SA session witnesses protest, walkout by MQM lawmakers on second consecutive day on March 10, 2017KARACHI: Sindh Assembly (SA) session on Friday turned turbulent on exchange of words between Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)’s lawmaker Saifuddin Khalid and the Deputy Speaker Shehla Raza and in protest MQM lawmakers staged token walked out from the house pertaining over violent incident of public-police clash in Orangi Town last month. The assembly session started an hour delay at about 10.58am with […]
SA session marred by MQM members protest on refusal of privilege motion on March 10, 2017KARACHI: Sindh Assembly’s session on Thursday was marred by uproar by the lawmakers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) after the speaker refused to allow their privilege motion and they walked out from the house in protest. The assembly session started with the Deputy Speaker Syeda Shehla Raza in the chair. The house witnessed an […]
Ruckus in SA by MQM-P lawmakers over unanimous rejection of resolution on March 8, 2017KARACHI: On Tuesday, the Sindh Assembly faced a ruckus by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM-P) lawmakers over the unanimous rejection of a private resolution in the house. The house passed two resolutions with majority and rejected two resolutions during the second day of the assembly’s spring session. The assembly session started with an hour’s delay, at […]
Propaganda against my joining PPP aims at destroying PPP on February 27, 2017KARACHI: Irfanullah Marwat on Sunday said the daughters of the former president, Asif Ali Zardari, have been misinformed regarding his joining the Pakistan People’s Party. “In this regard, I have had several meetings with Asif Zardari, and after settling the misunderstandings, I decided to join the party,” Marwat stated. “We had discussed issues pertaining to […]
Involving prime defence institutes will eventually exhaust last line of defence on February 26, 2017KARACHI: Armed forces and rangers can not resolve every issue in the country as involving these prime institutes will eventually exhaust our last line of defence. Chairman Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) Mustafa Kamal said this while talking to media here on Saturday. “The practice of involving Army in everything should be shunned lest we exhaust […]
Defer census until law and order improves on February 14, 2017KARACHI: The Federal Government should defer its census process until law and order in Balochistan improves, Baloch leader Akhtar Mengal said on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference, the Balochistan National Party (BNP) chairman added that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would benefit only one province. In the project, Balochistan will receive only one percent […]
Pakistan hopes friendly ties with Trump-led US on February 12, 2017 KARACHI: Advisor to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Saturday said relations with the Trump administration would be “hopefully better”. He was delivering a lecture on ‘Pakistan’s foreign policy’ at the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs (PIIA). He said, “On every 20 years span, there had been a big change noticed in […]
Imran laughs at Nawaz for inaugurating incomplete motorway on February 9, 2017KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday said Altaf Hussain, Asif Zardari and Nawaz Sharif are kings of corruption. He was talking to media at the resident of PTI leader Haleem Adil Sheikh. The Panama leaks are the biggest proof against Nawaz, he said, adding that Nawaz can only inaugurate projects but he […]
Altaf, Nawaz and Zardari are kings of corruption on February 8, 2017KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday said Altaf Hussain, Asif Zardari and Nawaz Sharif are kings of corruption. He was talking to media at the resident of PTI leader Haleem Adil Sheikh. The Panama leaks are the biggest proof against Nawaz, he said, adding that Nawaz can only inaugurate projects but he […]
Sindh has given Uber, Careem a month to get registered: minister on February 2, 2017KARACHI: The Sindh government has not imposed any kind of ban on ride-hailing companies Uber and Careem but given them a month to get registered as commercial transportation firms. Responding to a calling attention motion during the Sindh Assembly’s session under the chair of Deputy Speaker Syeda Shehla Raza on Wednesday, Transport Minister Nasir Hussain […]