Imran unveils 11-point ‘Naya Pakistan’ agenda on April 30, 2018LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday announced his 11-point agenda to make a ‘Naya Pakistan’, a country which, according to him, will be free of all injustices and where all the citizens will enjoy equal rights. Addressing a mammoth gathering at iconic Minar-e-Pakistan, the PTI chief lamented that today’s Pakistan was contrary […]
Expose lawmakers who sold votes in Senate polls: Imran to PML-N, PPP on April 20, 2018Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday dared his political rivals, especially PPP and PML-N, to expose their parliamentarians who had been involved in horse-trading in the recently held Senate elections. Talking to reporters here, Imran said that his party conducted a thorough internal investigation through a special committee and found as many as […]
Resolution in Punjab Assembly demands creation of southern Punjab on April 17, 2018Disgruntled lawmakers of the ruling party from southern Punjab and members of the newly formed Southern Punjab Province Front (SPPF) have submitted a resolution in the Punjab Assembly demanding creation of a separate province comprising southern areas of Punjab. The resolution, submitted by SPPF members Sardar Nasrullah Khan Dareshak and Makhdoom Hashim Jawaan Bakhat on […]
After Balochistan, defection season arrives in south Punjab on April 10, 2018LAHORE: A couple of weeks after lawmakers who defected from the PML-N in Balochistan formed a separate party, eight PML-N lawmakers from southern Punjab abandoned the ruling party on Monday and announced their own party. Referring to these developments while speaking to the media in front of the accountability court, former PM said pre-poll rigging […]
‘Private medical practitioners can charge as much fee as they want’ on March 17, 2018LAHORE: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government in Punjab has categorically refused to put a cap on consultation fee being charged by private medical practitioners. The opposition benches in the Punjab Assembly, while strongly criticising exorbitant fee being charged by specialist doctors, Friday asked the government whether it could ask specialist doctors to slash their […]
PA unanimously passes landmark Sikh Marriage Bill on March 15, 2018LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed the landmark Sikh Marriage Bill regulating the marriages of the Sikh community in the province. According to reports, Pakistan has become the first country to pass a law regulating marriages of the Sikh community. The act states that no male or female of the Sikh community below […]
Man hurls shoe at Nawaz Sharif at Jamia Naeemia on March 12, 2018LAHORE: At least three religious activists were arrested on Sunday for throwing shoe at Nawaz Sharif at the Jamia Naeemia, moments after the disqualified premier approached the dais to deliver speech at a seminar organised by the seminary. Security personnel and the seminary staff grabbed Abdul Ghafoor, 25, and his two aides, who were later […]
PA likely to pass Sikh Marriage Bill soon on March 10, 2018LAHORE: A standing committee of the Punjab Assembly tabled its recommendations on the historic Sikh Marriage Bill on Friday. With Speaker Rana Iqbal in the chair, Punjab Assembly session started one hour and 11 minutes late to its scheduled time and soon adjourned after adopting the standing committee’s report on the marriage bill over lack […]
Women Dept minister too busy to observe Int’l Women’s Day on March 8, 2018LAHORE: As the world would observe the International Women’s Day today (Thursday) to commemorate the movement for women’s rights, the Punjab Assembly’s session, which was to be held today to shed light on women-related issues, was adjourned till tomorrow (Friday) over “busy schedule” of Women Development Department Minister Hameeda Waheeduddin. During the Wednesday session of […]
Opp govt to withdraw anti-NAB resolution on March 7, 2018LAHORE: Opposition members in the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday boycotted the proceedings of the House over hike in petroleum prices fortnightly and a resolution passed by the government against the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the wake of the arrest of former Lahore Development Authority (LDA) director general Ahad Cheema in Ashiana Housing scheme scam. […]