Kashif Hussain

LAHORE: Only nine days remain for the conlusion of five years’ term of the present government in Punjab and to put in place, the caretaker setup will being so now both the chief minister and the Opposition Leader have agreed to end deadlock on the name of next interim CM within couple of days. According […]

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Central Information Secretary Kamil Ali Agha has said that they had talked with Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) about seat adjustment in the next general election and this will be taken forward. Reacting to a statement of PTI Leader Fawad Chaudhry on Monday, PML-Q Leader Kamil Ali Agha said that “our talks […]

LAHORE: Punjab Assembly’s last session of its constitutional five years’ tenure ended in an odd manner as the House experienced manhandling, quarrels, walkouts, abusive talks and rumpus among legislators of treasury and opposition benches several times. The annoyed opposition also denied joining treasury for a traditional joint group photo of the assembly members scheduled in […]

LAHORE: Despite hot weather and heavy shortfall of electricity in the Punjab Assembly, the government passed 12 bills after consideration within an hour as well as introduced a bill of fixing the prices of fertilisers for importers, local manufacturers and distributers. Due to suffocation and heat in the hall of the assembly, mostly the members […]

The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday was perturbed over the disqualified premier Nawaz Sharif’s anti-state statement between opposition and treasury and so the Speaker was forced to adjourn the session without completing the agenda of the day due to lack of quorum from the government. The Opposition Leader in the House Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed of Pakistan […]

LAHORE: Amid a strong protest by the opposition in the Punjab Assembly, the provincial government proceeded with the budget presentation on Monday. A supplementary budget for 2017-18 with demand of extra grants of Rs 85 billion was also approved in the session. All four opposition parties continued their protest against PML-N quaid Nawaz Sharif for […]

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Malik Muhammad Rafique Rajwana on Friday summoned the budget session of the Punjab Assembly on May 14, 2018 at 3pm. In the coming session, supplementary budget for the financial year 2017-18 will be presented. The Punjab governor has called this session by exercising of the power conferred under rule 147 read with […]

LAHORE: Legislators of the opposition parties in Punjab Assembly have rejected the Mission to Eradicate NAB by the ruling Nawaz League in using parliament despite of its two-third majority in the Lower House. The opposition members while reacting over the recent statement of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and the press conference of disqualified premier […]

LAHORE: Avoiding to adopt an opposition’s private member bill regarding compulsory teaching of holy Quran in every public and private educational institute of all levels including schools and colleges, the government itself pointed out the quorum of the Wednesday session of Punjab Assembly. The bill with the title of The Punjab Compulsory Teaching of the […]

LAHORE: In line with the demand of the opposition parties, Punjab government on Monday announced to present the upcoming provincial budget for only four month, from July 2018 to October 2018. While talking to media, Punjab Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Rana Sanaullah announced that the government had in principle decided to table the […]