The joint session of the parliament on Wednesday vehemently rejected the Indian government’s move to revoke the special status of Held Kashmir. In a unanimously passed resolution, the legislators condemned illegal, unilateral, reckless and coercive attempt by India to alter the disputed status of Indian-held Kashmir through repeal and revocation of Article 35-A of the […]
‘Pakistan to raise Kashmir issue at every forum’ on August 7, 2019Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday warned India over its illegal annexation of Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) and made it clear that Pakistan would raise the issue at every forum. Addressing the joint session of parliament, the PM called on the international community to act against the bigoted politics of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He […]