Kashif Hussain

LAHORE: Following the announcement by the central and provincial leadership, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) slammed government over high inflation, recent increase in prices of petroleum products and load shedding of electricity and gas during demonstrations in front of the Lahore Press Club (LPC) on Sunday. Interestingly, three party groups led by Lahore chapter president […]

LAHORE: To contest the next general elections scheduled for the mid of 2018 after completion of the running parliamentary tenure of the sitting government and the opposition on May 31, more than 700 people, including some heavyweight candidates, from across the province of Punjab have applied for the party ticket of the Pakistan People’s Party […]

LAHORE: Opposition in the Punjab Assembly (PA) on Tuesday came down hard on the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government for sending a new summary for increasing prices of petroleum products despite low rates in the international market. Terming the increase in petroleum prices “injustice with the poor masses” who have already been crushed by high […]

LAHORE: Believe it or not but it is a fact that Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed has demanded the government to construct two tunnels for legislators’ movement in the city to avoid traffic gridlocks and protest demonstrations on The Mall. The Punjab Assembly session on Monday discontinued over lack of quorum […]

The Punjab Restriction on Employment of Children (Amendment) Bill 2017 will be tabled in Punjab Assembly soon LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to widen the scope of the existing Punjab Restriction on Employment of Children Act 2016 to cover child domestic workers. Gulnaz Shahzadi, a treasury member on a reserved seat for women, Tuesday […]

LAHORE: The Punjab government has clarified that imposition of regulatory duty on import of luxury items will not hurt the poor. While opening the general discussion on the government’s price control policy – especially after the imposition of regulatory duty on import of several products – in the Punjab Assembly on Friday, Punjab Minister for […]

LAHORE: Has the system collapsed or the value of parliamentary institutions diminished? This question was raised in the Punjab Assembly by lawmakers over not being given proper and timely answers by the bureaucracy regarding their departmental performances. The Punjab Assembly session on Thursday once again started two hours late form its scheduled time of 10am […]

LAHORE: The Nawaz government and the opposition in the Punjab Assembly during Wednesday’s session challenged each other on the imposition of regulatory duty (RD) on some import items from Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and the speaker fixed an open debate on it today (Thursday). During the session, opposition parties strongly opposed and condemned the newly […]

LAHORE: Suspension of one-fourth of the legislators on Tuesday hit the expensive time and finances of the Punjab Assembly business that was not completed and the session was pended by the speaker by the reason of nonattendance of movers of the resolutions fixed for the day’s agenda. Two important resolutions – by Hina Pervaiz Butt […]

LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday echoed with the issue of Khatam-e-Nabuwat and controversial remarks by Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, who contradicted the statement to prove his innocence. On a point of order, a treasury member and religious cleric Maulana Ilyas Chinioti demanded his party’s leadership that it should declare the culprits involved in the […]